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Let's build the career, not just the release.

Artist development for independent Indian musicians. Positioning, release strategy, and audience, built with you over time. Three ways in, below.

Founder-led by Siby John & Karishma Changroth · share this link freely, no login needed.

01
Who you'd work with

People who've sat inside the platforms that decide what gets seen.

Most artists don't stall on talent. They stall on strategy, releasing music and hoping something happens instead of building a career around it. That's the gap we close.

Siby John
ex-YouTube India · now LinkedIn

Marketing Manager at YouTube India (2022–2025), working with 400+ artists and labels. Now Senior Creator Manager at LinkedIn.

Karishma Changroth
Artist development

Leads the hands-on development work with Siby: positioning, releases, and audience-building for a small roster of independent artists.

Music-label advisor
Consulting on the industry side

Someone working inside a music label advises us on distribution, deals and how the business actually runs, so the guidance reflects the real industry, not theory.

02
What artist development is

The through-line that connects every release.

Not a one-off campaign. It's the strategy that makes each release build on the last, instead of starting from zero every time.

Positioning

Your sound, your story, who it's for.

Release strategy

A planned body of work, not scattered singles.

Audience

Reach that converts to followers, then fans.

Foundation

Rights & royalties set up so you keep what you earn.

03
Three ways to work together

The only real difference is who does the work.

Same thinking at every level, positioning, releases, audience. What changes is how much of the doing is on you, and how much is on us. Pick where you are right now.

IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Roadmap: we give you the plan, you run it.
Advisory: you run it, we coach you every week.
Development: we run it with you.
Best first step
One-time
Roadmap
₹10,000
one-time · self-serve
YOU RUN IT  ·  WE HAND YOU THE MAP
"Give me the plan and I'll run with it myself."
  • Our full artist-development framework: positioning, release planning, and audience-building
  • Worksheets and templates you fill in for your own project, so it becomes your plan, not a generic deck
  • WhatsApp support to ask questions as you work through it
  • Self-serve: at your own pace, no team or ad spend needed
  • Credited toward month one if you go further
Not included: any 1:1 or done-for-you work, freelancers, or ad spend. This is the plan; you run it.
Monthly
Advisory
₹20,000
per month
YOU RUN IT  ·  WE DIRECT YOU WEEKLY
"I'll do the work, I just need the right direction."
  • Weekly calls on your releases & promotion
  • Direction on positioning as you execute
  • Your questions answered between calls
  • 4 hours of guidance a month, you do the doing
Not included: we guide, we don't execute. Freelancers and ad spend are on you.
The full programme
Development
₹30,000
per month
WE RUN IT  ·  WITH YOU, HANDS ON
"Be the team behind my releases."
  • Done-with-you: positioning, releases, audience & promotion, run together
  • A network of freelance specialists on call (PR, social, video, design, legal, IPRS), brought in as needed and paid directly by you
  • You work directly with Siby & Karishma
  • Ad spend is separate and optional, we tell you honestly when it's worth it
Not included: freelancer fees (video, PR, design, legal) and ad spend, paid by you directly. We line them up and manage them.
04
How it works

Simple terms, on your side.

1
One month to start

No lock-in, no long contract. We earn the next month.

2
No cut of your music

Ever. You keep 100% of your rights and royalties.

3
A few artists at a time

We take a small roster so the attention stays real.

4
The Roadmap counts

Your ₹10,000 Roadmap is credited toward your first month of Development.

5
Freelancers & ad spend are separate

The fee is our development work. When a release needs a video, PR, design or paid ads, you bring in the freelancer or budget and pay for it directly. We line it up and manage it, and tell you honestly when it's worth spending on.

05
Next step

Let's build it.

Reply and tell us where you are. We'll pick the tier that fits and start with one month.

Email siby@indiemusicindia.com

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