Music Tech & AI Consulting
Whetstone advises creators, labels, and publishers on where AI and music technology actually create value: catalog analysis, royalty optimization, and copyright protection. The advice is grounded in software we build and operate ourselves through Whetstone Digital, not in vendor decks.
What We Advise On
- Catalog analysis. Using data to find registration gaps, broken credits, and unclaimed royalties across a catalog.
- Royalty optimization. Making sure every composition and recording is registered where it earns, and that the money routes to the right place.
- Copyright protection. Sample clearance workflows, infringement checks, and monitoring how catalogs show up in AI training data.
- Tool selection and build-vs-buy. Which AI tools are real, which are noise, and when a custom build makes sense.
- AI policy for creative teams. Practical guidance on where AI helps a label or publishing operation and where it creates risk.
We Build What We Recommend
Through Whetstone Digital, our team ships production software used by working musicians: copyrightcheck.app searches 6.3 million US Copyright Office records for clearance research, takehome.co models what creators actually take home from deals and royalties, and dosatsu.app analyzes catalog and registration data. When we recommend an approach, it is because we have built and run it, not because we read about it.
Who This Is For
Labels and publishers modernizing catalog operations, managers and business teams who need a technical second opinion, and creators deciding how AI fits their workflow and their rights. Engagements run from a single advisory session to ongoing retainers.
Further Reading
Bring Technical Fluency to Your Catalog
Tell us what you are trying to solve. We will tell you what is real.