Make releases people can recognize.
- production direction and sound
- artist position and visual story
- release rhythm and catalog shape
AI-MUSIC · FROM TRACK TO ROYALTY
The hard part starts after the track is made.
I help founders turn AI-generated music into a working release business — from production and artist positioning to distribution, metadata, royalties, and the economics behind it.
NIK McFLY · AI-MUSIC OPERATOR
100+AI tracks released
20M+streams to date
$250kindicative catalog value
Catalog results, updated August 2026. Valuation is an income-based estimate for the fully owned catalog, in line with independent buyer interest. Numbers and context →
Music earns attention. The system turns it into a business.
The catalog only started working when the creative and operational sides were designed together.
Make every release work as a business asset.
- distribution rules and metadata
- royalty tracking and payments
- costs, payout rates, and growth decisions
Two ways into the same problem.
FOR MUSIC AND AI PRODUCTS
→Add distribution to your product.
Decide what you can release, how tracks move through review and distribution, how royalties are paid, and where the product earns.
FOR FOUNDERS AND LABELS
→Build an artist or catalog from scratch.
Shape the music and artist, plan the releases, understand the economics, and launch a catalog you can grow.
WORK WITH ME
Leave with a business model you can launch.
In one focused session, we choose the model, work through platform and rights risks, map costs and workflow, and define the smallest useful launch.
Paid market signal. A music-tech founder has already hired me to map distribution, royalties, and the catalog model for their product.
Built from the work, not from theory.
Every Streaming Calculator on the Internet Is Wrong. So I Built One.
Flat-rate streaming calculators are a lie. After nine months of real payout data, I built howmuchperstream.com — a tool that accounts for audience composition, payout timing, and reverse goal planning.
Vibe-Designing with Variant: 24 Mockups, Zero Design Skills, One Winner.
How I used AI to generate 24 dashboard mockups, had another AI critique them all, and built a production design direction in under an hour.
My Cofounder Is My Girlfriend. We Share One Obsidian Vault.
How we share one Obsidian vault for an AI music label, two creative side practices, and a relationship — with self-hosted LiveSync on a cheap VPS, one Claude account between us, and a 6-zone folder structure that does the work boundaries used to.
NOT READY FOR A SESSION?
Start with the notes — or ask one concrete question.
The field notes are free. If you have a specific AI-music question, send it to me directly on Telegram.