Creative, business, and legal support—no strings attached. You keep your rights. You keep your revenue.

Our services.

  • Create.

    Rooted in Stanford’s creative ecosystem, Cardinal Studios helps artists shape their sound, define their vision, and bring their ideas to life—through world-class music, video, and production support. Whether it’s songwriting, studio work, or creative direction, our team is here to elevate every step of the artistic process.

  • Grow.

    Through Stanford GSB’s business expertise, Cardinal Studios helps artists grow their brand, expand their reach, and build sustainable careers. From planned marketing and cross-platform promotion to live event management and financial planning, we empower artists to scale their impact—without compromising their vision.

  • Protect.

    With expertise from Stanford Law School, Cardinal Studios delivers strategic legal guidance across contract, intellectual property, and entertainment law—empowering artists to retain control of their work, secure fair compensation, and protect their creative integrity.

  • We offer songwriting, beat production, studio musicians, recording space, sound engineering, creative direction, music video production, editing, animation, and more.

  • We offer branding and promotion, radio and TV connections, streaming services, cross-artist collaborations, social media strategy, public relations, merchandise development, marketing campaigns, booking support, tour management, event production, fan engagement, budgeting, revenue tracking, investment opportunities, and more.

  • We offer recording, management, distribution, collaboration, and performance agreements; songwriter agreements, copyright registration, mechanical, performance, and sync licensing; royalty splits and tracking; trademark protection for names and logos; and legal support with negotiation, disputes, and compliance.

How It Works

Artists and bands sign a 6-month agreement with Cardinal Studios to record, produce, and release an album. From there, our team helps plan a local California-based tour and promote the artist across platforms. Cardinal Studios takes no royalties, revenue, or profit—artists keep 100% of what they earn.

Throughout the engagement, artists choose the creative, business, and legal services they want support with. Based on our evaluation process, Cardinal Studios will also recommend services aligned with each artist’s goals and current stage of development—whether they’re laying down their first track or chasing their first Grammy.

Some services may have small added costs depending on what you need (i.e. merchandise development), but we’ll always keep it transparent and work with you to make it manageable.