Own your sound. Be on the record.
Put your name, your work and your splits on one verified record. Registration opens 21 September. The waitlist is open now.
- Free to join
- Runs on WhatsApp
- No app to install
- Signed or unsigned
The first 1,000 on the list get first access and their first work registered free. Invite a collaborator and you both move up 25 places.
One record for who you are, what you made and what it earns.
Studio Mtaani puts a creator's identity, works, splits, income and payments on a single verified record. It is built on WhatsApp, in the chat you already use, with an agent nearby when you would rather talk to a person.
Free to join. Signed or unsigned. Nothing to install.
- 01A payable identity
Your national ID is verified once and your WhatsApp number becomes a profile that can be paid. A distributor, a collecting society, a broadcaster or a lender reads it only with your permission.
- 02Your works, registered
Each work is filed with the codes that make it countable, ISRC for the recording and ISWC for the song, on the day you register it rather than someday.
- 03Splits that hold
Everyone who wrote, produced or featured on the work co-signs their share before it goes out. The split sheet is the payment instruction, not a document in somebody's inbox.
- 04Paid at source
Streaming, radio, live and ringback income is matched to your works, and each collaborator is paid their share directly, without waiting on a statement they cannot check.
- Not a distributorKeep whoever you release through. Your record builds either way.
- Not a labelJabali Studio does not hold your copyright. The record documents what you already own.
- Not a lenderThe record is what a lender can read, with your consent, if you ever want credit.
The whole thing, on WhatsApp.
Your ID becomes a payable identity, your first work gets its codes, and your collaborators co-sign the splits, in a chat you already have open.
Illustrative. The real flow asks for your ID and your collaborators.
Four steps, all of them on WhatsApp.
Joining is free. Every split sheet invites the collaborators in.
Your name, your number and a little about your work. You get your place on the list and an invite code straight away.
Message our number now, so your invitation lands in a chat you already have open on 21 September.
Your national ID is checked in minutes and your WhatsApp number becomes a payable identity. Your first work starts your economic identity: the title, the collaborators, and who owns what.
Everyone who worked on it is invited to co-sign the splits. Once signed, the work is registered with the right codes, and your record starts building.
Where the money forks today, and where it does not.
- Create
- Assign
- Registerskipped
- Distribute
- Playedforks here
- Paid lateand little
- Createidentity, splits, codes
- Registersame day
- Distributeyour own codes
- Playedverified
- Paidsplit at source
The money follows the record, not the paperwork.
Registration opens 21 September. The first 1,000 who join are Founding Creators.
Join the waitlistOne record. Every shilling.
Every stream, play, show and ringback tone matched to you and your works. A lender reads it only with your consent.
Illustrative. Your graph opens in November, once your first work is on the record.
Why the record matters for the whole informal economyRegistration clinics, September to November.
Plus five more counties, chosen where creators register.
Come with your phone and your ID. We register you in the room.
Registration goes quickly if you have three things.
September to December 2026.
- NowWaitlist open
- 21 SepRegistration opens on WhatsApp
- Sep to NovMtaani Sessions: registration clinics in six counties
- NovIncome graph opens; first payouts traced
- 10 DecDemo day
Join the waitlist today.
About a minute on your phone. Your place and your invite code come straight away. Your invitation arrives on WhatsApp on 21 September.
Free to join, and no app to install. Your number is used for your invitation and nothing else.
Does it cost anything?
Joining the waitlist is free, and verifying your identity is free. The first 1,000 creators also get their first work registered at no cost.
Do I need a label or manager?
No. Studio Mtaani is built first for creators with no label, publisher or manager. Signed artists are welcome too.
What if I have not released anything yet?
You can still join and verify. Your identity comes first; the works follow whenever you are ready.
Do I have to leave my distributor?
No. Keep whoever you use. Your record builds either way.
Who can see my earnings?
You control it. Lenders, licensees and collectors can only query your record with your permission.
What happens to my rights?
Jabali Studio does not hold your copyright. The record documents what you already own.