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Independent label / NYC '88 attitude / Human judgment

NOT
FOR THE
ALGORITHM.

Your music. Your rights. Your numbers.

MUSIC / PEOPLE / CULTURE / RIGHTS / MUSIC / PEOPLE / CULTURE / RIGHTS / MUSIC / PEOPLE / CULTURE / RIGHTS /
/ 001 · The manifesto

EVERY ARTIST
HAS RIGHTS.
WITH OR WITHOUT AI TOOLS.

CLAVIS8 is an independent, genre-free record label. We select original artists for the quality of their work, creative identity and accountable authorship. Rights are documented. Ownership is respected. Royalties are explained.

We believe in people who make music worth playing — not pay-to-play distribution and empty promises.

Our standards ↓
CLAVIS8 / Test print 001
CLAVIS8 label mark
OWN
YOUR
SOUND.
Independent by design / Music belongs to creators
/ 002 · Label standards

NO SHORTCUTS.
NO BLACK BOX.

01 / Authorship

MADE WITH INTENT.

AI tools are welcome. Authorship matters. Composition and lyrics must be created or meaningfully directed by the creator, with or without AI assistance. Fully AI-generated songs are not currently accepted under our songwriting standard.

02 / Provenance

PROVE THE PROCESS.

Document versions, sources, contributors, permissions and release history. Rights evidence belongs with the catalogue.

03 / Transparency

KNOW THE NUMBERS.

Royalties, statements, deductions and disputes must be traceable. Estimates are never presented as confirmed payouts.

We are developing tools to connect each release to its creators, rights records and royalty statements. These tools are not yet a public service.

/ 003 · Artist identity

ONE CREATOR.
MANY PERSONAS.
ONE RIGHTS
RECORD.

A creator can release music under several names. CLAVIS8 connects each persona and release without losing the history of who made it or who owns it.

ALL GENRESORIGINAL ARTISTSHUMAN CREATIVITYAI-ASSISTED WELCOME
/ 005 · Artist submissions

SEND US
YOUR BEST
WORK.

We review artists selectively. Tell us what you made, how you made it, and where your music lives. Applying is not a contract.

/ 006 · General inquiries

TALK TO
THE LABEL.

For distribution, partnerships, technology, press and general inquiries.