Our Story
Built for the content
that never got shared.
DropSub exists because artists create far more than the world ever sees — and that content deserves an audience, and a revenue stream.
Our mission
Monetize every moment an artist creates
The music industry has solved streaming for released music. It has not solved what happens to the terabytes of photos, videos, studio sessions, and tour footage that never make it to any platform — content that fans would pay for in an instant if they knew it existed.
DropSub is the infrastructure layer between an artist's hard drives and their fans' wallets. We give teams the tools to organize, tier, and monetize their full creative archive — not just the polished releases.
180 GB
of MIYAVI content sitting in Dropbox — until DropSub
5,000+ photos, videos, and audio files organized into monetized folders
$80,000+ earned from content that was previously earning nothing
Thousands of fans paying for unprecedented behind-the-scenes access
Every file secured on the blockchain — living forever, accessible always
The founder
A manager's problem became a platform
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Richard Frias
Founder & CEO · Former MIYAVI Manager
I had 180 GB of some of the most incredible content I'd ever seen — backstage footage, tour diaries, studio sessions with legends. None of it was online. None of it was earning anything. I kept looking for a platform to fix that and it didn't exist, so I built it.
Richard spent years managing international touring artists, overseeing content strategy and fan engagement across Asia, Europe, and North America. The gap he kept hitting was always the same: there was no platform designed for the raw creative output that makes up 99% of what artists actually produce.
Not the singles. Not the music videos. The real stuff — the rehearsals, the soundchecks, the moments between moments — that superfans would pay anything to access.
DropSub is his answer to that gap. A platform built from the inside of artist management, for the people who live in it.
What we believe
Our values
Artists first
Every product decision starts with what's best for the artist. Pricing, tools, analytics — all designed around the creator's perspective and workflow.
Content is permanent
We believe creative work should live forever. DropSub uses blockchain-backed storage to ensure artist archives are preserved, immutable, and always accessible.
Fair economics
Artists set their own prices. DropSub takes a transparent platform fee — nothing hidden. The majority of every dollar fans spend goes directly to the creator.
Direct relationships
No algorithm stands between artists and their fans. On DropSub, fans choose who they support and get direct, unmediated access to that artist's world.
Privacy by default
Fan data is never sold. Artist content is never used for advertising. DropSub is a product business, not a data business.
Move fast, stay safe
We ship quickly — but content moderation, DMCA compliance, and user safety aren't negotiable. Speed and responsibility aren't opposites.
The team
Who's building DropSub
We're a small, focused team with deep roots in music management, product design, and platform engineering. We're currently in early access and growing.
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Richard Frias
Founder & CEO
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Head of Engineering
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Head of Design
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Artist Relations
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Interested in joining? Reach out at legal@dropsub.com
Start building your archive today
Join DropSub in early access. Upload your first folder free. Start earning from content you already own.