Confidential · March 2026 · Mothership Studios

The Partnership Thesis.
The Numbers.

Label.me is the artist development layer. The right publishing infrastructure partner is the collection layer. Together, they cover the full stack — from voice memo to royalty check.

This document is a proof-of-concept. The platform is in active development. We are seeking a strategic partner who understands that independent artists are the fastest-growing segment of the music industry — and that they need development, not just distribution.

The Partnership Thesis

Label.me is the artist layer.
The right partner is the infrastructure.

Label.me handles everything above the line — artist career management, fan engagement, the Vault, the team, the A&R. The right publishing infrastructure partner handles everything below it: global royalty collection, direct DSP licensing, work matching, and transparent reporting. Together, they cover the full stack — from creation to collection.

Label.me Brings
Seven specialized team members — Manager, Social, Publicist, Community, Revenue, Producer, Merch
The Studio — Vault, demo voting, live creation sessions
Fan A&R with real voting power and stake in the work
Subscription revenue layer ($5–$25/mo per artist)
Artist acquisition and development channel at scale — 150K artists by Year 4
A founder who is the exact artist this platform is built for
The Right Partner BringsPublishing infrastructure at scale
Global publishing administration across hundreds of territories
Artist-favorable splits — rolling term, no retention period
Direct DSP licensing with Spotify, Apple Music, and more
Automatic work matching at the highest accuracy in the industry
Transparent, real-time royalty reporting artists can actually read
A belief that independent artists deserve the same infrastructure as major label acts
The Thesis

"Every artist on Label.me is a potential subscriber to the right publishing infrastructure. We are the acquisition channel."

Aligned Incentives

Label.me's subscription revenue and a publishing partner's admin commission cover different parts of the stack. They don't compete. The artist earns more. Both platforms earn more.

Why Now

Independent artists are the fastest-growing segment of the music industry. They need development, not just distribution. Label.me is where that development happens — at a price point that actually makes sense.

The Numbers

A viable business alone.
A movement at scale.

Phase 1 — subscriptions only — breaks even late Year 2. Phase 2 opens additional revenue streams. Phase 3 makes it a movement. Every phase works on its own.

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Artists by Year 4
$0M
Total Revenue Year 4
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Gross Margin
$0M
Net Income Year 4
Revenue Projection — Subscriptions + Additional Revenue Streams · $000s
Y1Y2Y3Y4$0K$5000K$10000K$15000K$20000K
Subscriptions
Phase 2 Revenue
Phase 3 Revenue
Artist Growth — Total vs. Paid
Y1Y2Y3Y4040K80K120K160K
Phasing Strategy
01ACTIVE
Now – Q2 2026

Launch

Team agents + The Studio. Subscriptions only. Prove the product.

02ROADMAP
Q3 2026 – Q1 2027

Expand

Additional revenue streams open. Artists grow their label operations. Platform deepens.

03ROADMAP
2027

Movement

A&R becomes a true ownership layer. The community drives the catalog.

04VISION
2028+

Scale

Direct DSP deals. Secondary market for A&R investments. International expansion.

Direct Contact

Built by an artist.
For every artist who comes after.

This wasn't designed from the outside. The founder is a signed songwriter with millions of streams and network TV placements on FOX, ABC, NBC, The CW, MTV, Bravo, Paramount, and Universal — who has lived inside the industry long enough to know exactly what it stopped doing for artists, and why.

The voice memo catalog. The community that needs managing. The demos that never got flagged. The royalties that needed auditing. The platform was built because the founder is the exact artist it's designed for — and has the receipts to prove it.

We are looking for a strategic publishing infrastructure partner who believes what the best of this industry has always believed: that creators deserve to be paid fairly, and that technology is how we get there.

Founder
Valentina Mitzkat
Mothership Studios
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