What are stems?
Stems are song components such as vocal tracks, drum beats, and guitar riffs that are mixed and mastered for standalone use.
Best-in-Class Stem Solution for Labels
We are the first business to develop a scalable approach to profitably bring stems to market with our StemitCMS stem management platform:
Stem Creation
For newly recorded songs, StemitCMS can ingest stems directly from leading DAWs, simplifying the process to create valuable stem assets at the moment songs are created. For existing songs, Stemit can cost effectively create high-quality stems from digital multi-tracks, making it easy to license and sell stems from high-value content.
Stem Management
Manage all stems in one place. Our StemitCMS platform is the best-in-class stem management solution and allows record labels and artists to store and manage all their stems and digital multi-tracks on a centralized, secure platform, that provides visibility of existing stem assets and a simple means to monetize them.
Stem Distribution
Record labels and artists with stems on StemitCMS can choose how they want to license or sell their content directly through our distribution partners. Once a stem is enabled for distribution, StemitCMS facilitates secure content transfer, tracks and manages usage, collects revenue, and distributes payments to rights holders.
Stems unlock new levels of creativity
Song Creation & Remixes
Leverage stems to create entirely new songs and develop more compelling remixes from the ground up
DJ Performances
Take performances to the next level by legally incorporating captivating tracks and iconic sounds.
Content Creators
Incorporate stems into TV, films, games, apps, and advertisements.
Use Cases
Karaoke
Remove lead vocals from any track so that an “instrumental only” version of the original song can can be used for Karaoke performance
Remixes | Mixes
Take complete control of the remix creation process by deconstructing songs with precision and rebuilding them from the ground up
DJs
Access the underlying components of songs — drum beats, guitar riffs, bass lines, vocals, and more — to take performances to the next level
Education
Develop compelling educational media materials with using licensed music, customized to remove unwanted vocal or other tracks
Derivative Works
Combine the components of one or more songs with your own content to create new derivative music tracks
Advertising
Launch compelling ad campaigns that use iconic melodies and beats so that your message immediately resonates with your target audience
Ringtones
Rapidly expand ringtone libraries to offer several versions of each song, allowing you content to appear to a broader group of segments
TV & Films
Seamlessly layer components of songs into the soundtracks and scores of TV shows and films, providing greater control over the end product
DJs & Creative Producers
Reach new levels of creativity with access to tracks you never imagined possible
Music Content Owners
Build entirely new revenue streams from your existing music libraries
Stemit has the only scalable approach to profitably bring stems to market
Content Access
We partner with major and independent record labels to access extensive music libraries to ensure the most popular content can be converted into marketable stems
Stem Creation
Our proprietary cloud-based stem creation platform outputs high-quality mastered song components, bringing stems with high demand to market while minimizing upfront costs
Stem Marketplace
Our extensive stem libraries are sold by our distribution partners who enable DJs and creative professionals to buy stems as part of their existing content workflows
Unbundling the Song: Inside the Next Wave of Recorded Music’s Disruption
“In the stem space, companies like Stemit are in talks with major record labels to help unlock value in their back catalog by providing technology to stem individual songs, then making those stems available to DJs via an online marketplace with secure digital-rights management and tracking built in.”
A2IM CEO Richard Burgess on Spotify’s Direct Licensing Plan: ‘We Should Have Equal Access to Their Data.’
“He also claimed that the indie community in particular could benefit from the growing market for stems, in that deconstructing and monetizing songs based on individual stems and instruments could grow the revenue pie for recorded music even further, disrupting the nature of release strategies for the better.”
What are the best passive income streams for artists?
“Beyond streaming or sync royalties alone, there are a few other passive income sources that could be priced at a more premium level, marketed with a more service-oriented mindset and created in a way that is difficult to replicate by other artists. The markets for song stems and sample/loop packs are a good example, with increasing competition from the likes of Stemifi, Splice Sounds, and Native Instruments’ Sounds.com”
The Team—Deep Roots in the Music Business
Press Release
Audionamix and Stemit Announce Long-term Partnership and Exclusive Music Technology Licensing Deal Stemit Licenses Audionamix’s AI Technology for Stem Creation and Distribution LOS ANGELES, JANUARY 14, 2020 – Audionamix Inc, the global leader in audio source separation, announces a long-term partnership with Stemit, Inc. Stemit has licensed exclusive rights to Audionamix’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) music stemming algorithms for record labels, publishers and music distributors. This partnership now offers the industry a solution to unlock stems: the hidden value in music. Continue reading here