A funding proposal grounded in released records.

1. The ask

Two separate asks, each with its own funding and recoupment. All amounts are GBP. Edit any figure to test the scenario. These are negotiating positions, not agreed terms.

Ask 1A · Studio album

£300k advance and £500k marketing. Recoups on its own, separate from the live albums.

How the studio marketing is spent

Ask 1B · Live albums

Eleven live albums across 2027 to 2029, at £100k advance and £75k marketing each. All live albums share one pool.

2. Deal timeline

Lock the deal in the next four to six weeks. That secures the India and Wiz Khalifa music videos, so marketing spend can start in December and January.

1. Now to mid-November 2026Sign the dealFour to six weeks. Locks both music videos and releases the first marketing budget.
2. December 2026India music videoShoot with Sid around the Bengaluru festival. First marketing spend.
3. January 2027Wiz Khalifa music video and No I.D. recordingLA. Second music video in the can.
4. Early 2027First studio tracks and videosThe album campaign starts.
5. Through 2027Cape Town, Ethiopia and Kenya live albumsAlready filmed, released through the year.
6. End of 2027Studio album release
7. 2028 and 2029Four live albums each year

Once the deal and both videos are locked, the studio album has two strong music videos behind it. The rest of 2027 is delivery.

3. Release schedule

Four albums a year. In 2027, three live albums that are already filmed, plus the studio album. Four live albums in 2028 and four in 2029.

Release years are targets and depend on the deal closing, delivery and collaborator availability. Egypt, Jamaica, Senegal, Haiti and Kazakhstan are named but not yet filmed. Live projects 10 to 12 are still to be chosen.

4. What the catalogue has already demonstrated

Top-line estimated label value reconstructed from the available sales and royalty figures. Black Classical Music provides a central benchmark of approximately £925,000.

Estimates reflect available accounting, not verified label cash receipts, profit or complete lifetime totals. The £900k–£1m range is a rounded presentation of the BCM benchmark.

Mount Fuji: Approximately £107k of reported transaction amounts across the recovered Fuji and Amami accounts. This is a different accounting measure from the reconstructed royalty bases above, not a complete lifetime project total or verified label cash receipts. It remains outside the default live-release benchmark.

5. How the proposed funding could recoup

Test a new release programme against those benchmarks. Funding is assumed to recoup from the label/artist allocation; the distributor's fee is shown separately.

100% eligibility is a simplifying assumption, not proof that the historic royalty base equals new-deal receipts. Zero additional costs means no allowance has been entered. Include manufacturing, mechanicals or other costs only where additionally recoupable and not already within the advance/marketing budget. Share and recoupment terms remain subject to contract.

This is a recoupment illustration, not investment ROI or a repayment-date forecast. Distributor fees are revenue before its operating costs; recouped funding is repayment of capital, not profit. Any post-recoup balance belongs to the label/artist side under its agreement, not automatically to CT alone. Studio surplus is never used here to clear a live deficit.