Welcome to bushido
Moving music forward for artists & rightsholders
Learn how bushido is moving music forward for artists & rightsholders
Our precleared library makes sampling legendary tracks easy so rightsholders can get paid and artists can download the stems to create new hits
Code of Conduct
Bushido the way of the warrior, is the moral code of the samurai concerning attitudes, integral behaviour and lifestyle. With great respect and pride we draw inspiration from this way to empower creatives & rightsholders with tools to honour copyright.
Our code reflects our evolving ethos and culture created by our artist co-founders and partners who inspired an elite team to build an exchange that respects artists, songwriters and rightsholders.
We commit to holding ourselves accountable to:
1. Honouring Your Creativity
Creating art is a beautiful process but rarely rewarded with a profit as distributors of content are still taking the lion's share. Our mission is to build artist friendly tools that give creatives full control of their work.
2. An Ecosystem of Integrity
Supporting an ecosystem of real fans - that means no bots or fake accounts. The result is creatives can focus on building deeper connections with genuine supporters producing more profit.
3. Respecting Copyright
Some creations take hours while others take decades. The time and resources dedicated to creating music, video, masterclasses and beyond can be a Herculean effort that involves teams, songwriters, producers and others who are often under-recognised. Stealling music is illegal and takes money out of the pockets of musicians who have worked their lives to create are.
bushido Secure links prevent work from being stolen and illegally used.
Our rights approval system gives creatives the proper process to get clearance for monetising copyright work.
The result is more money for artists and rightsholders.
Solving Illegal Sampling
Bushido's first-of-its-kind preclearance exchange revolutionizes how music sampling works.
Custom Terms
Set a sample fee per song, split, territories, license and usage types
Approval Rights
Before selling a license listen to the work, capture social signals and decide if the quote should change based upon length of usage
More Quality Music Created Faster
By streamlining the clearance process, more artists can legally sample music to create new works and earn royalties without the fear of having expensive productions taken down for copyright infringement.
Increased Royalties
Artists and rightsholders can recognize royalties faster
"bushido revolutionizes sample clearances from a confusing process of requesting licenses to enabling rightsholders to increase revenue for their catalogs while allowing artists to create beautiful new songs with the click of a button"
Rightsholder Dashboard
All the signals you need to accelerate license request approvals from verified artists with social reach and engagement signals
Resources at your fingertips
Everything you need to understand the product end-to-end.
Links
If you have been approved for a rightsholder channel, paste your channel ID:
Navigation Links
Features
Explore all the features bushido has to offer
Ingestion
Choose the method that works best for your volume needs
1. LOW VOLUME Self service
Upload individual tracks and albums through our intuitive interface.
- Simple drag-and-drop interface
- Complete metadata editor
- Instant processing
2. MEDIUM VOL ingestion via web Spreadsheet
Efficiently upload multiple tracks via CSV or web spreadsheet.
- Batch processing via CSV template
- Secure file transfers
- Automated metadata mapping
3. LARGE VOL Bulk work delivery via DDEX & CWR
Enterprise-grade delivery via industry standards.
- Catalogs built to support licenses per territory
- Full length tracks, clips & album art
- Signed secure links only available to email address of purchaser
- Industry standard metadata
- Supports 100+ file types
Pro Features
Advanced pricing models based on usage and demand
Enter time & money spent creating your music to calculate total value and what monetization strategies will best generate a profit
Extract vocals, drums, bass, and other instruments from any track
Upload your music DIY to major DSPs
Target real people via lookalike audiences with no waste
Benefit from our Talent ID campaigns to drive engagement up to 23x greater than industry average and data collection
Pricing
Whether you are an artist, label, publisher or distributor our license protocol is guaranteed to save you time to make your catalog more money.
License Service Fee
- Service Fee5%
- Minimum License$50
- Maximum FeeUnlimited
- Maximum bushido Service Fee$1,500
Payment Processing
Stripe Fee2.9% + $0.30
Per transaction, charged by Stripe for payment processing
Steps to Activate Your Channel
Connect to Stripe
Add Media & Select Meta Data
Price your License (Sample Fee & Split)
Upload song & cover image
Approval Rights Required?
Type & Territory
Create Rightsholder Channel
Ready to monetize your music catalog? Create a rightsholder channel to start licensing your tracks.