Our Story

Future proofing the present and restoring the past while validating and verifying the accuracy of all assets and credits.

VEVA Sound (formerly BMS/Chace) was founded in 2002 and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville and London. We have worked to define, create and implement the standards for how sound recordings are preserved and monetized. In 2008, The Recording Academy's Producer and Engineers Wing partnered with VEVA Sound and The Library of Congress to create a standardized protocol for music-related metadata that would travel with recorded music projects from inception to archive. Other partners in this project include many of our clients: UMG, Sony, EMI and Disney Music Group. The output of this project was a schema we created that was then adopted into DDEX. This schema is the underlying foundation of the DDEX RIN message. We are so proud to have been involved in the inception of efforts to define how studio metadata and credits are used within the Digital Supply Chain.

Read more about our longevity and work with these organizations in the Recording Academy's press release: here. Through these partnerships with The Library of Congress, DDEX, The Music Business Association, The Recording Academy, NDSA and NDIIP, we are actively at the forefront creating technologies which allow our clients to identify and properly credit their music collections, whether they be legacy recordings stored on analog or digital tape or current born digital projects.

VEVA’s team of highly skilled engineers work closely with our clients within the major labels, A&R, A&R Administrators, producers and engineers to ensure all of the audio and metadata associated with each recording is verified and archived. VEVA Sound has the expertise, experience and knowledge to build and maintain technology that has been used and vetted by thousands of clients. Our platform, Asset Connect, is the leading asset management system built specifically for the music industry and is used by major labels in North America and Europe. It is the first platform in the world to implement the DDEX RIN standard - which was released in Berlin in 2016.

We are also excited to be releasing the first product for creators to export a valid DDEX RIN file, ensuring everyone involved in the recording process is properly credited and paid. VEVA Collect is the premier platform for project collaboration in the audio space. For every stage of production: from songwriting to mastering, ensure all of your credits are accurate, keep your files safe, and collaborate in new ways. From podcasts to song catalogs to mixed and mastered projects, the best way to ensure that credits are accurate is to Collect while you Create! ™. That’s why accurate metadata is at the center of VEVA Collect’s platform.