Direct-to-fans pilot cohort
PODBUM® · Music platform

Your music.
Every holder, named.

PODBUM® is a direct-to-fans music platform for independent artists, songwriters, and small catalogs. Today the platform simulates per-stream payouts against your split sheet, so collaborators and rightsholders can see how every holder fares before a stream lands. Future audited on-chain payouts are forward-looking and not yet shipped — the experience you see today is a faithful preview of that workflow.

Payouts
simulated today
Payout rail
audited on-chain · forward-looking
Splits
locked at registration

Split sheet preview · 4.2M streams modeled

“Half-Light” · stream-count 4,200,000
$3,380.00

Releases on the sheet

6 holders · single platform

simulated
  • Lena Park

    Performer

    38.0%$1,284.40
  • Aaron Vega

    Producer

    22.0%$743.60
  • Moon Hill

    Co-writer

    15.0%$507.00
  • Sample trust

    Clearance

    10.0%$338.00
+2 more holdersOpen the ledger →

For PODBUM® accounts

Already onboard? Go straight to your dashboard.

Register a release, draw a split sheet, and preview per-stream payouts — all from the same place.

PlansWant a single page that lists what each workflow unlocks — with the same audit-pending framing as the rest of the site?See the plans →

The shift

From mailbox statements to named holders.

The default music workflow still works like this: a release goes live, a usage report arrives months later, a single statement is delivered to one rightsholder, and every collaborator downstream has to wait, ask, and hope.

PODBUM®makes every holder legible on day one. Each release carries a split sheet naming every collaborator and rightsholder, the preview reads that sheet against any stream count, and each holder sees their share before a stream lands — not three quarters later. Today the rail is simulated; the future audited on-chain rail will make that legibility durably auditable.

How it works

Four moves, then the math is yours.

Register a release once; re-run the preview any time the sheet changes. Updates to splits are visible to every holder on the sheet.

  1. Register the work, name the holders

    Add the release, the primary artist, and the release date. Then list every entitled holder — collaborators, co-writers, sample owners — and their share of every stream.

  2. Set the stream math

    Dial in a hypothetical stream count on the release preview and the platform computes each holder’s payout from the split sheet. The numbers are deterministic, computed in the browser, and update live.

  3. Today, payouts are simulated

    Every figure you see is a faithful preview of the direct-to-fans payout model — not money in anyone’s wallet. The release, the split sheet, and the math are real; the payout rail is not yet live.

  4. Future audited on-chain payouts

    When the on-chain rail ships, each distribution becomes an auditable receipt holders can verify themselves. That future is forward-looking and not yet shipped — what you see today is the rehearsal for that workflow.

The split-sheet preview

One sheet, every holder, no hidden math.

Each release preview produces a single open ledger. Holders see their share, the modeled stream count, and the destination they would settle to. What was a multi-page statement becomes a one-page preview a rightsholder can read at a glance.

Simulated payout preview. Today the figures below are computed from the split sheet and a modeled stream count — not money in any wallet. Future audited on-chain payouts are forward-looking and not yet shipped.

Date2026-08-22
ReleaseHalf-Light (Master · v3)
Modeled$3,380.00
HolderRoleShareModeled amountSettles to
Lena ParkPerformer38.0%$1,284.40Holders
Aaron VegaProducer22.0%$743.60Holders
Moon HillCo-writer15.0%$507.00Holders
Sample trustClearance10.0%$338.00Holders
Fan poolAllocation12.5%$422.50Holders
Platform feeOps2.5%$84.50PODBUM®
Total modeled across holders$3,380.00Simulation only

Use cases

Built for every side of the split sheet.

Most adopted
Independent artists

Release work on your own terms and surface every collaborator and rightsholder on the split sheet — collaborators see exactly what their share would earn at any stream count.

  • Direct-to-fans releases
  • Collaborator splits
  • Sample clearance
Songwriters & co-writers

Encode a split sheet once and use the preview to settle conversations early. Each holder can model their share before the song goes live.

“We rewrote a 1998 split sheet on a Monday and ran the preview the same afternoon. Everyone knew their share before the song shipped.”

— co-writer pilot cohort, August 2026

Catalog owners

Represent back-catalog releases with modern split sheets, run per-release previews, and brief collaborators on share math before contract sign-off.

Fans & rightsholders

See how a release you helped make — or financed — would pay out across every holder, in one transparent preview.

Holders shown

everyone named

Today

simulated preview

Considerations

Honest about what’s shipped today.

Today: simulated

Every figure on the platform is a simulation computed from your split sheet and a chosen stream count. The release, the split sheet, and the math are real; the payout rail is not. We label every preview accordingly.

Future audited on-chain payouts

When the future on-chain rail ships, each distribution becomes an auditable receipt any holder can verify. That future is forward-looking and not yet shipped — the experience you see today is the rehearsal for that workflow.

Split-sheet discipline

Payouts follow the splits you set at registration. The platform enforces a 100% total and surfaces every holder on the sheet, so downstream conversations about share math start from the same numbers.

Independent of your distributor

Use PODBUM® alongside any distributor, PRO, or sync partner. The release, the split sheet, and the preview are not load-bearing on the downstream chain — they describe it.

Questions

Frequently asked.

Pilot access

Bring one release. We’ll bring the split sheet.

The pilot cohort is open to independent artists, songwriters, and small catalogs with at least one registered work. We onboard a handful each quarter.