Welcome to BME. You’re early — that means you’re ahead. Drop your intro and tell me your biggest music business question right now. I’m responding to everything personally I want to give a shout out to our new members @Shazmine Billingsley & @Tylre Garnett introduce yourselfs and drop ya questions below

Before anything else i want to know who's in the room? Drop a comment with: - Your Artist Name - Where you From - How many songs you've released - Your biggest music business question right now The last one matters most. Your question tells me exactly what to cover next. I'll Respond to every single one personally. Welcome to BME. Lets Build. Stacc or Starve

Spam and unsolicited promotion will be removed immediately and the member will be banned. This community exists to serve independent artists — not to be used as a lead generation tool for outside services. Rule 2 is non-negotiable: no promotion without contribution. One post of real value earns you one mention. Zero posts of value earns you zero mentions and a removal. We protect the culture here.

All 14 tools organized by category. Go to Classroom → find the course → find the lesson. Download. Use immediately. 🔐 OWNERSHIP TOOLS (Classroom → The Artist Asset Workshop → Module 1 OR Resource Library → Section 1) → Split Sheet Agreement Template Every co-written or co-produced song. Get signatures within 48 hours of the session. → Song Ownership Audit Worksheet Run your top 3 released songs through this 5-point audit. Find your vulnerabilities. → Pre-Release Metadata Checklist Complete every field before uploading to your distributor. Wrong metadata = lost royalties. → Neighboring Rights Setup Checklist SoundExchange registration + 6 international organizations. Free to register. Do it today. → Copyright Registration Checklist Step by step guide to filing at copyright.gov. File within 90 days of release. 💰 PUBLISHING & ROYALTY TOOLS (Classroom → The Artist Asset Workshop → Module 2 OR Resource Library → Section 2) → Publishing Administration Comparison Guide Self-Admin vs Songtrust vs DistroKid Publishing vs Full Publishing Deal. Pick your level. → PRO Song Registration Checklist ASCAP vs BMI breakdown + exact song registration steps. Joining is Step 1. Registering your songs is Step 2. → Mechanical Royalties Setup Guide The MLC registration walkthrough. Two royalties per stream — most artists collect one. → Sync Pitch Template Sync-ready checklist + complete email pitch template + 5 platform submission listings. → Sync Submission Tracker Log every pitch. Follow up every 30 days. Track placements and fees earned. 📝 CONTRACT TOOLS (Classroom → The Artist Asset Workshop → Module 3 OR Resource Library → Section 3) → Contract Audit Matrix 5 questions. Every deal. Score Green / Yellow / Red. 3 or more reds = walk away or get a lawyer. 🚀 REVENUE TOOLS (Classroom → Free Starter Vault OR Resource Library → Section 4) → Revenue Stack Scorecard Score yourself on all 8 revenue streams. Post your #DayOneScore below when you join. → Digital Product Launch Checklist

Read this first. It will save you years. If you’re here it’s because something about your music career isn’t adding up. You’re releasing music. You’re promoting it. You’re putting in the work. But the money doesn’t reflect the effort. The ownership isn’t clear. The contracts are confusing. And nobody around you seems to have real answers — just opinions. That ends here. This community exists for one reason: to give independent artists the business infrastructure that the industry was never designed to hand you. Royalty collection systems. Publishing registration. Contract literacy. Digital product strategy. Merch that builds a brand instead of just a product. Everything in here is built around one principle — you should own your music, collect every dollar it generates, and build revenue streams that nobody can take from you. HERE’S WHERE TO START: Step 1 — Go to the Classroom tab right now. Download the Revenue Stack Scorecard from the Free Starter Vault. Score yourself on all 8 revenue streams. Be honest. Post your score below in the comments with the hashtag #DayOneScore. That number is your starting point. We’re going to move it. Step 2 — Download the Split Sheet Template. Go to Lesson 3 in the Free Starter Vault. Download it. Think of the last song you released. Do you have a signed split sheet for it? If not — that is your first action item. Complete it within 48 hours. Step 3 — Introduce yourself. Drop a comment below with: ∙ Your artist name ∙ Where you’re based ∙ How many songs you’ve released ∙ Your biggest music business question right now That last one matters most. Your question tells me exactly what to cover next inside the community. Every course, every call, every resource in here started with a question someone just like you asked. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES — THREE RULES: Rule 1 — Execute publicly. Share your homework completions, your registrations, your wins, and your questions in the community. The artists who post their progress publicly move faster than the artists who lurk. Accountability is a feature — use it.