CURRENT FORECASTS HAVE OFFERED US TWO (2) KEY POINTS, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY PERTINENT TO OUR EXPEDITION IN REINFORCING THE PROFESSION OF INDEPENDENTARTISTRY ON A WORLDWIDE LEVEL. OUR REPORTS SUGGEST/CONCLUDE THAT IF THE OVERALL “RECORDED-MUSIC INDUSTRY” GROWS AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF FIVE TO TEN (5-10%) PERCENT (“YEAR-OVER-YEAR”), AND THE (DIY) “INDEPENDENT-ARTIST FIELD” KEEPS EXPANDING AT A RATE OF THIRTY PERCENT PLUS (30%+); WE COULD SEE THE POPULATION OF INDEPENDENT ARTISTS (NON-LABEL ACTS AS DEFINED BY OUR CRITERIA) CLAIMING TWENTYFIVE (25%) PERCENT OF THE TOTAL “GLOBAL INDUSTRY REVENUES” BY THE YEAR (2026). OVER THE YEARS, THE SHADOWBOX GROUP HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO AQUIRE A DISTINCT VARIANCE OF ARTISTS, ACROSS A WIDE SPECTRUM AND (6) TIER “GROWTH SCALE.) OUR MEASURES COVER A CREATIVE INNOVATOR’S EVOLUTION FROM A “BEGINNER” (AN UNSIGNED/SELF-RELEASING ACT(S) WITH AN AUDIENCE OF 0-100) TO “MAINSTREAM” (A SIGNED/MANAGEMENT RELEASING ACT(S) WITH AN AUDIENCE OF 2.5 MILLION+). APART FROM THE PLACEMENTS, PREMIERS, AND PRESS THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE MAJORITY OF TEAMS THAT REACH TO SUBMIT TO OUR APPLICATION AND MARKETPLACE, WE WISH TO OFFER APPRECIATION FOR THE MUSIC AT HAND. IT’S IN OUR OPINION, TO NEVER DISREGARD THE VALUE THAT SONGS AND MELODIES HAVE TO: INSPIRE CHANGE, ALTER PERCEPTION, UNITE PEOPLE, BOOST CREATIVITY, GUIDE ACTION, PROVIDE AID IN THE FORMATION OF IDENTITIES, CAPTURE OUR IMAGINATION, AND SHAPE CULTURES AND SOCIETIES AROUND THE WORLD FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE ARTISTS (AND THEIR TEAMS-AS APPLICABLE), FOR SUPPORTING OUR INITIATIVES, TRUSTING US WITH THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND PROVIDING US WITH FURTHER MEANS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR EVOLVING COMMUNITY AND USER-BASE.