The AUDEX Playbook

The Scenario:

1. List & Tokenize: Maya uploads her new single, "Neon Velocity," to AUDEX via the List Music page. Her track is tokenized into 100 digital shares.
2. AI Enhancement: She uses the built-in AI tools to generate a professional, compelling description, relevant tags, and a stunning, unique album cover for her track, all in minutes.
3. Verification: She submits the track for AUDEX Certification. Muso.AI verifies its originality, giving it a mark of authenticity that boosts collector confidence.
4. Initial Sale: Maya sets an initial price for her 100 asset tokens. Her dedicated fans quickly buy them up, providing her with immediate, direct funding—far more than she'd earn from streaming royalties alone.
5. Radio Play & Charting: Her track gets picked up by ND Radio. As listeners vote for her song, it climbs the AUDEX Charts, increasing its visibility and earning her VSD Lite rewards.

Key Benefits:

• Immediate Capital: Earns significant upfront revenue directly from her community.

• Retain Ownership: She keeps 100% of her master rights and creative control.

• Passive Income: She earns a royalty on every future trade of her asset tokens on the secondary market.

• Community Engagement: Her fans become true stakeholders, incentivized to promote her music to increase their own asset's value.

The Scenario:

1. Discovery via ND Radio: While listening to the ND Radio stream, Leo hears Maya's "Neon Velocity" for the first time and loves it.
2. Market Research: On the ND Radio page, he sees the track is registered on AUDEX. He clicks through to the asset page, reviews the price chart, sees a positive Hype Meter score, and decides to invest.
3. Building a Position: Leo buys 5 of the 100 available tokens. His purchase is recorded instantly on the public ledger. He now verifiably owns 5% of Maya's track.
4. Community Action: As a stakeholder, Leo is motivated to see the asset succeed. He shares the track with friends and votes for it on the radio player, helping it climb the charts.
5. Realizing Gains: Months later, Maya signs a sync deal for a major film. Demand for her music skyrockets. Leo sells 2 of his 5 tokens for a significant profit, while holding the other 3 as a long-term cultural investment.

Key Benefits:

• True Ownership: Owns a verifiable, tradable piece of music history, not just a license to stream.

• Direct Support: His initial investment goes directly to the artist, funding their career.

• Potential for Profit: Can benefit financially from his early belief in an artist's potential.

• Deeper Connection: Transitions from a passive listener to an active participant in an artist's journey.

The Scenario:

1. A&R with Data: Instead of relying solely on intuition, Futurewave scouts for talent on the Trending page, identifying artists with high AUX Scores and strong market momentum.
2. Project Funding: For a new compilation album, they tokenize the entire project. The initial sale of tokens to collectors and fans fully funds the album's production, marketing, and distribution costs.
3. Catalog Management: The label tokenizes its back catalog, turning dormant assets into a new source of revenue and allowing for transparent tracking of ownership and royalties for legacy artists.
4. Automated Royalties: The 7% transaction fee on all secondary market sales is automatically split and distributed via smart contract between the artist, the label, and other rights holders, eliminating accounting overhead.

Key Benefits:

• Data-Driven A&R: Make smarter signing decisions based on real market data and objective analytics from the AUX Score.

• De-risked Funding: Finance new projects through community investment, reducing financial risk for the label.

• Efficient Operations: Drastically reduce administrative costs with automated, transparent royalty distribution.

• Liquidity for Assets: Create a liquid market for both new releases and back-catalog assets.