Latin American music is in demand worldwide, but the region lacks the infrastructure to export it and to grow its own markets.
Sinfonik builds that infrastructure: it helps local artists export to the United States and turns their music into economic development at home.
01 — The opportunity
of that market, and an estimated 600,000–900,000 artists.
02 — The problem
Most music royalties are collected by national monopolies known as collective management organizations (CMOs). This system creates no incentives to promote local music or independent artists, stifles music exports, and concentrates income in the hands of a few superstars.
Blanket licenses cost venues the same whatever they play, so nothing rewards choosing local or independent music.
Plays aren't tracked, so royalties are split by surveys and sampling that favor the stars already on top.
Generative AI music could cut artists' revenue by up to 24% by 2028, hitting independent artists first. [4]
Gini index of royalty income at SGAE, Spain's music CMO, more unequal than any country in the world. [5]
of the 12M artists on Spotify worldwide earned even US$1,000 in 2024. [6]
Only 22% of the music Latin Americans hear is local. The rest of the royalties leave the local repertoire and flow abroad.
03 — What Sinfonik does
Sinfonik makes local music the easy choice. Bars, restaurants and venues get free, direct licenses for curated playlists: 50% local and independent artists, 50% from the rest of the world. 100% human-made music. Sinfonik is a streaming-first platform that vastly improves traceability, so artists get precise data and are paid for what is actually heard.
Free licenses bring Brazilian and Mexican catalogs into US bars, restaurants, malls and airports. Artists collect royalties in dollars, directly through the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) and/or direct digital distributors, with no intermediaries.
Local music repertoires are promoted in businesses, venues and public spaces, turning music spending into cost savings for small businesses and into local economic development.
More opportunities for local artists. A bigger market for all.
Free, non-exclusive, direct royalties and audience data.
Curated catalogs and legal licenses at no cost.
A development tool, and cheaper music for their own use.
04 — The IDB Lab pilot
Onboard artists, build export catalogs, license U.S. venues.
Local repertoire in businesses and state agencies in Brazil and Mexico.
Extend to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Let's build it together
Together with IDB Lab and government partners, we can pilot this model in Brazil and Mexico: more music exports to the U.S., more formal income for emerging artists, and creative industries that drive local economic development.
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