Combining the traditional and digital
We sell and acquire established music catalogues & create rare and valuable digital asset collections
Music asset sales & acquisitions
Standard Songs sell music assets on behalf of Songwriters and Recording Artists including…
The copyright in the musical works that they have written and the sound recordings they have made
The income streams that they receive from those works and recordings
We buy music assets with a view to…
Enhancing their value
Compiling catalogues for onward selling
Digital asset sales - NFT’s
Standard Songs work with renowned individuals in the music, photography, literary and art worlds to produce high quality Digital Asset Collections of enduring worth and historic value.
These digital assets are the next generation of collectible items and present the opportunity for established artists to…
Expand their creative reach into the digital realm
Create a new form of monetizable asset with perpetual royalty payments from future sales
Find new markets and a new audience for their work
Create an indelible, historical public record of their work on the blockchain
Demonstrate a verifiable chain of ownership of their digital assets
Combine physical work such as a painting, with digital expressions to create one multi-faceted asset
Founders
Standard Songs launched in 2021 to provide catalogue sales services to established musical artists and songwriters. It now works with renowned names in the creative fields of music, art, literature and photography, in the both the musical asset space and the digital asset space.
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Founder - Head of Investor RelationsJohn is successful entrepreneur having taken several companies from start up to listings on the stock exchange. One of his driving passions has been the music industry and he has staged several high- profile concerts including at the O2 and recently a series of Rock for Ukraine concerts. John heads up Standard Songs investor relations and oversees business strategy. In 2023 he was appointed as CBE for services to charity and philanthropy.
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Founder - Head of Business and LegalJames is a successful international music industry lawyer and has represented many famous artists, songwriters, record companies and publishers. He was Director of International Operations at IFPI; is Legal Adviser to the Music Publishers Association of Ireland and has substantial experience in catalogue acquisitions and due diligence. James is responsible for all contractual negotiations with writers and artists and liaises with collecting societies, publishers and record companies.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
NFT SALES
04 December 2023
Venue
G-Live Guildford
REMEMBERING GARY BROOKER CONCERT - A limited number of tickets to this sold-out star studded one-off tribute concert to Gary Brooker MBE, the legendary Procol Harum front-man, are available as a special NFT offering. The line-up includes music royalty from Queen, Dire Straits, Cream, Genesis and the Rhythm Kings and the NFT ticket buyer will receive a highly collectible one-of-kind official concert photograph NFT (of their choosing) along with a valuable mounted physical first print (of the same concert photograph) signed by renowned photographer KOS EVANS. Proceeds from the sale of the NFT tickets go The Royal Marsden and The Cure Parkinson’s Trust.
FEATURING - ERIC CLAPTON, ROGER TAYLOR, JOHN ILLSLEY, MIKE RUTHERFORD, PAUL CARRACK, MIKE SANCHEZ AND ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW
February 2024
NFT Photography Collection
Kos Evans
OFFICIAL PHOTOS from the REMEMBERING GARY BROOKER CONCERT - A collection of highly collectible one—of-one NFT’s that include a digital version and a physical mounted first print signed by renowned photographer Kos Evans. The collection contains a hand-picked selection of the official concert photographs taken back-stage and live in concert, featuring legends Eric Clapton, Roger Taylor, John Illsley, Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack, Mike Sanchez and Andy Fairweather Low.
Proceeds from the sale of the NFT tickets go The Royal Marsden and The Cure Parkinson’s Trust.
February 2024
Gary Brooker Portrait
Johnny Jonas
GARY BROOKER PORTRAIT - Fine Artist Johnny Jonas, whose subjects include the Queen Elizabeth and David Cameron, is creating a portrait of ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ singer Gary Brooker to honour his charitable work during his life. The portrait will be sold at auction in London in a unique NFT format that includes the physical portrait along with the NFT digital version of the portrait displayed in a digital frame.
Proceeds from the sale of the NFT tickets go The Royal Marsden and The Cure Parkinson’s Trust.
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