01 · Overview

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Overview

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Lunchbox × MW8

Epic pays The Compound. 25% of that studio bill returns to Lunchbox as the Scale Fund. MW8 takes publishing and runs the 90-day.

Walk the money

The deal in one line

Epic pays the room. Lunchbox gets 25% back.

The remaining studio stays at The Compound. MW8 does not mark up the day rate. MW8’s seats are publishing and management — not a cut of the Epic studio bill. New Jazz lane is locked. 10–16 records in 90 days.

Deal mechanicsPub + mgmt
  1. 01Overview
  2. 02Deal
  3. 03Rights
  4. 0490-day
  5. 05Studio
  6. 06Artist
  7. 07YouTube
  8. 08Spotify
  9. 09Fund
  10. 10Records

Epic bill

$76,500

17 days at The Compound

Scale Fund

$19,125

25% back to Lunchbox

Compound retain

$57,375

Studio operations — not an MW8 fee

Records

12

Band 10–16 · 0 master+

Money

  1. 01

    Epic pays the studio

    Sessions at The Compound billed to Epic / FakeBusy at the rate card. MW8 does not mark up the day.

  2. 02

    25% returns to Lunchbox

    The Scale Fund. Producers, features, mix, travel, clears. Not a recoupable advance against masters.

  3. 03

    MW8 sits on rights + ops

    Admin or co-pub on new works. Management of the 90-day. The remaining studio stays at The Compound.

Who’s in the room

  • Artist

    Lunchbox

    Records New Jazz. Receives the Scale Fund.

  • Label

    Epic / FakeBusy

    Pays the Compound rate card.

  • Studio

    The Compound

    MW8 room. Remaining billed studio stays here.

  • Pub + mgmt

    MW8

    Administers the catalog. Operates the 90-day.

Phase completion

27%

Foundation

0%

Production

0%

Delivery

  • Foundation. Paper, billing path, first Compound block. Lane locked before a session is billed.
  • Production. Two tracking blocks, first Scale Fund draw, eight records at demo-or-better. Epic in the room for playback.
  • Delivery. Mix close, 10–16 records delivered, billing recon, next 90-day drafted. No aesthetic drift.

01 · Studio

The Compound

Epic / FakeBusy pays the rate card. Holds convert on PO. This is the bill, not MW8’s fee.

02 · Rights

Publishing

MW8 admin or co-pub on new works. Catalog ingest before Block 1. PRO on first playback.

03 · Operator

Management

MW8 runs the 90-day: booking, Epic playbacks, Scale Fund draws, next-cycle draft.

Surface

YouTube + YTM

YouTube is up 36%. Compound films, official audio, four-city ads. Not a Spotify feeder.

Rooms

Spotify + CRM

96.4% conversion. A-tier curators on cadence. No paid adds. No recut.

Audience

Snapshot

241k

+32% since March

85.7% male · 18–34 · London, Brooklyn, LA, Toronto. YouTube 36.3% YoY. Ads stay in that room.

Next

Full plan

  • Countersign publishing + Scale Fund side letter

    Cove · Phase 1

    09-05

  • Ingest Lunchbox catalog into MW8

    Harper Vale · Phase 1

    09-12

  • Align Epic/FakeBusy billing contacts

    Joey Marsala · Phase 1

    09-10

  • Kickoff — Lunchbox, MW8, Compound

    Cove · Phase 1

    09-08

  • Second Compound block (Oct 6–8)

    Nile Park · Phase 2

    10-01