Entity Deep Music is a South African music services and publishing company focused on helping artists, songwriters, producers and music rights holders build sustainable careers and unlock the commercial value of their music. Founded by Michael M. Lebusa.
Established as part of the wider Entity Deep Group, our journey has been rooted in music, entertainment, media and creative business development. Over the years, we have worked across different areas of the music ecosystem, developing an understanding of both the creative and business sides of the industry. This has allowed us to build a service offering that goes beyond simply releasing music, helping creators understand, protect, position and monetise their work.
Our approach is centred on creating opportunities for music to travel further, reach new audiences and generate income through multiple channels.
Our Services
Music Publishing
We provide music publishing administration and support for songwriters, composers, producers and music catalogues. Our services assist with registering works, managing publishing rights, identifying royalty opportunities and ensuring that creators are positioned to benefit from the commercial use of their compositions.
Music Distribution
Entity Deep Music assists artists and labels with getting their music onto leading digital platforms and ensuring that releases are properly prepared and positioned for the digital marketplace. We support the release process while helping creators understand the importance of metadata, registrations, ownership and monetisation.
Sync Placements
We connect music with opportunities across film, television, advertising, documentaries, digital content, branded campaigns and other visual media. Our sync services focus on identifying suitable opportunities and preparing music for licensing, helping rights holders turn their catalogues into valuable creative assets.
Music Discovery
Through our music discovery services, we identify emerging artists, producers, songwriters and distinctive music that has commercial and cultural potential. We work to create connections between talent, industry stakeholders, brands, media platforms and other opportunities within the music ecosystem.
Sample Clearances
Samples can create significant legal and financial risks when they are used without the appropriate permissions. Entity Deep Music assists with the sample clearance process by helping identify rights holders, facilitate clearance discussions and navigate the permissions required for legitimate commercial use.
Music Advisory Services
Our advisory services provide artists, labels, publishers and music businesses with practical guidance across the music business. This includes release strategy, rights and royalties, publishing, catalogue management, distribution, licensing, artist development, music marketing and commercial opportunities.
Navigating The Melodies
One of our flagship initiatives is Navigating The Melodies, an educational and industry development programme designed to help artists, musicians and music creators better understand the business behind their music.
The programme explores areas such as music rights, publishing, royalties, copyright, registrations, distribution, licensing, sync and career development. It was developed from the understanding that many talented creators enter the music industry with the creative skills to make music, but without the knowledge required to properly manage and monetise it.
Navigating The Melodies aims to close that knowledge gap by making the music business easier to understand and giving creators practical tools to make informed decisions about their careers and catalogues.
Our Vision
Entity Deep Music believes that African music has enormous cultural and commercial value. Our role is to help creators navigate the industry, protect their intellectual property and turn their music into sustainable creative assets.
We are building a music business that sits at the intersection of creativity, rights, technology, publishing and opportunity.
From the first song registration to international sync opportunities, from music discovery to publishing administration, Entity Deep Music exists to help creators navigate the melodies and build lasting value from their music.