Source‑of‑capture provenance for recorded music.
We build hardware that proves where recorded music begins.
MUSO Capture creates a signed Genesis Record
the moment music enters the digital chain.
For investors
Not identity.
Not ownership.
Proof of capture.
Plug in. Play normally. MUSO Capture creates proof in the background.
The Capture process involves audio being transmitted through a registered MUSO Capture device, which ensures the fidelity and integrity of the sound.
Once the audio is processed, the device generates a signed representation, providing a secure and verifiable context within the realm of Music Technology.
This process not only facilitates accurate tracking of music usage but also supports the rights of creators and artists in the digital landscape.
Guitar is the first wedge, because the capture boundary is already physical.
An electric guitar is more than just a simple tool; it's a whole world of sound made up of different parts like cables, pedals, tuners, amplifiers, interfaces, and mixing desks. Each note played shows how crucial it is to have a good signal path. The guitar's sound isn't just about the instrument itself; it's influenced by everything that comes before it in the chain.
Guitarists understand how important it is to keep the signal clear and strong, along with how gain, feel, and routing work together. They know that even small changes to their setup can greatly change their sound. That's why they carefully choose their pedals, interfaces, tuners, amplifiers, cables, and boards, understanding that each step from the guitar to the recording is key to creating their perfect sound.
MUSO Capture is a tool that aims to improve the workflow for musicians, fitting seamlessly into their creative process.
Craig has practical experience with guitar setups while Sam brings a background in classical music from performing and recording. Brendan specialises in achieving high-quality sound.
The first product is narrow by design -
a physical chain, a known user, a visible capture boundary.
We're starting where the chain is clearest.
We're not stopping there.
Detection Starts Too Late
Finished files are asked to explain histories they no longer contain.
Trust improves when proof begins at the source. The file can lie.
The capture event cannot.
Files can be edited generated copied transcoded stripped of metadata or separated from context. By the time anyone questions a file’s authenticity the evidence trail might already be compromised and the problem worsens as more music passes through systems that separate files from their origins.
Detection can help, but it usually begins after the file has already moved. MusoLab takes the opposite route: create a source record before the downstream chain begins.
The Genesis Record
A Genesis Record is the tamper-evident record created when audio passes through a registered MUSO Capture device. It answers one narrow but important question: did this capture event pass through trusted MUSO hardware at source?
A Genesis Record can include device ID, timestamp, capture-event data and signature. It is not a claim about the whole life of the file; it is the first record in the chain.
MUSO Capture creates the record.
The Lab makes it usable downstream.
The Lab is the verification layer, not the source of truth. It surfaces Genesis Records, manages access to them, and makes capture evidence usable beyond the device.
Artists, studios, labels, platforms and partners can verify that a capture event passed through MUSO hardware.
The value of source proof increases as the record moves.
MUSO Capture creates the first record.
The Lab makes it useful across the recording chain.
The importance of provenance evidence increases as the story progresses after capture.
- Artists & musicians - Create source proof at capture and own the first record of the performance.
- Studios & engineers - Attach evidence to sessions without changing the creative workflow.
- Labels & rights teams - Receive cleaner provenance records upstream.
- Platforms & partners - Verify capture events before relying on downstream files.
Source proof, not rights proof.
What MusoLab proves -
A registered MUSO Capture device created a source-of-capture record for a specific capture event. The Genesis Record documents that MUSO hardware was present when audio became digital, at a specific time, and that the record was signed by the device.
What MusoLab does not prove -
Authorship. Rights ownership. Performer identity. Commercial value. Absence of later editing.
The boundary is the strength. MusoLab establishes the first record in the chain - it does not replace legal, commercial or creative judgement downstream.
Origin
Feasibility before company · Q1 2024 – Q4 2025
Founder-funded proof-of-concept work validated the capture workflow before incorporation: audio captured locally, controlled via Bluetooth and touch, staged into a cloud workflow. The Pre-Seed round funds a tested architecture, not an experiment.
We didn't incorporate at idea stage.
We formed the company only after the core capture workflow had been pressure-tested in the real world.
Company formation · April 2026
We incorporated MusoLab Ltd once the project moved from prototype to infrastructure platform. The challenge shifted from feasibility to institutional scale - product doctrine, proof boundaries, governance, capital architecture. This is when Brendan and Samuel Strijdom joined the founder structure as the operating spine: product architecture, capital narrative, evidence standards and systems of record.
The prior pattern · 2005 – 2026
MusoLab didn't come from a founder search; it comes from a recurring pattern. Brendan Strijdom has experience building rugged sensor-rooted field capture hardware to bridge real-world activity and digital record. Craig Martin, through mAXBridge, built mobile business applications, secure enterprise bridges and Bluetooth-peripheral workflows. One built the capture boundary; the other made edge-captured data useful inside organisations. In 2026, Craig returned to Brendan with a working MusoLab prototype - past the feasibility threshold, but needing institutional architecture. Brendan recognised the same edge problem in a new category. That necessity brought Sam into the founder structure and Brendan into the hardware spine.
Craig Martin
Commercial origin, prototype & growth lead.
Built the early MusoLab system; brings the music workflow, partner and market instinct behind the venture.
Brendan Strijdom
Hardware systems & edge-capture judgement
Engineering lead; embedded hardware, systems architecture and manufacturing judgement from a prior generation of AI, ML, and edge-capture work.
Samuel Strijdom
Product, strategy & operating architecture
Ex-BCG. Joined at company formation to turn the prototype into an investable operating system: product doctrine, proof boundary, governance and capital story.
MusoLab is currently in the process of organising its Pre-Seed funding round and establishing a technical validation pathway.
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The Ask
MusoLab builds source-of-capture provenance infrastructure for recorded music.
MusoLab Ltd England & Wales
At MusoLab, we specialise in the verification of capture events. We do not assert authorship, claim rights ownership, identify performers, assign commercial value, or guarantee the absence of subsequent editing.
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