Music Tech
Development
Featured Work in Music
TuneRegistry
We took complex data collection and distilled it into a user-friendly interface to help the music industry.
Musea
Music Tech Is Uniquely Complex
The music industry runs on metadata, rights splits, and legacy systems that predate the internet. Building music software means understanding how PROs work, how royalties flow, how DDEX standards encode data, and why "who owns this song" is never a simple question.
We've built catalog management systems, rights administration platforms, and distribution tools. We understand the difference between mechanical and performance royalties, why Content ID matters, and how sync licensing actually works.
Most developers learn music industry complexity the hard way. We've already done that learning—and we bring it to every music tech project.
ClearSummit understood music industry complexity from the start. They didn't need us to explain what a PRO is or how splits work—they already knew.
Music Tech Work
From catalog management to distribution
TuneRegistry
Music metadata SaaS. Catalog management, rights tracking, industry-standard data integrations. Serves labels, publishers, and creators.
Rights Platforms
Ownership tracking, split management, royalty allocation systems for complex rights scenarios.
Distribution Tools
Release management, DSP delivery, metadata validation for labels and distributors.
Industry Knowledge
What We Understand
Building music software requires domain expertise. We've learned the industry through years of building for it.
Technical Challenges
What Makes Music Tech Hard
Music industry software operates in a complex ecosystem of standards, integrations, and legacy systems.
Data Standards
DDEX, CWR, EBR—the music industry has its own data formats. We implement these standards correctly, ensuring your data can flow through the industry ecosystem without breaking.
Complex Integrations
SoundExchange, HFA, PROs, DSPs—music software needs to connect to the broader ecosystem. We build the integrations that make your platform interoperable.
Scale & Search
Catalogs contain millions of songs. Search, filtering, and organization need to work at scale. We architect databases and search systems for music-industry volumes.
Leveraging Intelligence
AI is transforming how music gets discovered and managed.
Machine learning shows up in catalog management, sync licensing, rights enforcement, and streaming recommendations. We integrate with audio fingerprinting services, build recommendation systems, and leverage AI for metadata enrichment.
The music companies that win will be the ones that use AI effectively. We help you build that capability.
Industry Connections
We know the ecosystem players.
AcoustID, Audible Magic, Music Mark—we've integrated with these services. Spotify, Apple Music, SoundExchange, HFA—we understand their APIs and data requirements. DDEX, CWR, EBR—we speak these standards.
Years of music tech work means we know who does what and how systems connect.
They understood that music metadata is never as clean as you want it to be. They built systems that handled real-world data quality issues gracefully.
How We Build Music Tech
Industry Discovery
We start by understanding your position in the music ecosystem. What data flows in, what flows out, who your users are, and what industry systems you need to connect with.
Data Architecture
Music metadata is complex. We design schemas that handle splits, territories, versions, and the reality that ownership changes over time. Built for the edge cases, not just the happy path.
Standards Implementation
DDEX, CWR, API integrations with industry players. We implement standards correctly so your data can flow through the ecosystem.
Scale & Polish
Search that works at catalog scale, interfaces that music professionals actually want to use, and the reliability that your business depends on.
Data Standards & Partners
We've Integrated With
Industry standards and services we've implemented.
Is This Right for You?
We're a good fit if: You're building software for the music industry. You need a team that already understands rights, royalties, and metadata complexity. You want to skip the learning curve most developers face.
We're not a good fit if: You're building a consumer music app (we do industry infrastructure). You need audio production tools (we build business systems, not DAWs).
Let's Talk Music Tech
Tell us about your music industry project. We'll give you an honest assessment of the complexity, integrations, and what it takes to build software that works in this ecosystem.
Other Work
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