Lightnin’ Stik Productions Empowers Fans to Earn Publishing Royalties Through New Program

The Fan-nomics on Fan Driven Music Growth

Lightnin’ Stik Productions

White Paper

Fan Engagement Royalties:
A New Model for Success

Date: June 22, 2025

You should rely only on the information contained in this Prospectus prepared by Lightnin’ Stik Productions, who has thoroughly thought through this plan by envisioning many different scenarios to be sure that you will not be mislead by our enthusiasm as we may not have foresaw every possible risk and this idea could be a wash out.

The information contained in this Prospectus is current as of the day contained at the top and bottom of this Prospectus. Be aware that our business, financial condition, legal authorization to operate, and the prospects we imagine now, may change from time to time, and may have already changed by the time you read this. This Prospectus may or may not be updated, but it should remain the only version you rely on. You should not rely on press releases, articles on the internet, website announcements, or any other information than what we provide here in this Prospectus.

For those outside the United States: we have done nothing that would permit us to operate in any jurisdiction other than the United States. You are required to inform yourselves about and observe any restrictions that may prohibit the types of ideas and agreements expressed in this Prospectus.

SUMMARY
This is a plan to test the interests of 50 fans to engage 10,000 new fans to purchase permanent single or album downloads from online digital download platforms with the goal of achieving Gold record status for our music catalog. Chosen fans will work together and independently to engage new fans into purchasing music under a three to five year publishing agreement. Rather than funding digital promotions and paying PR agencies, we are testing the viability of fan engaged publishing to drive music download sales.

To achieve Gold record status, 500,000 paid permanent downloads inside the United States (the downloads must be domestic and verifiable) must be obtained. This purchasing data is accumulated by the digital download platforms everywhere music is downloading and the royalties are distributed to Lightnin’ Stik Productions. The net royalties are about eighty-percent of the purchase price, generally $1.00, and are split equally between the owners and the publishers (fans), with forty-percent royalties going to the publishers (fans). The current music catalog contains nearly twenty singles and one full-length album. The album will achieve Gold with 500,000 paid downloads of any of the sixteen songs contained on it. The singles require 500,000 paid downloads of each single. With the current catalog of nearly twenty singles, 10,000,000 paid downloads would bring a Gold record statuts to each single and generate a potential of $10,000,000 in downloadable sales. There is an immediate potential for 50 fans to share $4,000,000 in publishing royalties over three years.

We are “testing the waters” to determine the potential of exploiting this model further for financial gain using other music from emerging artists. Future growth depends on fan engagement and the data established during this trial period will be used to determine the viability of this model and our determinations may or may not be made public. This Prospectus is centered on an initial three-year period for influencing paid downloads with longer periods of time based on performance. No other opportunities are being expressed in this Prospectus. There are no employment rights and Lightnin’ Stik Productions reserves the right to deny, suspend, or revoke any royalty agreement for any reason it deems appropriate. There is no agreement to allow voting rights, stocks, commissions, wages, or any other payments other than publishing royalties at this time.

THE RISKS
This Prospectus is highly speculative as it only highlights the ideas and possibilities of our idea, puts forth the initial steps of action, and is an early vision that may not perform as suggested by our calculations. Bear in mind that there may be factors beyond our control that may cause all of your efforts to be in vain, leaving this company insolvent, and you without any recourse for compensation, losses, or damages.

You should NOT do this if you have less than 1000 fans that you can influence. Publishing royalties do not add up very fast and with a verifiable 1000 paid downloads, you are only eligible for $400. Also, we cannot guarantee that all the royalties owed to you will be distributed to you based on factors outside of our control and the difficulty of tracking each individual download influence.

FANS
A Fan acts as a publisher of our music and uses their influence and resources to drive consumers to purchase downloads of our music with the goal of achieving Gold record status. Fans agree to provide insurance to protect themselves, us, and other participants, including artists, fans, and associates, from risk and liability for any and all damages from our music, merchandise, shows, events, and your (the fan’s) actions, fairness, and interaction with the public on our behalf.

MUSIC SUCCESS DRIVEN BY FANS
Let’s face it, rising stars are often without funds to promote their music and fans are left never knowing about the big hits that never got heard. The power of the music industry has shut the doors on small artists and has made getting any large scale public or social exposure impossible. Fans are still the life blood behind the success of any artist and reaching them is what makes or breaks an artist’s career. Fans support the artists they choose and make it possible for an artist to acheive Gold records, not the music industry. We believe it is time for fans and artists to push aside the middle man and establish a new way for artists to obtain stardom. A three-year publishing agreement window allows fans to receive royalties like a publisher. Where any single is certified Platinum, we will extend the royalties period to five years. If Diamond status is reached, we will extend the royalties period for ten years. This is to make sure fans receive every future royalty generated by downloads resulting from the Gold record status they created.

ROYALTY HOLDER INFORMATION
Lightnin’ Stik Productions does not maintain its headquarters at any physical address, but operates openly, and on the road utilizing recording studios as their base. You may forward all correspondence to our agent, Rick Williams, by email at: label@lightninstik.com or the most current Post Office Box listed on our website, currently: P.O. Box 2156, Littleton, CO 80161. This information may change and you should always check the website for updates and contact information as well as any updates in this Prospectus. We are also available on social media.

Unleash the Power of Music Fans: A New Model for Music Growth

The music industry is constantly evolving, seeking innovative ways to connect artists with their audiences in order to drive music and ticket sales. This white paper introduces a groundbreaking approach that tests the potential of using publishing royalties as an incentive for dedicated music fans to drive massive fan growth resulting in increased paid downloads of music to achieve Gold record status.

The Challenge: Bridging the Gap Between Artist and Audience
Let’s acknowledge that artists face increasing pressure to handle marketing, promotion, and ticket sales on their own, often stretching their resources thin. The traditional model of exposing potential fans to new artists and their music is paying hundreds of dollars a week to promote a song on social media and streaming platforms. These intermediaries create a real disconnect between the artist and their most dedicated followers, because the intimacy that fans and artists enjoy live and in person is lost to behind the scenes processing. This can lead to the inability to build a genuine community of engaging fans.

The Solution: Empowering Fans
Our innovative solution empowers fans to become active in finding and encouraging new fans to buy our music in multiple areas across the nation. Fans are more likely to facilitate consumers into becoming loyal fans. Loyal fans support artists and their music.

BENEFITS FOR ARTISTS
Expanded Artist Reach: Taps into the local networks and influences listeners by reaching audiences that traditional marketing methods miss.

Reduced Promotional Costs: Shift some of the promotional burden to enthusiastic fans, freeing up resources for other strategic initiatives and making more new music.

Stronger Fan Engagement: Cultivate deeper relationships with fans by empowering them to become active participants in the success of artists resulting in more intimate shows and fan engagement.

Increased Download Sales: Motivated fans are more effective at selling downloads locally than traditional marketing campaigns, making it possible for aspiring artists to reach more fans.

BENEFITS FOR FANS
Enhanced Connection to the Artist: Deepen fan connection with the artist by becoming a vital part of their success in the music ecosystem.

Exclusive Rewards: Access unique benefits, including cash prizes, free tickets, merchandise discounts, and a share of music royalties.

Personal Fulfillment: Experience the satisfaction of contributing to the success of an artist they admire.

Community Building: Connect with other fans and build a sense of community around shared musical interests.

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
Establish a Clear and Transparent Program: Define clear roles, responsibilities, and royalty structures.

Develop a Robust Royalties Distribution System: Make the distribution of publishing royalties part of the paid download transaction over time.

Cultivate a Strong Sense of Fan Community: Foster a sense of fan community through online forums, live events, and fan recognition.

Continuously Optimize the Program: Regularly review and refine the program based on feedback from fans and fan engagement results.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Contact, Rick Williams, directly at his email address: label@lightninstik.com. There are NDA and Royalty Agreements that must be completed and signed in front of a notary to receive royalties.

There are no guarantees that this idea will work, that anyone will support this idea, or that this idea will be a success.

The future of an artist gaining Gold record status lies in fostering stronger and more intimate connections with their fans. Social media and streaming intermediaries remove this connection and emerging artists are lost in a sea of unknowns as a result. By empowering fans to facilitate the growth of an artist’s success, this model will challenge the paradigm shift in the music industry by moving away from digital intermediaries to embrace the intimate connection of fans engaging fans for the success of unknown artists becoming known everywhere.

THE FAN-NOMICS
This is a performance-based program. In short, one download equals one dollar and the net royalty is about eighty cents. These royalties are split equally between the owners and publisher, with about forty-percent going to the publishers. The more downloads a fan influences, the more publishing royalties they are eligible to receive. Should fans influence enough downloads to cause a song to receive Platinum status, the three-year royalties period will be increased to five years to all these fans the opportunity to receive “piggy-back” royalties generated off of the Gold record status of the singles. Likewise, where a singles reaches Diamond record status, the five year period will be extended to ten years. Piggy-back royalties would generally be pooled and split among responsible fans as a whole.

To achieve Gold record status, 500,000 paid permanent downloads inside the United States (the downloads must be domestic and verifiable) must be obtained. This purchasing data is accumulated by the digital download platforms everywhere music is downloading and the royalties are distributed to Lightnin’ Stik Productions. The net royalties are about eighty-percent of the purchase price, generally $1.00, and is split equally between the owners and the publishers (fans), with forty-percent royalties going to the publishers (fans). The current music catalog contains nearly twenty singles and one full-length album, for a potential of $10,000,000 in downloadable sales. There is an immediate potential for 50 fans to share $4,000,000 in publishing royalties over three-years.

While streams are always a good thing, it takes far more streams to reach a Gold than downloading paid and permanent singles. In fact, it may take as many as 150 streams to count as one paid download. While we encourage the use of streaming to expose consumers to our music, we are focused on achieving Gold record status and the shortest route from A to B is 500,000 paid downloads influenced by 50 fans driving 10,000 verifiable “domestic” downloads for each single, multiplied by twenty singles. Downloads are counted only if they occur inside the United States.

IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTIONS
Initially, there will be a pool of publishing royalties that will be divided among 50 fans as the technology is not there to track individual sales at this time. What we do have access to are distribution reports that update us as to the number of streams and downloads have occurred for the day or week or period we set. These reports break data into a number different aspects even the percentage of downloads per area or region we set. The calculations of royalties will get murkier where fans are influencing consumers widespread and we suggest that fans rather engage new fans in their location or region, so we can best determine the royalties to distribute to you. Wide spread downloads, downloads that overshadow other fans, and royalties that are contested by more than one fan will go into a pool and distributed among all fans according to the percentage of over all downloads each causes to occur. Where we are unable to make determinations with certainty, the royalties will go into another pool and distributed during the show or used to enhance the concerts experience for the fans who attend.

Accordingly, fans must agree not to sue or drag our system failures into the media during this trial period as these acts would be counter productive to our success overall and may result in our insolvency leaving you with no remedy for your claimed losses or damages. Even though we will make every effort to remedy issues as they arise, some damages may occur and their may be no data to support recovery for them. Please do not participate if you are not able to ignore these losses or damages as growing pains of establishing a company; a company where fans may be offered positions for hire in the future.

These are the immediate risks and there may be other risks that are not covered in this Prospectus as they may not have been foreseen while weighing all the different scenarios that may arise once we place this rock in motion (rock n roll).

FUTURE GROWTH
Future growth depends on fan engagement and the data established during this “testing of the waters” period. This Prospectus is centered on an initial three-year period for influencing paid downloads with longer periods of time based on performance. No other opportunities are being expressed in this Prospectus. There are no employment rights established. Fans may be approved to act as publishers for Lightnin’ Stik Productions, but Lightnin’ Stik Productions reserves the right to deny, suspend, or revoke any royalty agreement for any reason it deems appropriate at any time. There is no agreement to allow voting rights, stocks, commissions, wages, or any other payments at this time. There are no rights authorized by this Prospectus or the Royalty Agreement, other than, publishing royalties.

Initial Date: June 22, 2025
Modified Date: TBD
Lightnin’ Stik Productions (ASCAP)