the written scope
for before anything is built
what gets built, in what order, the price and the ship date, in one document you sign.
- a fixed price
- a ship date
- the order of work
a first version of your music software, scoped and dated in writing.
we build the first working version of one music product: a store, a licensing engine, a booking flow, a label platform. the written scope fixes what gets built, the price and the ship date before anything starts, and at launch the code, the domain and the accounts are yours.
Mixed by Isolation's store went from signed scope on 5 July to live on his own domain on 13 July.
Jake Angel, Mixed by Isolation and Burn County: live sites we built.
what you get.
one product, built to a written scope, live under your name.
the build
for to the scope
the product itself, built around how a release, a roster or a catalog actually works.
- the working product
- your copy, art and prices in it
launch in your name
for at launch
the code, the domain, the merchant account, the customer list and the analytics move into your name. no licence to renew.
- code you own
- accounts in your name
60 days of aftercare
for after launch
for sixty days after launch, we fix anything that doesn't work the way the scope says, as part of the build. what it covers.
- defect fixes, included
AI search included
for in every build
the structured data, the crawler rules and the page work we sell on its own as AI search.
- readable by Google and the AI search tools
first versions we have shipped.
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 studyMixed by Isolation
a preset store with per-sale delivery terms.
- scope signed 5 July, live on his own domain 13 July.
- the store landed him preset work for Quinton Bobbitt.
live:mixedbyisolation
read the case studywhat every build includes.
- a written scopethe number and the ship date fixed in writing before anything is built.
- AI searchevery build ships readable by Google and the AI search tools.
- 60 days of aftercareanything that fails the signed scope after launch is fixed, as part of the build.
- it is yours at launchthe code, the domain, the merchant account and the customer list, in your name.
- a retainer, if you want onethe studio on call month to month, cancellable any month.
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
- a platform for the roster, the catalog and the store, on the label's own domain.
- publishers and catalog owners
- a page for every release, and the systems you already pay for, connected.
- management and touring companies
- every act you run on one platform you own, with one customer list.
- distributors and label services companies
- one system for the catalogs you carry, the statements you issue and the deliveries you make.
- music-tech companies
- the next version of your product, built to a written scope and launched in your name.
not a fit if
- a template you want to edit yourself: a site builder is the right tool
- a build with no written scope
- audio plug-ins and DSP: other studios do that
related.
- 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.
questions.
what is a music software MVP?
the first working version of one music product, built to do one job well, live on your own domain, so you can sell, book or license with it and decide what to build next from what it does.
how long does a first version take?
the ship date is written into the scope before anything is built. Mixed by Isolation's store went from signed scope on 5 July to live on 13 July.
what does it cost?
from $50,000, fixed in the written scope, set by what the product needs. most projects start with the $10,000 diagnostic, which produces that scope, and its fee comes off the build.
text us what you want to build first.
one message is enough to start the scope.