About IHQ
The Instrumental Headquarters connects independent music, creator profiles, licensing and professional services so creators can present their work, receive credit and find people to work with.
What We Stand For
Creator Sovereignty
Creators remain the authority over their identity, work, presentation, and voluntary agreements.
Permanent Attribution
Every artist, producer, writer, engineer, and collaborator deserves durable, accurate credit.
Transparent Collaboration
Credits, contributions, rights information, and opportunity decisions should be documented clearly.
Talent Over Gatekeeping
Discovery should reveal authentic creativity and resist hidden manipulation or artificial suppression.
Shared Prosperity
Recognition, opportunity, data, and economic value should flow according to real contribution.
Founding Documents
These writings express IHQ’s founding principles and product commitments. They do not replace the platform’s Terms, Privacy Notice, licenses, or signed agreements.
The Constitution
The principles, governance commitments, and protections intended to guide IHQ as it evolves.
Creator Bill Of Rights
Ten creator protections covering ownership, attribution, collaboration, discovery, data, freedom, and legacy.
The Musician’s Declaration Of Independence
IHQ’s statement of creative sovereignty and its rejection of systems that obscure, suppress, or appropriate creator value.
The Founding Address
The story of why IHQ exists and the future it intends to build with creators.
Ten Track Commandments
A practical culture code for how IHQ members create, credit, collaborate, support, and build legacy.
