Manifesto
More than music.
The first streaming platform where every artist is treated equal — and every dollar lands exactly where you mean it to.
I — The Team
BJ
Chief Executive Officer
Ayah Harper
Chief Experience Officer
Brian Houston
Chief Technology Officer
Mykel Griggs
Chief Creative Officer
Asia Bright
Chief Research Officer
Kellan Patterson
Chief Legal Officer
Alexis Lovely
Chief Marketing Officer
Ashley Bishop
Chief Logistics Officer
Jeremiah Irving
Chief Investment Officer
II — The Mission
Built by an artist, for artists.
To create an ecosystem where musicians can create, connect, and begin to thrive through the power of community.
Founder Barry Victor Jr. lived the math: traditional streaming pays independent artists fractions of a cent per stream and pockets the majority. He built IMS to flip that — value placed on the artists who make the platform.
The model is simple: 90% of what fans pay after payment processing goes to the artist. We keep 10% to run the platform. No labels, no middlemen, no hidden fees.
When a fan pays to support an artist, their dollars land in that artist’s pocket — not pooled into a payout system that rewards the most-streamed.
Our Vision
To be a platform where all independent artists and musicians with a loyal fanbase can make a livable income.
III — The flow of a dollar
No pool. No middleman. Here’s the path every subscription takes — from a fan’s card straight to the artist’s bank.
IV — Do the math
Not hypothetical. Drag the dial and see exactly what a loyal fanbase pays an artist on IMS — 90% of what fans pay after payment processing.
Your take-home
That’s $5,952 a year from 100 fans at the Family & Friends tier.
Each fan: $5.99 from your fan → $5.52 after card processing → $4.96 to you
You get 90% of what fans pay after payment processing; IMS keeps the other 10%. Card processing is Stripe’s standard 2.9% + 30¢ per payment. Streaming comparison assumes ≈$0.004/stream (a blended major-DSP estimate) — to clear $496/mo there, you’d need 124,000 plays. Here it takes 100 fans.
V — What we stand on
Direct-to-Artist
90%
of what fans pay after payment processing lands in the artist's account. Stripe Connect handles the per-artist transfer automatically.
Artist Equality
1:1
Every creator gets the same shot. No tier-based payouts, no pay-to-promote, no algorithmic suppression.
Fan-Powered
100%
Pick the artist, pick the tier — that's where your money goes. No middle pool.
Core Values
“No man is an island.”
No platform survives without the artists who fill it. The majors cater to a few; we built IMS for the rest. Every voice on here — 12 listeners or 12 million — gets equal treatment.