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Jerome

@jerome_hardaway

Music IP Specialist Rights Administration Global Royalty Expert

United States
English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, Armenian
About me
Welcome! I am an industry-standard Music Intellectual Property (IP) and Rights Administration specialist dedicated to helping independent artists, producers, and record labels secure their global streaming royalties. I fix broken music metadata, draft custom musician LLC catalog transfer agreements, handle official music copyright registrations, and audit songs for AI-use compliance. Stop losing 30% of your international publishing revenue to broken administrative pipelines. Let’s protect your creative assets, clear your sync licensing metadata, and lock down your catalog today. ... Read more

Skills

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Business & Commercial Contracts
I will set up your musician llc and draft asset transfer contracts
Music Streaming Services
I will fix music metadata and register your songs for global royalties

Portfolio

Work experience

Starbucks

Freelance Graphic Designer

Starbucks • Self-employed

Jun 2004 - Present22 yrs 1 mo

Designed digital menu boards, restaurant menus, and promotional graphics for small businesses and startups. Focused on creating modern, high-converting designs for TV screens and digital signage.

Freelancer.com

Freelancer.com

Self-employed • 8 yrs 10 mos

Digital Operations

Aug 2022 - Jun 20252 yrs 10 mos

Conducted comprehensive catalog audits for independent record labels to identify unpaid international streaming revenue. Reconciled data discrepancies between digital service providers (DSPs) and global rights collection societies. Optimized automated ingestion pipelines for mechanical royalties, digital public performance fees, and micro-sync revenue generated from short-form video platforms.

Veloce Music Rights Group

Aug 2018 - Aug 20246 yrs

Managed global publishing administration and intellectual property catalogs for a roster of over 150 independent musicians, producers, and labels. Audited complex digital distribution audio assets to ensure strict DDEX and ISRC metadata compliance across Spotify, Apple Music, and TikTok. Successfully recovered thousands in missing international micro-sync royalties by fixing broken mechanical and performance registration pipelines. Authored compliant legal frameworks and AI-use disclosures for the U.S. Copyright Office.