Too much of the work was happening in too many places.
Catalogs in spreadsheets. Rights information in separate files. Pitches buried in email. Client relationships managed somewhere else. Audio and deliverables spread across storage services.
The individual tools could work perfectly well. The problem was that the business surrounding the music was fragmented across all of them.
SyncCatalog began as an attempt to bring those pieces together into one practical system — one place where music licensing teams could manage both the catalog and the work around it.
An operating platform for music licensing.
SyncCatalog is designed for publishers, sync agencies, catalog owners, rights holders and professional licensing teams.
It brings catalog management, rights and clearance information, pitching, submissions, licensing requests, CRM, files, meetings, collaboration and day-to-day operations together in a single environment.
Your catalog
Organize recordings, metadata, rights, ownership, versions and deliverables.
Your licensing workflow
Manage pitches, requests, opportunities, clients, projects and commercial follow-up.
Your public presence
Operate a public-facing catalog when it fits your business — or keep the platform private.
Your team
Keep communication, meetings, files and operational activity connected to the work.
Your business shouldn't have to reshape itself around its software.
We believe the software should adapt to the operation, not the other way around.
Run a public catalog or keep everything behind the scenes. Accept outside submissions or work with a closed roster. Use the parts of SyncCatalog that fit the way your business operates.
Licensing companies aren't all built the same way. We don't think their software should assume they are.
Larry's involvement with connected technology began in the bulletin board system era, when going online meant dialing directly into another computer.
That early experience shaped a lasting interest in how technology can connect people, organize information and make complicated work easier.
Over the years, those interests crossed technology, photography, theatre, media and music. As a songwriter, producer and recording artist, Larry became increasingly involved not only in creating music, but in the catalog, rights, publishing and licensing work surrounding it.
The frustrations of managing those processes across disconnected systems ultimately led to the first version of SyncCatalog.
What began as a solution to a practical problem developed into a commercial platform for the people and organizations doing that work every day.
Independent by choice.
SyncCatalog is developed and operated by Island Lake Ventures LLC, an independent Minnesota software company.
We're building the kind of company we would want to work with ourselves: practical, responsive, straightforward and focused on solving real problems.
Being independent means we can listen closely to the people using the product. When a workflow doesn't make sense, we can look at it. When customers identify a better way of doing something, we can listen.
Minnesota, United States
Sales, onboarding and support:
Monday–Friday · 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Pacific Time
Serious software can still be personal.
Build for real work
Features should solve actual operational problems, not simply make a feature list longer.
Listen to customers
The people doing the work often know where software needs to improve.
Respect the business
Catalogs, rights information, clients and business data deserve thoughtful handling.
Stay flexible
Different organizations work differently. The platform should leave room for that.
Large enough to build serious software. Small enough to listen when you call.
If you're evaluating SyncCatalog for your catalog, licensing operation or team, we'd be happy to show you how the platform works.