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TemplatesWorking templates, not Wikipedia pages.
Every module ships with the artifact — a splitsheet, a release calendar, a one-page brief. They are working files the cohort rewrites for their own catalog, not PDFs to be admired.
Numbered catalogIssue 001Founded 2026Chicago / Worldwide
Run the business of the music you already make.
An online academy for independent artists who already make the music — eight pillars of catalog, release, royalty and brand work, taught by Byron E. Burke.
Read the syllabusReplies most days, from the studio in Chicago.
The curriculum already exists. It just lived on one résumé.
Cataloghaus is an AI-assisted online academy built for independent artists who already make the music and now need to run the business end of the career. The program turns thirty-plus years of release, royalty and catalog work into a structured, executable curriculum for DIY musicians.
Members move through eight pillars — music metadata and royalty infrastructure, artist branding, music distribution, release campaign development, artist agreements, licensing, split sheets and publishing, and legacy catalog and estate planning — supported by downloadable templates, private AI assistants, recorded lessons, monthly group sessions and one-on-one catalog reviews.
A producer in Lagos and a singer-songwriter on the Westside of Chicago get the same working playbook, the same templates, and the same catalog review as anyone else in the room.
The curriculum
Eight pillars, in the order a working release demands.
Each pillar is a working module — a recorded curriculum, a folder of templates, an AI tuner scoped to the pillar’s task, and a monthly check-in at the monthly group session. Move through them in order, or jump in where the catalog needs it.
- 01
Music metadata & royalty infrastructure
ISRC, ISWC, IPI, and the registrations that decide whether your music earns a quarter or stays invisible. Workflows, ledger designs, the unglamorous plumbing that decides who gets paid.
- 02
Artist branding
Naming, voice, visual systems, the one-page artist brief. A working brand document that survives 12 releases, not a moodboard that changes with the algorithm.
- 03
Music distribution
Aggregator vs. direct-to-DSP routing, the per-store ingestion metadata packet, and the gross-to-net commission band that decides what the catalog actually banks. The delivery packet every release rides on.
- 04
Release campaign development
The pre-release calendar, the asset ladder, the rollout plan that holds up under a 90-day window. Singles, EPs, albums, deluxe — each as its own working document.
- 05
Artist agreements
Deal types (360, recording, co-publishing), the eleven term-sheet clauses, and the three negotiable levers that decide whether the catalog walks away. The paperwork side of the business, read once and signed carefully.
- 06
Licensing
Sync, film, brand briefs, mechanical rights, sub-publishing. The deal letter and the receipts that close a license — paperwork plus the conversations alongside it.
- 07
Split sheets & publishing
Publishing deals, co-write splitsheets, PRO administration. The paperwork that decides whether the catalog earns on the composition side — performance, mechanical, sync, and sub-publishing entitlements.
- 08
Legacy catalog & estate planning
The catalog audit, the rights audit, what to renew, what to file, and how thirty years of releases become a working inheritance — not a pile of orphan masters.
How the program runs
Templates, AI tuners, group sessions, catalog reviews — four rails, monthly rhythm.
The course is not a library of video essays. It is a working room. Members arrive with their catalog, leave with the next 90 days mapped, and check back monthly for a working session.
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Private AIPrivate AI tuners, scoped to your work.
A small set of tuners — metadata editor, brand voice, royalty math, release copy — that run on your catalog, not on the open internet. They draft; you decide.
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RecordedRecorded lessons, replayed at any pace.
The curriculum is fully recorded, broken by module, indexed by pillar. Members move through at the rate the catalog needs — metronome-fast on a release week, slow-and-clean on a rebrand.
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SessionsGroup sessions, monthly, working-room format.
A monthly group call with the members — review in progress, ask in progress, listen in progress. A working session, not a webinar. The flagship cohort gets a private monthly hour; the working and library tiers join a joint livestream.
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Catalog reviewOne-on-one catalog review.
A standing catalog review with the founder for flagship members. You bring the catalog; we open it, audit the metadata, the rights register, the release calendar, and the next 90 days.
Notify
Get notified when doors open.
Doors open for the founding cohort in waves, not all at once. Drop an email and you'll hear from the studio the moment a seat in your tier is ready — no marketing list, no drip campaign. Just one note, from Chicago.
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Byron E. Burke.
Principal, Popâ UR-Mää Global Consulting Enterprise. Founder, Cataloghaus.
“Byron E. Burke is a founding member of Ten City, the Grammy-nominated Chicago house music group. His executive experience includes serving as Co-Executive Vice President of Prelude Music & Film Works and Vice President of Burstinglaw Productions. He has also been affiliated with BMI as a songwriter and music publisher since 1988.
His career spans more than three decades of hands-on work involving music releases, royalties, publishing, sub-publishing, rights administration, licensing and the essential documentation required to protect, manage and sustain a music catalog beyond its original release cycle.”
Cataloghaus is the structured version of that work. Not the highlight reel — the daily ledger, the splitsheet, the registration, the renewal reminder. The templates the studio has used for a generation, opened to the independents who now do this work themselves.
Inquiries
Questions, in order.
A working set of the questions the inbox gets most weeks. If your question isn’t here, write to cataloghaus@polsia.app — replies most days, from the studio in Chicago.
Admissions
Pick the seat.
Three seats, three depths of engagement. Pick the one your catalog is asking for — flagship for depth, working for the calendar rebuild, library for the foundation. All three join the same monthly session and the same library of templates; what changes is how directly the studio is in your catalog each week.
The founder
Byron E. Burke.
Founding member, Ten City · Former Co-Executive Vice President, Prelude Music & Film Works · Principal, Popâ UR-Mää Global Consulting Enterprise.
The full studio note — three decades of release, royalty and catalog work — sits above, in the FOUNDER NOTE. The seats below are how that work is taught, one tier per depth.
All eight modules, in one view.
Pillar 01 · metadata-royalty-infrastructure
Music metadata & royalty infrastructure
ISRC, ISWC, IPI, and the registrations that decide whether your music earns a quarter or stays invisible.
Pillar 02 · artist-branding
Artist branding & identity systems
Naming, voice, visual systems, the one-page artist brief. A working brand document that survives 12 releases.
Pillar 03 · music-distribution
Music distribution & DSP delivery
Aggregator vs. direct-to-DSP routing, the per-store ingestion metadata packet, and the gross-to-net commission band that decides what the catalog actually banks.
Pillar 04 · release-campaigns
Release campaign development
The pre-release calendar, the asset ladder, the rollout plan that holds up under a 90-day window.
Pillar 05 · artist-agreements
Artist agreements & deal types
Deal types (360, recording, co-publishing), the eleven term-sheet clauses, and the three negotiable levers that decide whether the catalog walks away.
Pillar 06 · licensing-101
Music licensing & sync
Sync menu, mechanical and clearance paperwork, the deal letter and the receipts that close a license.
Pillar 07 · split-sheets-publishing
Split sheets & publishing
Publishing deals, co-write splitsheets, PRO administration. The paperwork that decides whether your catalog earns on the composition side.
Pillar 08 · legacy-catalog
Legacy catalog & estate planning
The catalog audit, the rights-transfer documents, and the artist estate plan — turning thirty years of releases into a working inheritance.
Founder Cohort
FeaturedTier · 10 seats per term · 12-week
$997/ one-time
The deepest engagement. Curriculum plus a private monthly group session, one-on-one catalog review, and a direct studio line.
- One-on-one catalog review, each term
- Direct correspondence on releases & rights
- Private AI tuners for metadata, branding & royalty math
- Lifetime access to templates, recordings & alumni circle
Working Community
Tier · 40 seats · renewing annually
$249/ per year
The full curriculum, opened to a working community of artists rebuilding their release calendar together.
- Eight-pillar curriculum + working library
- Monthly group session, recorded
- Downloadable templates & checklist packs
- Recorded lessons catalogued for replay
Library
Tier · 100 seats · recorded library
$99/ one-time
Self-serve templates and recorded lessons for early-career independents building the habit before the business of music is the business.
- Eight-pillar curriculum, recorded
- Monthly group session, livestreamed
- Downloadable templates & checklist packs
- Direct path to upgrade into the working tier
Pricing listed in USD. Each seat renews per the cadence above — the Working Community is annual, the Founder Cohort and the Library are one-time. Invoicing and receipt on request — write to cataloghaus@polsia.app.
Apply
Reserve a seat in Cataloghaus.
Tell us where the catalog is, what the next 90 days are, and what would change if the business end of the work was as developed as the music. We reply with the next step.
Or write directly to cataloghaus@polsia.app — replies most days, from the studio in Chicago.
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Cataloghaus is the working academy of Popâ UR-Mää Global Consulting Enterprise. Founded by Byron E. Burke, Chicago · 2026.