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
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.
what it does.
from your catalog data to a delivered release.
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.
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read the case studyJake 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.
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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 fixesanything that fails the signed scope after launch is fixed at no charge.
- 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 engagements start with a paid diagnostic: one week, a fixed fee, credited in full against the build if you go ahead within 90 days. it produces the written scope, and you keep that document either way.scope
the scope fixes what gets built, the number and the ship date, in writing, before anything is built. the number is set by what the catalog and the roster actually need, not by 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. 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 keep the studio on a retainer for continuous engineering, billed monthly, 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. $2,000, guaranteed.
who does the work.
Studio Raine was founded by Raine, an ai engineer and a musician. ai engineering at Google, Meta, Microsoft and Scale AI since the start of the ai hype, a working catalog and released records on the music side. the studio is in New York City and works for labels, studios, producers, engineers and artists everywhere.
more about the studioquestions.
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.
what does it cost?
it is quoted in a written scope, set by the catalog and the partners you deliver to.