Rhino Sessions

Rhino Sessions

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About Rhino Sessions

Rhino Sessions is an intergenerational artist incubator produced by Ran 09 African Creatives. It pairs established artists with emerging talent inside a structured production and broadcast format, moving participants from informal creative practice to documented, income-generating careers.

The initiative is built around a deliberate bridge model. Established artists anchor audience attention and provide direct mentorship. Emerging artists access professional production, rights documentation, and distribution pathways that would otherwise be unavailable to them at their stage. Both tiers leave each session with commercially released, registered content — not just footage.
Each session results in a fully mastered recording, a published work registered with Uganda’s
collecting societies, a documented split sheet, and a distribution-ready asset. This is the shift from performance to property. Content produced under Rhino Sessions is not promotional material — it
is a catalogue-building event.
Starting in Uganda and designed for replication across Africa, the model addresses the core failure
point in most artist development programs: exposure without infrastructure. Rhino Sessions
provides both simultaneously.
Bankability — Operational Definition
An artist exits Rhino Sessions as bankable when they meet all of the following:

  1. All compositions registered with UPRS (ISWC applied)
  2. All recordings carry ISRC codes and are live on major DSPs
  3. Artist is enrolled with at least one CMO for royalty collection
  4. All collaborative works have signed split sheets on file
  5. Streaming revenue shows documented month-on-month growth over three periods
  6. At least one income stream beyond live performance is active
  7. * At least one documented brand placement, sync deal, or CRBT listing is secured

Background & Context
Uganda’s music sector produces substantial talent but extracts very little financial value from it. The infrastructure failure operates across three layers: Rights Infrastructure Most artists in Uganda have no ISRC on their recordings, no ISWC on their compositions, and no
active CMO enrollment. This means they produce content that earns money for platforms,
aggregators, and broadcasters — and receive nothing in return. 

Section A: Artist Information

Stage Name / Full Name
City / Base Location (Uganda)

Section B: Music Profile

Number of Original Songs you have released

Section C: Availability & Commitment

Section D: Understanding of the Partnership Model (Read carefully)

Ran 09 African Creativez produces the acoustic master recording. Artist receives:
· Visibility (playlist pitching, social media push, press)
· 50% net revenue share from that acoustic recording (streams, sync licenses, any third-party use)
Ran 09 retains co‑ownership of the acoustic master for catalog leverage & sync pitching. Artist remains 100% independent for all other releases.

Section E: Short Pitch

Section F: Social Proof

(Optional but Recommended)

Submission instructions

· Send the completed form to website(or via a webform on your site)
· Attach one audio demo (max 30MB) or a link to an unreleased acapella
· Deadline: rolling – selected artists will be contacted within 14 days

Minimum requirements to join

· Must be an African citizen or resident
· Must have at least one original song (released or unreleased demo)
· Must agree to shared IP / 50% revenue split for the Rhino acoustic recording
· Must be available for a studio session in Africa (or hybrid with strong internet)
· Artists with existing fanbase (any size) are prioritised, but raw talent is welcome
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