Simon Read

Founder | Music + Web3 | @OnRekord

[Simon Read @asimonread]

Please re-share If you can help. 🙏🙏

#musiccatalog #musicbusiness #musicbiz

[OnRekord Music @OnRekord]

We want to acquire a small music catalog.

• Indie artist catalogs
• Small label catalogs
• Estates/archives
• Any with rights/admin challenges

Ideally ~$50k value, 20-500 tracks

Know someone considering a sale?
DMs open
#MusicRights #MusicCatalog #CatalogAcquisition

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@OnRekord Really excited about this one.

Been speaking to a few artists and managers already and the reaction to instant payouts alone has been interesting.

Curious to see how this develops.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@OnRekord Seeing this all the time.

You've already created the magic. It just needs repackaging as a higher-value product and sharing with your audience.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@OnRekord Spending a lot of time speaking with artists and labels at the moment and the amount of value sitting in back catalogs is honestly staggering.

This isn’t about creating more content, it’s about unlocking what already exists.

If you’ve got a catalog, it’s worth a conversation 👍

[Simon Read @asimonread]

We have an event tomorrow evening in London exploring how AI is reshaping voice, ownership, and payment in music, and what that means in practice.

There are quite a lot of artists, managers, producers, and technologists attending.

If any of my contacts working across music, film, entertainment or digital IP want to be a part of the conversation, drop me a DM and I’ll send over the details and invite link.

The event is at Access Creative College, E1, and kicks-off at 6pm.

#MusicTech #AI #CreatorEconomy #DigitalIP #MusicIndustry #FutureOfMusic #Web3 #LondonEvents

[Simon Read @asimonread]

This is where things are heading.

As AI scales, control over identity, training data, and rights becomes even more important, although protection alone isn’t enough. Creators also need systems that can prove ownership and route payments back to them in real time.

This applies across all forms of digital IP - music, film TV, gaming, writers etc.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@OnRekord Creation is now infinite.

Ownership and payment can’t stay broken.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@muradsbtc @SecretNetwork @OnRekord Well said.

As AI scales, the question is both “who owns this?” and “can that ownership be trusted, verified, and monetised in real time?”

That’s the infrastructure gap we’re solving.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@MeoBlock5 @SecretNetwork @OnRekord Interesting - though the bigger shift isn’t just speed or fees, it’s attribution and ownership.

If you can’t prove who owns what, none of the economics really work, especially with AI in the mix.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

Fantastic collection from @LEAONE_music 🎉♥️

[OnRekord Music @OnRekord]

LEAONE - 10 Year Anniversary Album Archive Edition

• Unheard track
• Live BBC session
• Acoustic + remixes
• Lyrics, artwork, archives

Packaged as a collectible.

Own it today.

#LEAONE #MusicTech #CreatorEconomy #NewMusic #OnRekord

👇
https://t.co/LOZm9VaG8c

[Simon Read @asimonread]

Curious how are people thinking about protecting their work right now?

Especially with AI moving this fast.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

The real issue with AI isn’t content.
It’s provenance.

Wrote a deeper piece on this
↓

https://t.co/w5aGHzz4WJ

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@SCRT_Intern @Cryptic_Web3 @nillion @aleph_im @azaidelson Exactly this. If the infra isn’t solid, creators can’t truly own or prove anything. Privacy + verifiable compute is what unlocks the future of IP ownership

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@SCRT_Intern @scrt_labs Great real-world use case.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

@SecretNetwork @OnRekord @scrt_labs Good to see the balance of power shifting back toward the creators.

[Simon Read @asimonread]

The real question is: who owns a voice in 5 years?

[Simon Read @asimonread]

I don’t think the AI problem is about content.

It’s about identity.

If you can’t prove something is yours, you can’t control it.

[OnRekord Music @OnRekord]

The numbers are staggering:

• AI voice fraud is up 3,000%.
• Billions lost to rights infringement.
• 1 in 3 creators have had their work scraped for AI training.

Creators are losing control of their identity.

We're changing that. @SCRT_Labs x @OnRekord

[Simon Read @asimonread]

Curious how you’re thinking about this from the creator side @justinblau

[OnRekord Music @OnRekord]

The numbers are staggering:

• AI voice fraud is up 3,000%.
• Billions lost to rights infringement.
• 1 in 3 creators have had their work scraped for AI training.

Creators are losing control of their identity.

We're changing that. @SCRT_Labs x @OnRekord

[Simon Read @asimonread]

Most people think the AI problem is about content.
It’s actually about identity and ownership.

This is where it gets interesting ↓

[OnRekord Music @OnRekord]

The numbers are staggering:

• AI voice fraud is up 3,000%.
• Billions lost to rights infringement.
• 1 in 3 creators have had their work scraped for AI training.

Creators are losing control of their identity.

We're changing that. @SCRT_Labs x @OnRekord

[Simon Read @asimonread]

100%. Direct access builds deeper, higher-value relationships.

The real shift comes when the asset itself becomes the relationship layer.

We’re seeing the same from the release side, where a track isn’t just content, but a programmable asset carrying splits, rights, and fan engagement.

The boundary between the work and the relationship is starting to blur.