Is this for you?
- You're building or scaling a music, podcast, or audio platform.
- You're dealing with streaming, catalog, metadata, rights, or discovery problems.
- Hiring generalist consultants has produced generic advice that doesn't land.
- You're preparing for a scale event — label deal, major release, funding round.
What you get
- Architecture review with domain-specific recommendations.
- Catalog and metadata strategy.
- Discovery and search recommendations.
- Streaming and delivery review (CDN, transcoding, licensing implications).
- Prioritized roadmap with effort estimates.
- 60-minute walkthrough.
Scope
What's in
- Audio platform architecture review
- Catalog and metadata strategy
- Streaming and delivery review
- Discovery, search, and recommendation scoping
What's out
- Legal and rights negotiation
- Mobile-app-specific architecture beyond API contracts
- Performing the remediation
- ML model development for recommendations
Process
Intake
Day 1Kickoff, access to repo, sample data, dashboards, intro to team.
Discovery
Days 2–7Architecture trace, catalog review, delivery and discovery assessment.
Analysis
Days 8–12Remediation design, domain-specific recommendations, prioritization.
Report
Days 13–17Draft, review, finalize.
Walkthrough
End of engagement60-minute call with your team.
Pricing
50% to start, 50% on report delivery. Includes one 30-minute follow-up call within 30 days of delivery.
One fixed price. No surprises, no “starting at” language. If we agree on scope and you pay the deposit, the engagement is locked in.
Questions
Spoken-word / podcast platforms too?
Yes. The pattern overlaps significantly with music.
Do you cover rights management architecture?
At the system-design level — how rights information flows through catalog and delivery. Not legal advice.
Do you implement the changes?
Separately, yes.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes.
About
I've built and scaled audio platforms — catalog ingestion, rights-aware delivery, search, discovery. The review comes from shipped production systems in the space, not a survey deck.
More about the studioReady to start?
Book an intro call. If we're not a fit, I'll tell you on the call.