your releases, delivered in the industry's own format.

we build DDEX delivery for labels and distributors: the Electronic Release Notification messages that carry a release's metadata to the services that make it available, generated from your own catalog data, checked before they go out, and sent the way each partner takes them.

ERN is the DDEX standard for release metadata. we build it from the catalog you already keep.

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NF-031_Lowlight.xmlDDEX ERN 4.3

<ern:NewReleaseMessage>
  <SoundRecording>
    <ISRC>USNF12600031</ISRC>
    <DisplayTitle>Lowlight</DisplayTitle>
    <DisplayArtist>Halle Moraine</DisplayArtist>
  </SoundRecording>
  <DealList>…</DealList>
</ern:NewReleaseMessage>

Sent to each partnerthis release

SpotifySpotifydelivered
Apple MusicApple Musicdelivered
TIDALTIDALdelivered
DeezerDeezeracknowledged
YouTubeYouTubein review

An example. Ninefold Records and its artists are made up.

what it does.

from your catalog data to a delivered release.

messages from your catalog

for every release

ERN messages built from the catalog data you already keep: the release, its tracks, their ISRC and UPC codes.

ERN messages

checked before it goes

for every message

each message checked against the standard before it is sent, so errors are caught here and not at the service.

validation before delivery

delivered to each partner

for the services you deliver to

sent the way each partner takes them.

delivery per partner

builds we have shipped.

Burn County

a label platform: one operator, three properties, one build.

the studio, the music brand and the marketing arm, each on its own property.
one storefront and one customer list under all three.
the catalog behind it carries nine Billboard top tens and an RIAA gold record, the client's credits.

live:burncounty.com burncountymusic burncountymedia

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Jake Angel

a beat store and licensing engine, off the marketplace.

a 592-beat catalog moved off BeatStars onto his own domain.
every sale writes and stamps its own licence agreement.
beat previews play on every product page before anyone buys.

live:jakeangelbeats

read the case study

what every build includes.

how it runs.

diagnostic
most projects start with a paid diagnostic: one week, $10,000, and the full fee comes off the build if you go ahead within 90 days. it gives you the written scope, and you keep that document either way.
scope
the scope puts what gets built, the price and the ship date in writing before anything is built. the price comes from what the catalog and the roster actually need, not from a tier picked off a page.
build
the build follows the scope. the parts most agencies skip are scoped in on purpose: the licence terms written per sale, what happens to a property when an artist leaves the roster, and who sees which royalty numbers.
launch and transfer
at launch the code, the domains, the merchant account, the customer list and the analytics move into your name. there's no licence to renew and no monthly fee on the platform itself.
after launch
your team edits copy, prices, art and releases from a dashboard at no monthly cost. or you can keep us on a retainer for ongoing engineering, billed monthly and cancellable any month.

who it is for.

record labels: deliver releases yourself, from your own data.
distributors: a delivery pipeline you own.
catalog holders: a back catalog delivered with its metadata right.

not a fit if

becoming a distributor: delivery to a service needs that service's agreement, which is yours to hold

related.

the music tech glossary: ERN, DDEX, ISRC and UPC, from the bodies that issue them.
custom software for the music industry: everything we build for music, with the live software.
case studies: the builds, with the figures each client publishes.
AI search: getting named when people ask ChatGPT for what you do. $25,000, paid once.

the studio already builds and publishes for

Traphouse
Knice On the Sonics
Isolation

who does the work.

Studio Raine was founded by John Raine, an A&R and a musician who records as Raine, with released records and a working catalog on the music side. the studio is in New York City and works for labels, studios, producers, engineers and artists everywhere.

more about the studio

questions.

what is DDEX?

the standards body for the music industry's digital supply chain. its ERN messages carry a release's metadata to the services that make it available. the glossary has the rest.