# C∞A∞I∞O

> C∞A∞I∞O (also written CAIO) at chrismai.ai is a private, one-person artist management practice based in Hollywood, Los Angeles. It handles career strategy, booking and touring, release campaigns, brand and visuals, deals and admin for a small roster taken on by word of mouth, and pitches that roster's music to music supervisors for sync. AI does the legwork; one person makes the calls.

## What it does
- Career strategy: a plan for the next release, the next year and the next five.
- Booking and touring: pitching, offers, routing, advancing and settlement.
- Release campaigns: timelines, distribution, pitching, pre-saves and rollout.
- Brand and visuals: artwork direction, press kits, photos, website and socials.
- Deals and admin: offers reviewed, contracts negotiated with the artist's lawyer, riders, royalties and paperwork.
- Sync pitching: music by managed artists pitched to music supervisors for film, TV, ads, trailers and games. C∞A∞I∞O is not a music supervisor and is not hired to supervise productions.

## Terms
Terms are agreed with each artist and put in writing before any work starts. There is no public rate card. New artists come mostly by introduction.

## Contact
- Email: support@chrismai.ai
- Website: https://chrismai.ai/ (the chat on the page is read by a person)
- Based in Hollywood, Los Angeles

## Pages
- [Home](https://chrismai.ai/): artist management: what it covers, how it works, a portfolio of artist, DJ and label websites built by C∞A∞I∞O, and questions
- [How to choose a music supervisor in Hollywood, Los Angeles](https://chrismai.ai/music-supervisor-los-angeles): there is no single best music supervisor in Los Angeles; how to choose one, where to look, the two licenses a placement needs, and how supervisors can request music from the C∞A∞I∞O roster
- [Blog](https://chrismai.ai/blog/): studio journal and project notes, including the direct-cash series: [The Case for Cash](https://chrismai.ai/blog/the-case-for-cash), [Cash and Dignity](https://chrismai.ai/blog/cash-and-dignity), [Cash for Kids](https://chrismai.ai/blog/cash-for-kids), [The 2021 Child Tax Credit](https://chrismai.ai/blog/child-tax-credit-child-poverty), [Guaranteed Income Pilot Results](https://chrismai.ai/blog/guaranteed-income-pilot-results), [How to Run a Direct Cash Program](https://chrismai.ai/blog/how-to-run-a-direct-cash-program), [Universal vs. Targeted Cash](https://chrismai.ai/blog/universal-vs-targeted-cash), [The Overhead Myth](https://chrismai.ai/blog/overhead-myth-pay-people), [AI Safety Funding](https://chrismai.ai/blog/ai-safety-funding-follows-institutions) and [the open letter to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund](https://chrismai.ai/blog/anthropic-public-benefit-fund-give-it-to-people)
- [Fund the Impact work](https://chrismai.ai/fund-impact): for funders and grantmakers: the housing and relief projects C∞A∞I∞O has proposed, with their real status, and how to get in touch
- [Anthropic Public Benefit Fund explainer](https://chrismai.ai/impact/anthropic-public-benefit-fund): what the fund is, what's still unknown, and how small nonprofits and builders can prepare
- [Impact llms.txt](https://chrismai.ai/impact/llms.txt): summary of the impact section for AI agents
- [Chat API for agents](https://chrismai.ai/docs/api): how an AI agent can talk to the site's chat bot and reach a human: public endpoints, flow and limits
- [OpenAPI document](https://chrismai.ai/openapi.json): machine-readable spec for the chat API

## Blog
- [Blog](https://chrismai.ai/blog/): practical guides for small nonprofits and mission-driven founders: grants, Form 990, budgets, fiscal sponsorship, donor-advised funds, crypto donations and AI tools. New guides are added regularly.
- [Top 100 potential recipients of Anthropic's Public Benefit Fund](https://chrismai.ai/blog/anthropic-public-benefit-fund-potential-recipients): a speculative, sourced list of nonprofit and research organization types that fit the fund's stated aims; not affiliated with Anthropic or any organization listed
- [How to accept crypto donations as a nonprofit](https://chrismai.ai/blog/how-to-accept-crypto-donations)
- [What to Send Donors After the Gift: Impact Reporting Essentials](https://chrismai.ai/blog/impact-reporting-essentials)
- [Grant Application Rejection: Common Reasons and How to Avoid Them](https://chrismai.ai/blog/grant-application-rejection)
- [How to Write a Grant Proposal: A Section-by-Section Walkthrough](https://chrismai.ai/blog/grant-proposal-walkthrough)
- [Board Governance Basics for Fundable Nonprofits](https://chrismai.ai/blog/board-governance-basics-for-fundable-nonprofits)
- [Approaching Tech Companies for Support](https://chrismai.ai/blog/approaching-tech-companies-for-support)
- [Corporate Giving and Employee Matching Programs for Small Nonprofits](https://chrismai.ai/blog/corporate-giving-for-nonprofits)
- [Getting Nonprofit Status: Steps from Idea to 501(c)(3)](https://chrismai.ai/blog/nonprofit-status-steps)
- [What a Form 990 tells funders about your organization](https://chrismai.ai/blog/form-990-funders)
- [Restricted vs Unrestricted Donations: How to Manage Both](https://chrismai.ai/blog/restricted-vs-unrestricted-donations)
- [Nonprofit Budget Preparation for Funders](https://chrismai.ai/blog/nonprofit-budget-preparation)
- [Disaster Relief Fundraising: What Donors Look For After an Emergency](https://chrismai.ai/blog/disaster-relief-fundraising)
- [Funding Housing and Homelessness Relief Projects](https://chrismai.ai/blog/housing-homelessness-relief-funding)
- [Starting and Keeping Monthly Recurring Donors](https://chrismai.ai/blog/recurring-giving-programs)
- [Building a Donation Page That Converts](https://chrismai.ai/blog/donation-page-conversion)
- [Data Privacy Basics for Nonprofits Using AI Tools](https://chrismai.ai/blog/data-privacy-basics-for-nonprofits-using-ai-tools)
- [Streamlining Nonprofit Admin with AI Tools](https://chrismai.ai/blog/ai-tools-for-nonprofits)
- [General Operating Support vs. Project Grants: What to Ask For](https://chrismai.ai/blog/general-operating-support-vs-project-grants)
- [Foundation Grants for Small Organizations: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://chrismai.ai/blog/foundation-grants-for-small-nonprofits)
- [Writing a Gift Acceptance Policy for Nonprofits](https://chrismai.ai/blog/gift-acceptance-policy)
- [Measuring Program Outcomes on a Shoestring](https://chrismai.ai/blog/measuring-program-outcomes-on-a-shoestring)
- [Building a Simple Theory of Change for a Small Nonprofit](https://chrismai.ai/blog/theory-of-change-nonprofit)
- [Crafting a Compelling Impact Summary for Funders](https://chrismai.ai/blog/impact-summary-for-funders)
- [Donor-Advised Funds 101 for Small Nonprofits](https://chrismai.ai/blog/donor-advised-funds-for-nonprofits)
- [What is Fiscal Sponsorship and When to Use It](https://chrismai.ai/blog/fiscal-sponsorship-explained)
- [Preparing Small Nonprofits for AI-Era Philanthropy](https://chrismai.ai/blog/ai-era-philanthropy-preparation)

## Music worth licensing (for music supervisors)

- [Music worth licensing: a curated sync guide](https://chrismai.ai/sync/): nine independent artist and label catalogues worth a sync fee, sorted by scene, with the route to the rights holders. A curated guide; rights stay with the artists, labels and publishers, and no track is listed as pre-cleared.
- What makes a track worth the fee: it serves the picture; it could not be anyone else; it comes from a working artist; the rights chain is short and clear; it has a track record; it can be delivered.

### By scene

- Comedy, action, sports and big commercial energy: DJ Freddy Fresh
- Sunset, coast, travel, hospitality and lifestyle brands: Chris Coco, Music For Dreams
- Club, warehouse, night drives and tension: DVS1, Luna Ludmila
- Disco, funk, retro parties and feel-good montage: The Groovemaster, Woody Braun
- Nature, wellness, ceremony and slow wide shots: Intiche
- Intimate drama, memory and dream sequences: Rachel Kitchlew, Music For Dreams
- Ambient beds under dialogue and title sequences: Luna Ludmila, Chris Coco, Music For Dreams

### Catalogues

- [DJ Freddy Fresh](https://djfreddyfresh.com/music-supervisors/): Big beat, breakbeat, hip hop, electro and techno: funky, sample-driven and high-energy. Proven on screen: his music has already been licensed for films, network TV and global brands. A catalogue running from 1988 to 2026, a 1999 UK hit with Fatboy Slim, and No. 46 in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs.
- [Music For Dreams](https://musicfordreams.us/music-supervisors/): Balearic, electronic and ambient music from a roster of artists. One label contact for a deep roster: a Copenhagen label founded in 2001, with more than 100 recent releases and over 50 artists listed on its site.
- [Chris Coco](https://chriscoco.uk/music-supervisors/): Balearic, chill out, deep house and global sounds. A tastemaker's catalogue: former editor of DJ Magazine, a debut album on Warp with Coco Steel & Lovebomb (1994), and his own London label, Disappear.
- [DVS1 (Zak Khutoretsky)](https://zakkhutoretsky.com/music-supervisors/): Techno and house. Techno from an artist who runs his own labels, HUSH and Mistress Recordings, with a catalogue you can audition on Bandcamp.
- [Luna Ludmila](https://lunaludmila.com/music-supervisors/): Dub techno, minimal house, deep house and ambient. A current name in dub techno: debut album Lighter Days on Berg Audio (2025) and a hardware live set first played at Bassiani in Tbilisi.
- [The Groovemaster](https://thegroovemaster.uk/music-supervisors/): Disco-funk fired house, nu-disco and funk, regrooved for the dance floor. Depth: 49 releases and 1,395 tracks on Bandcamp, in a sortable, searchable catalogue. Ask which titles are original productions.
- [Woody Braun](https://woodybraun.com/music-supervisors/): Funk, disco and house with live saxophone. A real saxophone and a real funk pedigree: original member of the French band Malka Family. He also takes session and remix requests when a scene needs a new recording.
- [Intiche](https://intiche.com/music-supervisors/): Organic electronic music: ancestral instruments, field recordings and a slow electronic pulse. Organic electronic music that is hard to fake with library tracks: 73 releases, ancestral instruments and field recordings, and stages such as Germany's Fusion Festival.
- [Rachel Kitchlew](https://rachelkitchlew.com/music-supervisors/): Jazz, ambient and experimental music for harp, built on texture and restraint. Solo harp with a modern ear: debut album Flirty Ghost on Délicieuse Records (2025). She composes, so new recordings can be discussed.