A statue of Apollo seen through cracked, rain-beaded glass.

The moment the music leaves your hands, the truth about it falls apart.

Behind the music you’ve already released are missing credits, conflicting records, and royalties that may never find you. Arcke brings those problems to light and gives you a way to put them right.

The Problem

You know the story behind your music. Most systems don’t. Each record can make sense on its own. Together, they don’t add up.

  • 01The recording and the work

    The recording is there. So is the composition. The link between them isn’t.

    Distributor · Recording
    Title
    Frenchmen Street
    Primary artist
    Eve Walker Trio
    ISRC
    ZZ-ABC-26-884516
    Publisher · Work
    Title
    Frenchmen Street
    Composers
    Eve Walker Trio
    ISWC
    Unknown
  • 02The people and their roles

    The credit is there. So is the person. They aren’t connected.

    Session record
    Name
    Don Mayer
    Credited
    Featured artist
    Performer ID
    Not linked
    Performer identity
    Name
    Donald Mayer
    Performer ID
    008.00.55.51.02
    Participation
    Not linked
  • 03Claims to the same recording

    125% is claimed. Only 100% exists.

    Claimant A
    Name
    Eve Walker Trio
    Claimed
    100%
    Claimant B
    Name
    Marigny Records
    Claimed
    25%

Fictional examples. Names are invented.

What’s missing is the context that shows how everything fits together.

The Solution

Bring the whole picture into focus.

Your records
What you and your collaborators know, like credits, splits, agreements, and decisions that may exist nowhere else.
Distributors
What was delivered and released under your names.
Publishers and PROs
Who is registered to the compositions and who represents their interests.
Streaming platforms
What the public sees of your artist identity, releases, and credits.

With the whole picture in view, you can see what lines up, what doesn't, and where you need to rule.

The Preview

One record you control, checkable against every source it came from.

The Arcke Preview begins with music already released. Resolve gaps and conflicts, confirm credits and rights, invite the people and organizations behind the work to confirm their part, and send corrections to your label or distributor. Every source remains visible. Every change is logged.

This is where the Preview starts. Arcke is being built to become the one place that knows what's true about your music, from the first chords to the last royalty statement.

The charter

Arcke is a public benefit corporation. Our commitment to artists is written into the charter.

  • Who we serve

    Independent artists come first. Arcke also serves the people and organizations who support their work.

  • Sovereignty

    Arcke helps independent artists reestablish sovereignty over their work by making clear who made what, who owns what, and who agreed to it.

  • Full history

    No information is overwritten. Every source and every change remains part of the record.

  • What is prohibited

    The charter defines what Arcke can never do at the expense of independent artists. It is our constitution.

If this is you, you're invited.

If you’ve released music and the paperwork behind it has never quite added up, Arcke is for you. Tell us how you release your music and the size of your catalog.