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Product concept · LATAM music hub

Rytcel

The hub for musicians and bands across Latin America. A platform that brings order to an artist's career, plus a consulting studio that walks alongside them. This page shows the product vision, not a finished release.

In progress · product concept
Vision

Three engines, one network

Rytcel rests on three engines that tackle the moments where an independent musician gets stuck. An RPG-style career map that sorts out what to do and in what order, a Creative Suite that builds the documents you need to apply, and a Live Performance Engine for the show itself. What you see here are mockups drawn to explain the concept, with no real user data.

Engine 01

RPG-style career map

The artist moves through zones and unlocks quests that an agent suggests based on where they stand. Instead of a flat to-do list, the career becomes a clear path with visible progress. Foundations, Craft, Live, Network and Scale.

rytcel.app/map
01
Foundations
Complete
M1Register the ISRC codes for your songs
M2Sign up with SCD to collect royalties (Chile's music rights society)
02
Craft
In progress
M3Define the sonic identity of the project
M4Record a reference demo
03
Live
Locked
M5Build the setlist for the show
M6Prepare backing tracks for the live set
04
Network
Locked
M7Publish the artist EPK
M8Gather contacts at labels and festivals
05
Scale
Locked
M9Release calendar for the year
M10Apply to grants across the region

Rytcel agent. You finished Foundations. Before jumping to Live, close out the demo in Craft. With that, the EPK in the Network zone will come out far stronger.

Zones and quests are illustrative, meant to explain the concept. The quest names are examples, not a final list.

Engine 02

Creative Suite

Generates the EPK and the dossiers ready to apply to LATAM grants like FONDART and Ibermúsicas (regional public arts funds), to festivals and to labels. Putting these documents together is the number one pain for the independent musician. The Suite takes what you already loaded into the map and turns it into presentable material.

rytcel.app/suite/epk
Electronic Press Kit

Sample project

Genre · City · Year formed
6 sections builtReady to export
FONDARTPublic grant application format
Format ok
IbermúsicasDossier for the regional call
Format ok
FestivalPress kit for booking
Draft
LabelContact folder for A and R
Draft

Document and states are illustrative. The target formats are examples of what the Suite aims to cover.

Engine 03

Live Performance Engine

Backing tracks synced with MIDI signals that trigger preset changes on the real gear onstage. The track runs, the engine sends the change, and the rig switches to the right sound without anyone touching a pedal. Built for processors like Helix, Axe FX and Neural DSP.

rytcel.app/live/set
01:24 / 03:58 · Sample track
124 BPM
Clickmetronome
Backingkeys and pads
Harmoniesguide vocals
MIDIpreset changes
Cue 01 · 00:00
Helix
Intro clean
PC 12 · CC 69
Cue 02 · 01:24 · now
Axe FX III
Verse crunch
PC 34 · CC 12
Cue 03 · 02:40
Neural DSP
Solo lead
PC 07 · CC 88
HelixAxe FX IIINeural DSPMIDI syncPreset changes

Console is illustrative. The times, cues and program numbers are examples to show how the show stays in sync.

Why it exists

The mycelium network

From the band to the hub

Rytcel comes out of seven years playing in a band with an album to its name. Along that road I learned that the hard part is not always the music. It is everything around it. The registrations, the applications, the live show, the network of contacts.

The metaphor is the mycelium, that underground network that connects the fungi of a forest. Each artist is a thread. Rytcel is the network that connects them and passes nutrients between them. No thread grows alone.

That is why the product brings together two things. A platform with the three engines you just saw, and a consulting studio that walks alongside real artists. The technology brings order. The experience guides.

Waitlist

If you make music, get in before the rest

Rytcel is in progress. Join the early list and I will let you know the moment the hub goes live, with the first spots for musicians and bands.

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