Monetization roadmap
Where the money actually is.
Not a list of tactics from the internet. A ranked plan built from your catalog, your rights, and your stage.
Pitch the Little Fires instrumental for sync
Bounce the instrumental of Little Fires — the bed under the second verse is the usable part. You own it outright, there's no co-writer to clear, and it sits perfectly under dialogue. Two library submissions and one direct supervisor email.
Why this, for you
You own this one 100% and it's already finished. Sync is the only income stream where your existing catalog earns without you making anything new — and clean ownership is exactly what gets you past the first filter.
Catalogue and register the 20 Night Ferry beds
Instrumental, cinematic, no vocals, single owner. Tag each with mood, bpm, and key, register them, and get them into two production libraries. This is your quietest, most reliable income.
Why this, for you
Night Ferry is the asset you're treating like a hobby folder. Twenty clean instrumental cues with no clearance issues is genuinely more attractive to libraries than one great vocal song.
Build Slow Weather into a real release, not a drop
Cover art fixed, splits signed, PRO registered, instrumental version bounced, three BTS clips from the Ruiz session ready. Then pick a date four weeks out and pitch playlists with lead time.
Why this, for you
You released two singles with no plan and one of them still became your most streamed track. Imagine that song with the paperwork done and four weeks of runway. This is the release that proves the fear wrong.
Open a direct-to-fan channel before the next release
One page where the people who already ask about Slow Weather at shows can buy something — a pay-what-you-want download, a limited run of 50 physical copies, or early access.
Why this, for you
People asking about a song at your shows is demand you're currently not capturing. Direct sales pay you 10-20x per fan what streaming does, and they happen the week of release or not at all.
Map your back-catalog for uncollected mechanicals
Both released songs need a mechanical royalty check across territories, plus verification your distributor is claiming publishing where it exists.
Why this, for you
Two releases, 14 months, no rights infrastructure. There is almost certainly money sitting in collection societies with your name near it and nobody claiming it.