SoundFoundation™
Business Model & Revenue Structure

One platform. Two doors.
Find My Royalties™ is a recorded-music integrity and recovery system built to work at creator scale and industry scale.

• Door 1 — Direct to Artists & Labels: self-serve membership + recovery activation
  
• Door 2 — Enterprise Licensing: API + dashboards + workflow tooling licensed to rights organisations and large administrators
  

We don’t distribute music.
We don’t stream music.
We don’t claim ownership.
We operate as an independent validation + reporting + recovery infrastructure layer.

PositioningDropbox stores files.

iCloud stores files.

Find My Royalties™ protects identity, validates metadata, monitors representation, and enables authorised royalty recovery.
This is infrastructure for recorded music integrity — built to reduce leakage, reduce disputes, and increase trust.

CORE PLATFORM (Shared Engine)
Every plan, whether Artist or Enterprise, is built on the same underlying system:
Cross-platform metadata audit
Ongoing discrepancy monitoring
Fingerprint validation
Structured reporting dashboard
“Request Royalty Recovery” activation
Secure Vault master storage (tier-based limits)
Evidence-grade audit trail (what changed, where, why)
No distribution. No streaming. No rights ownership.

Just integrity, visibility, and recovery enablement.

ONE BUILDING, TWO DOORS
Door 1 — Direct to Artists (Find My Royalties™ Memberships)
PRICING STRUCTURE (AUD)
1 month free on every plan.

Monthly is the standard.

Annual memberships receive 10% off.
Note: Annual = (monthly × 12) × 0.90
🎤 ARTIST PLAN$15 / month (first month free)

$162 / year (10% off)
Includes:
Metadata audit
Ongoing monitoring
Recovery request access
Vault storage up to 20 tracks
Designed for serious independent artists releasing music.

🎸 BAND PLAN
$29 / month (first month free)

$313 / year (10% off)
Includes:
Full catalogue audit
Split-aware validation
Monitoring across releases
Recovery request access
Vault storage up to 50 tracks
Designed for bands protecting ownership splits and catalogue integrity.
🎼 CAREER ARTIST / CATALOGUE OWNER PLAN$59 / month (first month free)

$637 / year (10% off)
Includes:
Large catalogue audit
Ongoing global monitoring
Priority processing
Recovery activation
Vault storage up to 150 tracks
Designed for established artists and catalogue holders with long-tail revenue exposure.

🏷 LABEL PLAN
$149 / month (first month free)

$1,609 / year (10% off)
Includes:
Multi-artist dashboard
Bulk reporting
Centralised visibility
Recovery activation across roster
Vault across managed catalogue
Admin access controls
Designed for labels and rights managers requiring operational clarity.

OPTIONAL MODULES (Door 1 Add-Ons)
🧾 METADATA REPAIR PACK
Structured correction documentation following audit — designed to be distributor/DSP-ready.
Single — $49
EP — $99
Album — $149
Catalogue (up to 50 tracks) — $299

💰 ROYALTY RECOVERY (OPT-IN)
Members can activate recovery with a single request.

​Process:
Evidence compilation
Structured discrepancy report
Platform / distributor submission
Follow-up tracking
Funds are held in trust and paid directly to the artist.

Find My Royalties™ retains:

10% success fee only on recovered funds.

No recovery = no fee.

Door 2 - Enterprise Licensing
​(APRA / ICE / Administrators)

2% ADOPTION FINANCIAL MODEL

Find My Royalties™ Enterprise is the same engine, deployed as licensed infrastructure for organisations that manage catalogues at scale.What Enterprise Gets
Enterprise-grade audit + monitoring dashboards
Automated discrepancy detection at catalogue scale
Audit trail + evidence exports for disputes and corrections
Workflow tooling for teams (roles, permissions, escalation)
API integration (catalogue ingest, validation calls, monitoring hooks)
Optional white-label deployment for member-facing portalsWhy Enterprise Buys ThisBecause errors at scale become:
missed royalties
inaccurate matching
dispute costs
reputational damage
compliance riskThis system reduces operational friction and improves catalogue integrity without changing ownership structures.
Enterprise Commercial Model (Metrics differ from artists)Enterprise is not sold as “$X per month.”
It is licensed using combinations of:
Annual platform license (base ACV)
Usage-based API tiers (per volume)
Implementation + integration fees (one-off)
Optional recovery operations module (service + performance alignment)CTA: “Request enterprise pack” / “Book integration call”

WHY THIS MODEL WORKSStorage platforms charge $4–$15/month for file storage only.
Find My Royalties™ is not priced on gigabytes.
It’s priced on risk reduction + financial visibility + identity protection.
This is business infrastructure.

REVENUE ENGINE (Two Door Structure)

​Door 1 — Direct to Artist Revenue
Recurring memberships (stable base)
Vault retention (embedded in tiers)
Metadata repair packs (transactional)
Recovery success fees (upside engine)

Door 2 — Enterprise Revenue
Annual licensing (predictable ACV)
Integration fees (implementation)
API usage tiers (scale with volume)
Optional managed operations modules

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL MODEL

Enterprise Commercial Structure

Enterprise deployment is structured around Annual Contract Value (ACV), not consumer pricing.
Revenue is built on three components:
Platform License (base annual fee)
API / Volume Tier (catalogue scale usage)
Implementation & Integration Fee (one-off)
Optional Recovery Operations Module
This ensures:
Predictable recurring revenue
Scale-based upside
Low customer churn
High switching friction

Example Enterprise Targets

Below are examples of organisations structurally aligned with licensing this infrastructure.

1️⃣ APRA AMCOS (Australia)

Entity: Performing rights organisation representing songwriters and publishers.
Scale: ~110,000+ members.
Function: Royalty collection, distribution, compliance.
Why They Would LicenseIncreasing volume of independent releases.
Metadata inconsistencies from distributors.
Cross-border data friction.
Rising compliance pressure.
Member trust expectations increasing.

APRA does not distribute recordings — they manage rights.
This platform acts as a validation + discrepancy layer before distribution errors compound.
Commercial Model ExampleBase License: AUD $450,000 per year
Implementation: AUD $250,000 (one-off)
API Usage Tier: $0.03 per validation call (volume-based)
Optional Recovery Module: revenue-share alignment

Year 1 Potential: ~$700,000–$900,000
Ongoing Annual: ~$450,000+ usage
This is realistic for mid-tier infrastructure software in rights management.

2️⃣ ICE Services
​(ICE Music Group – Europe)

Entity: Joint venture between PRS (UK), STIM (Sweden), and GEMA (Germany).

Function: Centralised copyright processing across Europe.

Scope: Large cross-border catalogue processing.
Why They Would LicenseCross-territory metadata conflicts.
Multi-database reconciliation complexity.
Efficiency gains from structured discrepancy detection.
Reduced manual intervention costs.
Improved matching rates across territories.
ICE is built to streamline rights processing.

This platform aligns directly with operational efficiency goals.
Commercial Model ExampleBase License: €750,000 per year
Integration Fee: €400,000 (one-off)
API Volume Tier: tiered at high-volume discounts
Enterprise Seat Model: additional €5,000–€10,000 per operational seat (optional)
Year 1 Potential: €1.1M–€1.3M

Ongoing Annual: €750,000+ volume tiers
This is aligned with enterprise SaaS in rights technology.

MARKET MODEL
​(UPDATED TO 2% ADOPTION - ARTIST SIDE)
​SoundFoundation™ 

The following model applies exclusively to the Direct-to-Artist deployment of Find My Royalties™.
It does not include enterprise licensing revenue.

The projections are built on deliberately conservative assumptions:
A 2% adoption rate across the identified independent artist markets

A blended mix of monthly and annual memberships

Structured uptake of audit, repair, and recovery modules

No reliance on mass-market penetration

The purpose of this model is not to project dominance.

​It is to demonstrate viability at modest market capture.
A 2% adoption rate within Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom alone produces a sustainable multi-million-dollar recurring revenue base before enterprise integration is considered.

Enterprise revenue operates under a separate commercial model based on licensing, API usage, and institutional contracts.
The figures below illustrate the strength of the artist-side engine as a standalone business.

Model Assumptions & Market Inputs

Payment mix:
60% monthly / 40% annual 

Members vs audit-only split:
60% members / 40% audit-only 

Tier distribution (members):
70% Artist / 20% Band / 8% Career / 2% Label 

Recovery activation:
20% of members 

Repair uptake:
25% of members 

Audit-only average:
$149 | Repair avg: $99 | Recovery fee: 10% Serviceable independent market (as currently listed)
USA — 500,000
UK — 100,000
​Australia — 40,000 

2% Adoption Targets
USA — 10,000 users
UK — 2,000 users
Australia — 800 users

2% Model Output (Annual Revenue)
USA (10,000 users): ≈ $3,854,900.00 / year
UK (2,000 users): ≈ $722,980.00 / year
Australia (800 users): ≈ $270,409.60 / year

Combined 2% Adoption Total
Total annual revenue ≈ $4,848,289.60 / year
Rounded: $4.85M / year
Revenue mix (approx):
Subscriptions ≈ 44%
Recovery ≈ 36%
Audit-only ≈ 16%
Repair ≈ 4%

​ENTERPRISE SCALE MODEL (SEPARATE METRICS)
Enterprise is measured by:
Number of licensed organisations
Catalogue volume / API usage
Implementation depth (light integration vs embedded workflows)
Internal seats / operational teamsEnterprise goal: small number of high-value partners, highly defensible integrations, long-term retention.

3️⃣
PRS for Music
​(UK)

Entity: UK rights organisation for composers and publishers.

Members: 160,000+

Function: Collection and distribution of royalties.
Why They Would LicenseMember pressure for transparency.
Increased catalogue fragmentation.
AI and automated matching errors.
Cost savings via automation of discrepancy workflows.
Reduction in dispute resolution overhead.
The platform would integrate as:
Validation layer
Discrepancy dashboard
Exportable evidence generator
Commercial Model ExampleBase License: £600,000 per year
Implementation: £300,000
Optional Recovery Alignment: structured partnership model
API Usage Scaling above threshold
Year 1 Potential: £900,000+

Ongoing Annual: £600,000+



Enterprise Revenue Scenario (Conservative)If only three enterprise partners adopt:
APRA: ~AUD $500K annual
ICE: ~€750K annual
PRS: ~£600K annual
Converted conservatively → Approx AUD $3.0–$3.5M annual recurring revenue
And that excludes:
Additional territories
Usage overages
Recovery module participation
White-label deployments
This is before scaling artist adoption beyond 2%.

INXS's
“Listen Like Thieves” (1985) marked INXS’s move into international release cycles a point where catalogues begin to cross borders, systems, and accounting frameworks.

DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY — $5,000,000 Growth Investment (Updated for Two Doors)

A $5,000,000 capital injection accelerates Find My Royalties™ into a dual-channel business:
Door 1: self-serve artist acquisition + product-led growth
Door 2: enterprise licensing + integration + institutional credibility
Capital Allocation OverviewProduct & Engineering — $1,750,000

Recovery & Trust Infrastructure — $750,000
Enterprise Integration + Partnerships — $1,050,000
Operations & Compliance — $600,000
Working Capital & Risk Buffer — $850,000

Total — $5,000,000
1) Product & Engineering — $1,750,000
Build defensible infrastructure, automation, rate-limiting, and an enterprise-grade API layer.

2) Recovery & Trust Infrastructure — $750,000
Trust structures, evidence workflows, cross-border recovery operations, and governance.

3) Enterprise Integration + Partnerships — $1,050,000
Dedicated enterprise pipeline: integrations, technical onboarding, partner success, institutional pilots.

4) Operations & Compliance — $600,000
Security posture, reporting, legal advisory, data handling maturity.

5) Working Capital & Risk Buffer — $850,000
Stability + runway + contingency for platform scale and recovery timing gaps.

Strategic Outcome (24–36 months)
Automated monitoring across 8+ platforms
Scalable recovery workflow
Trust-based recovery infrastructure
Artist-side 2% capture in AU + scalable US entry
Enterprise-ready integrations and licensing pipeline
This is not a burn-heavy streaming startup.

This is infrastructure software with recurring revenue and performance upside.

BRAND & PLATFORM NOTEFind My Royalties™ is the public-facing brand for launch and growth.

The legacy naming is held back intentionally while the CMS and onboarding are unified under Find My Royalties™.

FINAL CTA
​ArtistsStart your first month free

Validate your releases. Monitor your catalogue. Recover what’s missing.
EnterpriseRequest the enterprise pack

License the infrastructure. Integrate the API. Reduce leakage at scale.

Why Enterprise Needs This (Strategic Rationale)

1️⃣
Operational EfficiencyManual discrepancy reconciliation is expensive.

Automation reduces internal cost per case.

​2️⃣
Risk ReductionMetadata errors create:
Underpayments
Disputes
Reputational risk
Regulatory scrutiny
Structured validation reduces these exposures.

3️⃣
Member SatisfactionMembers increasingly expect:
Transparency
Auditability
Faster resolution
Evidence-based communication
This platform supports those expectations without replacing internal systems.

4️⃣
Capital EfficiencyBuilding internally would require:
Engineering teams
Multi-year development cycles
Ongoing maintenance
Licensing provides faster deployment and lower upfront risk.

Phase 1 – Controlled DeploymentPilot Deployment:

• Base License: AUD $350,000
• API Tier: AUD $150,000
• Implementation: AUD $250,000

Year 1 Total: AUD $750,000
This is realistic for a pilot-scale national integration.

Phase 2 – Full National RolloutAfter validation:

• Base License: AUD $750,000
• API Tier: AUD $250,000
• Optional Workflow Modules: $150,000–$300,000

Ongoing Annual: AUD $1.0M–$1.3M
Now the original number becomes defendable.

 “I am very emotionally affected by sound.
​Sounds are the inexplicable… There is a sound you hear in your head, it’s your nerves, or your blood running.”
​
Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground

Where Does the Current SoundFoundation Platform Go From Here?

The platform becomes a single integrity engine deployed through two operating doors.
Door One — Find My Royalties™
A public-facing membership system designed for artists, bands, and catalogue owners to validate releases, monitor discrepancies, and activate authorised recovery.
Door Two — Enterprise Licensing
A licensable infrastructure layer for rights organisations, publishers, and administrators managing catalogues at scale.
Both doors run on the same core engine.
The Artist door drives adoption and data density.
The Enterprise door drives institutional integration and long-term contracts.
The strategy is deliberate:
Build once.
Deploy twice.
Scale without duplicating infrastructure.
This is how the platform transitions from a creator tool into music-industry infrastructure.

Future-proof architecture: Designed to support interoperable identity standards and decentralised metadata protocols where appropriate, without reliance on speculative token mechanics.

Why SoundFoundation Evolves Now

The music ecosystem has scaled faster than its integrity systems.
Distribution is frictionless.

Release volume has multiplied.

Metadata passes through more intermediaries than ever before.

Small errors now propagate globally in seconds.

At the same time:
Independent artists operate internationally from day one.
Rights organisations face increasing compliance pressure.
Recovery becomes more complex the longer discrepancies exist.
The original platform proved there is demand for structured validation and recovery.
The next step is not expansion for its own sake.

It is structural maturation.

Scaling now allows:
Creator adoption to compound.
Enterprise integration to formalise.
Infrastructure value to solidify before fragmentation deepens.
Waiting increases complexity.

Expanding now builds defensibility.

5️⃣
Why This MattersInvestors like ambition.
Enterprise buyers like staged risk.
If you present:
“$1.5M per organisation immediately”
It sounds optimistic.
If you present:
“Pilot at $750K → Scale to $1M+”
It sounds commercially intelligent.



6️⃣
Has the Strategic Logic Changed?No.
This remains strong:
Predictable ACV
Scale-based upside
Low churn
High switching friction
But I would reword:
“High switching friction”
To:
“Deep integration increases retention.”
Same meaning. Less aggressive tone.



7️⃣
The Big Picture
​Your enterprise pricing logic is valid.
But the delivery should show:
Commercial maturity
Awareness of sales cycle
Phased deployment logic
Realistic institutional behaviour
That makes it investor-safe and enterprise-safe.

"If you don't own your masters, ​​your master owns you,"
Prince

SoundFoundation Platform Rebuild & Design Re-Architecture 

The original platform validated demand.
The rebuild ensures scale.
This is not a surface redesign.
It is a structural re-architecture of the core engine to support two operating environments:

• Direct-to-Artist deployment (Find My Royalties™)
  
• Enterprise-grade licensing and integration
  

The rebuild focuses on five core pillars:

1. Unified Core EngineOne system. Two deployment modes.
The architecture is rebuilt as a modular integrity engine capable of operating:

• As a self-serve SaaS environment
  
• As an API-driven enterprise infrastructure layer
  
• As a white-label instance for institutional partners
  

This eliminates duplicate builds and reduces long-term technical debt.

2. Metadata Intelligence LayerThe new design introduces a structured validation layer that:

• Normalises incoming data
  
• Flags discrepancies automatically
  
• Tracks version history
  
• Preserves evidence logs
  
• Produces structured export reports
  

This allows the system to function not just as a monitoring tool, but as a verifiable audit instrument.

3. Scalable Infrastructure ModelThe rebuild transitions the platform from static membership logic to:

• Rate-limited processing queues
  
• Tier-aware vault allocation
  
• Structured API access
  
• Permission-based user roles
  
• Enterprise-ready logging
  

This ensures the same engine can support:

• 500 artists
  
• 50,000 artists
  
• Multi-million track catalogues
  

Without architectural redesign.

4. Recovery Workflow AutomationThe recovery process evolves from manual intervention to structured workflow.

• Trigger-based discrepancy flags
  
• Evidence compilation automation
  
• Submission package generation
  
• Case tracking dashboards
  
• Internal escalation logic (Enterprise mode)
  

This reduces friction and improves recovery efficiency at scale.

5. Security & Governance LayerThe re-architecture introduces:

• Role-based access control
  
• Audit logging
  
• Data handling separation
  
• Recovery trust accounting structure
  
• Enterprise compliance readiness
  

This moves the platform from startup utility to infrastructure-grade reliability.

Why This MattersRebuilding before scaling is strategic.
Without re-architecture:

• Enterprise integration becomes brittle.
  
• Technical debt compounds.
  
• Recovery operations become inefficient.
  
• Investors see risk.
  

With re-architecture:

• The platform becomes modular.
  
• Integration becomes straightforward.
  
• Scaling becomes capital-efficient.
  
• Long-term defensibility increases.
  

Strategic OutcomeThe rebuilt platform supports:

• Product-led growth (artists)
  
• Enterprise licensing (institutions)
  
• Data density compounding
  
• Recurring revenue stability
  
• Performance-based upside
  

It positions Find My Royalties™ not as a feature, but as infrastructure.

“The fact is that we take music very seriously”
​Peter Garrett

Feasibility Statement

Find My Royalties™ is commercially and technically feasible based on three validated foundations:

1. Proven market demand
2. Existing technical capability
3. Scalable revenue architecture

1. Market FeasibilityThe platform addresses an identifiable and measurable problem:

• Incomplete or inconsistent metadata
• Cross-platform discrepancies
• Delayed or unclaimed royalties
• Operational friction within catalogue management

The current independent artist base in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom alone represents a serviceable market of over 640,000 active independent acts.
At a conservative 2% adoption rate, the platform produces a multi-million-dollar annual revenue base without requiring mass-market penetration.
Enterprise adoption does not rely on volume scale.
It relies on institutional integration.
A small number of licensed enterprise partners can materially increase recurring revenue and defensibility.
This dual structure reduces dependency on any single revenue source.

2. Technical FeasibilityThe system does not attempt to alter distribution infrastructure.
It operates as:

• A validation layer
• A monitoring layer
• A structured reporting engine
• A recovery enablement tool

This means:

• No need to rebuild DSP ecosystems
• No need to hold rights
• No need to act as distributor

The re-architecture supports:

• Modular API integration
• Tier-based vault scaling
• Rate-limited processing
• Evidence logging
• Role-based enterprise deployment

The technical stack required is standard SaaS infrastructure with layered validation logic and reporting workflows.
There are no unsolved scientific or technical barriers to execution.

3. Commercial FeasibilityRevenue is diversified across:

• Recurring memberships
• Structured service modules
• Success-based recovery fees
• Enterprise licensing

Recurring membership provides predictable baseline revenue.
Recovery provides performance-based upside.
Enterprise licensing provides contract stability.
Capital deployment is focused primarily on:

• Engineering
• Enterprise integration
• Recovery operations
• Governance and compliance

This is infrastructure software, not a capital-intensive consumer media platform.

4. Operational FeasibilityThe recovery process is structured and permission-based.
Funds are not speculative.
Recovery is triggered by evidence.
The system does not assume ownership of royalties.
It enables authorised claims.
Operational growth scales through:

• Automation of discrepancy detection
• Standardised evidence generation
• Tier-based support escalation
• Enterprise workflow integration

Manual overhead decreases as automation increases.

5. Risk ProfilePrimary risks include:

• Slow adoption velocity
• Enterprise sales cycle length
• Recovery timing delays
• Technical scaling challenges

Mitigation factors include:

• Two-door revenue architecture
• Modular deployment
• Capital buffer allocation
• Phased enterprise onboarding

The platform does not depend on:

• Viral adoption
• Speculative tokenisation
• Regulatory loopholes
• Platform replacement

It integrates into existing systems rather than attempting to disrupt them.

ConclusionFind My Royalties™ is feasible because it:

• Solves a real, persistent problem
• Uses achievable technical architecture
• Diversifies revenue across two operating doors
• Scales incrementally without structural reinvention

It is not built on optimism.
It is built on operational logic.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
Jimi Hendrix

"When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance."
Freddie Mercury

Arctic Monkeys Independently, broke history with their debut album became the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history, moving ~360k+ copies in its first week.