Draft:Fold Music

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{{AFC comment|1=With the possible (?) exception of the MusicWeek piece, none of the sources contribute towards notability per WP:NCORP. And it alone isn't enough. DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=Press releases, their website, and sources that are mostly what they say about themselves are not useful for establishing notability. S0091 (talk) 15:39, 6 November 2023 (UTC)}}

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{{Short description|British Production Music Company and music publisher}}

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Fold Music, stylized as FOLD Music is a British global production music company.{{Cite web |title=About Fold |url=https://fold-music.com/about |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=fold-music.com}}{{primary source inline}} Founded in Shoreditch, London, in 2023{{Cite web |title=Warp, Mute, Domino and more back production music library Fold that lets artists retain copyright |url=https://www.musicweek.com/publishing/read/warp-mute-domino-and-more-back-production-music-library-fold-that-lets-artists-retain-copyright/088541 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}, the company consists of twenty labels, which are co-created with many independent labels and Publishers such as Mute Song, Domino Publishing, Warp Publishing{{Cite web |url=https://shapelibrary.net/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=shapelibrary.net |language=en}}, Tummy Touch, Hyperdub, Def Presse, DMY, Discotexas, EPM, Erased Tapes, Fat Cat, First Word, Moor Music, Psychotic Reaction, Untitled (Recs), Brawl.{{Cite web |title=Labels |url=https://fold-music.com/labels |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=fold-music.com}}{{primary source inline}} The company focuses on writing and producing music for use in media.{{Cite web |title=Production music library Fold launches |url=https://www.recordoftheday.com/news-and-press/production-music-library-fold-launches |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=www.recordoftheday.com}}

Fold Music has been featured on major TV networks that around the world as well as being used extensively in advertising for brands such as Burberry{{Cite web |title=Burberry Inspire {{!}} Burberry® Official |url=https://uk.burberry.com/c/stories/community/burberry-inspire/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=uk.burberry.com}}{{primary source inline}} and Balmain amongst others.{{Citation |title=New PERFORMANCE drop with ANTOINE GRIEZMANN {{!}} MOVE FORWARD {{!}} MANGO Man {{!}} AW23 | date=12 September 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPiqlPTGyGE |access-date=2023-09-26 |language=en}}{{unreliable source inline}}

Fold Music is the first and only production music library that works exclusively with established commercial music artists.{{Cite web |title=Production music library Fold launches |url=https://www.prsformusic.com/licences/using-production-music/fold |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=www.prsformusic.co}}

The library was launched by Paul Sandell (Domino, EMI Production Music and KPM), music supervisor and director Chris Shirt (Pitch & Sync, Because Music), and the director Gavin O’Shea, co-owner of Lo-Editions and independent label Lo Recordings.{{Cite web |title=Warp, Mute, Domino and more back production music library Fold that lets artists retain copyright |url=https://www.musicweek.com/publishing/read/warp-mute-domino-and-more-back-production-music-library-fold-that-lets-artists-retain-copyright/088541 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}

The company is notable for allowing all writers retain ownership of their material in the library{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=Production music library Fold launches with music from Steve Mason, Red Snapper + more |url=https://completemusicupdate.com/production-music-library-fold-launches-with-music-from-steve-mason-red-snapper-more/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=CMU |language=en}} which is breaking the traditional production music model where the libraries own both the publishing and the master rights. Alongside this Fold Music offers its writers a higher royalty share than the traditional industry standard of 50%.

FOLD is represented by