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    The 25-creator cohort

    Twenty-five creators. One fixed 22-day regimen. Each participant leaves with signed splits, a performing-rights registration, an ISWC for the composition, an ISRC for the recording, a provenance record with checksums, and an accession number that makes the work citable. You keep every right you walked in with — the studio is paid for the stewardship, not for a piece of your catalog.

    Dashboard

    Cohort position, live

    Places filled

    0 / 25

    25 remaining

    Active in the regimen

    0

    Average day 0 of 22

    Splits documented

    0%

    Signed and totalling 100%

    PRO registered

    0%

    Member number on file

    ISWC assigned

    0%

    Composition registered

    ISRC assigned

    0%

    Recording coded

    Files closed

    0

    Accession complete, day 22

    Audiobook line

    4 titles

    Concurrent capacity

    These figures come from the cohort record and update as files move. Percentages are of applications received, not of the 25 places.

    The 22-day regimen

    One task a day, twenty-two days

    Day

    1

    Open the file

    Complete the cohort intake: legal name, contact, discipline, entity if you have one.

    Proof: Intake record created.

    Day

    2

    Inventory the catalog

    List every finished work you own or co-own. Title, year, collaborators, where it lives.

    Proof: Catalog inventory sheet.

    Day

    3

    Find the paperwork

    Gather split sheets, agreements, work-for-hire letters, sample clearances.

    Proof: Document folder assembled.

    Day

    4

    Name the gaps

    Mark every work missing a signed split or a clear chain of title.

    Proof: Gap list, signed by you.

    Day

    5

    Set the splits

    Agree writer and publisher percentages with each collaborator, in writing.

    Proof: Split sheet per work, totalling 100%.

    Day

    6

    Choose your PRO

    Join or confirm your performing-rights organization; capture your member number.

    Proof: PRO member number on file.

    Day

    7

    First review gate

    Sit the review: your file is checked against the handbook's pre-content gates.

    Proof: Gate 1 countersigned.

    Audiobook factory

    The narration line

    Titles in the line at once

    4

    Finished hours per narration day

    3

    Working days per finished title

    17

    Proof-listen pass rate target

    98%

    StageOwnerOutputStandardSchedule
    1 · Manuscript intakeDepositorFinal locked text, pronunciation list, front and back matterOne file, final. Changes after lock restart the stage.Day 1
    2 · Rights checkStudioChain of title, quotation clearances, ISBN for the audio editionNo recording begins without a clear chain of title.Day 2
    3 · CastingStudioNarrator selection, sample audition, signed narrator agreementNarrator terms fixed in writing before the first session.Day 3
    4 · NarrationNarratorRaw session masters, session log, punch listContinuous room tone, one take per chapter minimum, timecoded log.Days 4–9
    5 · Proof listenStudioMarked corrections against the manuscriptWord-for-word check. Every deviation flagged.Days 10–11
    6 · PickupsNarratorCorrected passages matched to the original roomSame room, same chain, same distance.Day 12
    7 · MasteringStudioPer-chapter files at retail specification-18 to -23 dB RMS, peaks under -3 dB, noise floor under -60 dB.Days 13–14
    8 · Quality controlStudioQC report, pass or blocking findingsBlocking findings must clear before delivery.Day 15
    9 · ProvenanceStudioChecksums, capture record, accession numberEvery delivered file fingerprinted and recorded.Day 16
    10 · DeliveryStudioRetail package, metadata, cover, sample clipDistributor specification met exactly, first submission.Day 17

    Audio targets follow common retail specifications. Your distributor may publish different requirements; the delivery stage matches whichever specification applies to your title.

    Terms, four ways

    The same agreement, read for you

    The plain-language versions are written to be understood, not to replace the agreement. The signed contract governs. Nothing here is legal, tax, or investment advice — keep your own counsel and accountant.

    Glossary

    Every term, in ordinary words

    ISWC

    International Standard Musical Work Code

    A permanent number for a song as a piece of writing — the melody and words, not any one recording.

    ISRC

    International Standard Recording Code

    A permanent number for one specific recording of a song. A new take gets a new number.

    ISBN

    International Standard Book Number

    The permanent number for a book edition, including an audiobook edition.

    PRO

    Performing rights organization

    The organization that collects money when your song is played in public and pays it to you.

    Writer share

    The songwriter's half

    The part of a song's income that belongs to the people who wrote it.

    Publisher share

    The publishing half

    The part of a song's income that belongs to whoever administers the song. That can be you.

    Split sheet

    Who owns what, in writing

    A signed page saying what percentage each writer owns. Percentages must add to 100.

    Master

    The recording itself

    The finished audio file that everything else is copied from.

    Chain of title

    The paper trail of ownership

    A clear record showing how ownership passed from each person to the next, with nothing missing.

    Provenance

    Where it came from

    Proof of who made a file, when, on what equipment, and that it has not been altered since.

    Checksum

    A file's fingerprint

    A short code calculated from a file. If one bit of the file changes, the code changes.

    Accession

    Entering the permanent record

    The moment a work is checked, numbered, signed for, and shelved as a permanent holding.

    Metadata

    The label on the box

    The written details that travel with a file: title, credits, dates, language, rights.

    Mechanical royalty

    Payment per copy or stream

    Money owed to the songwriter each time the song is copied or streamed.

    Neighbouring rights

    The performer's side

    Money owed to performers and recording owners when a recording is broadcast.

    Work for hire

    Paid to make it, don't own it

    An arrangement where you are paid for the job and someone else owns the result. Read before signing.

    Model collapse

    Copies of copies

    What happens when machines learn mostly from machine-made work: the results get thinner over time. Documented human work is the cure.

    Deliverable

    What you hand over

    The specific files and documents a partner requires, in the exact format they require.

    Intake

    Apply for one of the 25 places

    Applying transfers nothing. No rights, no masters, no publishing, no equity.