MINY y0 Residency
A global music accelerator program that turns artists into released creators with monetizable assets — finished tracks, MINY collectibles, and engaged audiences.
Foundation
Program Blueprint
Core program structure with two residency models: Studio Accelerator (1-day) and Creator Residency (3-day). Includes workflows, deliverables, pricing, and revenue models.
Operational Expansion
Artist funnel architecture, growth toolkit, operations blueprint, and revenue projections reaching near $1M annually with stacked revenue streams.
Strategic Expansion
Benchmark analysis of Red Bull, Spotify, NPR. Global touring model, $50k artist launch economics, and the Music YC accelerator concept.
Tour & Recruitment
Founder Tour Calendar
10-week global tour: Stockholm → Copenhagen → Amsterdam → Morocco → NYC → Mexico City → Medellín → São Paulo → Miami → DR → Bali → Tokyo → Ithaca.
Field Playbook
Operational field plan for each city. Studio targets (1-2), artist recruitment goals (5-10), content capture (5-10 pieces). MINY Creator Session format.
Artist Recruitment System
4-stage funnel: Discovery → Capture → Qualification → Activation. Application form, database structure, and the 1000 subscriber challenge.
Landing Page Blueprint
Complete landing page structure, 7 sections, application form fields, email automation sequences, and social promotion strategy.
Operations
Artist Operating System
CRM/dashboard blueprint for managing artists, cohorts, releases, audience growth, and revenue tracking. Airtable-based quick start in 1-2 hours.
Music Accelerator Model
Y Combinator-style structure for music. 6-week cohort format, revenue share model, mentor network, and launch event framework. $15k+ per artist potential.
90-Day Launch Plan
Timeline from concept to first NYC cohort. Five phases: Foundation, Global Recruitment, Qualification, Preparation, and Execution. $65k pilot cohort potential.
Production
NYC Production Sprint
3-day hour-by-hour production schedule. Artists arrive with ideas, leave with mastered tracks + launch plans. Staffing, content capture, and risk management.
Global Studio Partners
17 credible studios across your tour cities with websites and Google Maps links. Partnership pitch, requirements, and contact sheet for scheduling visits.
Insights
Inversion Risk Analysis
Pressure-test the program using inversion thinking. 8 failure scenarios: "just another workshop", audience growth stalls, operational complexity, economics don't work, wrong artists, founder bottleneck, oversupply, costs explode.
Industry Problems
5 structural problems in music: streaming pays poorly, discovery is broken, artists don't own audiences, music is devalued, fraud/AI content rising. How MINY solves monetization + discovery + ownership.
Drops vs Streams
Music industry shift from access (streaming) to ownership (collectibles). $496B collectibles market, drop culture from fashion/sneakers, MINY drop tiers, two economies: utility vs cultural music.
Platform Models
Three real-world models: Red Bull Music Academy (global residencies), Boiler Room (livestream performances), COLORS (minimal viral format). How MINY combines all four elements: residency + content + discovery + collectibles.