Deal Management System all-in-one

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Collecting songs3Shares review2Ready for underwriting3Approved2Declined1Archived4

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NBNadia BrooksUnderwriter

UnderwritingSearch deals⌘KNew deal

Underwriting8 open dealsWeek 42 · Tue, Oct 13, 2026

All11Collecting songs3Shares review2Ready for underwriting3Approved2Declined1

DealStatusAdvanceShares completeUpdated

MVMara Vey — Back CatalogArtist · Owen HaleReady for underwriting$500,000100%15 of 15 songs2h ago

HPThe Hollow Pines — Full CatalogArtist · Owen HaleReady for underwriting$1,200,00090%38 of 42 songs5h ago

WCWren Calloway — Early WorksArtist · Nadia BrooksReady for underwriting$180,00075%9 of 12 songsYesterday

SHSable Harte — Producer CatalogProducer · Owen HaleShares review$350,00030%8 of 27 songsYesterday

OLOdessa Lane — Catalog PartialArtist · Owen HaleShares review$220,00067%12 of 18 songsOct 11

LCLior Castell — SinglesArtist · Owen HaleCollecting songs$150,00017%1 of 6 songs20m ago

AQAda Quinn — Live RecordingsArtist · Nadia BrooksCollecting songs$120,00050%4 of 8 songsOct 12

JPJuno Park — Debut EraArtist · Owen HaleCollecting songs$90,000N/AJust now

TMTeo Marchetti — Beat TapesProducer · Owen HaleApproved$400,000100%33 of 33 songsOct 9

IMInes Moreau — Writer ShareArtist · Nadia BrooksApproved$275,00086%18 of 21 songsOct 7

KAKofi Ashby — Producer CreditsProducer · Owen HaleDeclined$650,00021%3 of 14 songsOct 2

Overview

ConnectMusic is a music publisher. Deal360, its internal app, values song catalogs and runs publishing deals from first contact to underwriting sign-off, across three roles, including sales and the underwriter.

It’s an internal tool, so there’s no public link. The data in every shot is made up.

Mara Vey — Back CatalogSend to underwriting

Mara Vey — Back CatalogShares reviewArtistCreated by Owen HaleSep 28, 2026Week 42

Songs in deal54 conflicts15/24 of Luminate catalogIn conflict first1FiltersColumnsModify songs

Rows completed15/15Missing shares0Missing MLC0Missing YouTube0Missing PRO0Catalog ownership54.07%52.40%

StreamsShares and claims

TitleYTDATDThis periodChangeShareMLCYouTubePRO

Glasshouse8,412,30047,906,120212,840+7%50%50%50%25%

Slow Satellites5,903,41039,118,640141,220−6%50%25%50%50%

1Coastline Static3,118,76028,405,33076,410+6%60%25%50%25%

Undertow4,407,92021,336,480109,630+8%50%50%25%50%

Copper Sky2,206,15017,942,81051,780−9%33%50%50%50%

2Midnight Ferry1,984,33015,270,19047,120+6%75%50%25%50%

Wildfire Season3,640,87012,486,30093,560+15%50%50%50%50%

Small Hours2,918,4409,872,56068,900−2%50%25%25%25%

1Paper Lanterns1,507,2609,114,78035,840−8%757555050%25%50%25%

Northbound1,826,5108,640,92044,270+6%100%0%0%0%

Harbour Lights712,9806,905,41016,830−8%50%50%50%25%

1Second Language1,104,6205,318,27026,990+14%60%25%25%50%

Velvet Static2,490,3104,966,84063,750+22%50%50%50%50%

Blue Hour498,7403,702,11011,960−7%33%50%25%50%

Lantern Song (Live)1,341,2802,118,65030,420−10%25%50%50%50%

Claims overlap the share:
75% + 50% = 125%

Biggest challenge

Tight timeline, small team and three roles to cover, each with different needs. On top of that, the app had to replace a lot of third-party tools in one solution, to take away the friction of switching context between YouTube Studio, Luminate (goated tool to review music data in-depth) and the others.

How I’ve used AI here

We started with a pretty basic process in Figma to set the direction and the high-level UX patterns, plus a few (many :P) workshops to map the needs of each role.

Once the project had a proper set-up in the codebase, I dropped Figma completely. I prepared screens in Claude Design and later in Claude Code, and delivered almost ready-to-merge code for each feature. Our front-end developer reviewed it and checked it against the API contracts, so we could connect it to the backend.

It was also the first project where I worked this closely with a back-end developer. I had to understand the limitations and the way they work to design things that were doable. I ran a Docker image of the backend on a seeded database for the first time, too.

AI wrote the prototype code. The layout, the interactions, the copy and which states exist were my calls. The longer story is on How I work, and still no AI slop, I promise.