Ray Bush, founder of The Music Royalty Co.(MRC), met Tom and Richard while running the royalty team at Cooking Vinyl and Essential Music & Marketing. Tom & Ray co-founded Curve in response toMRC’s persistent frustrations with the then existing Royalty Software solutions.

With 20+ years’ experience of Ray’s insights and direction was instrumental in developing Curve as total solution for calculating royalties.

Tom founded Curve in partnership with Ray Bush in 2016. Using years of music royalty experience knowledge & engineering skills, Tom developed Curve from scratch himself.

Working through various roles in digital & royalties at indie labels & distributors for 7 years, Tom struck out as an entrepreneur in 2013. Launching a metadata and asset management platform; Metable served various labels, publishers and distributors such as BPI. AIM & Cherry Red. Tom has consistently collaborated with partners providing creative solutions to a variety of projects.

With this blend of industry insight, entrepreneurial drive & technical ability, Tom is dedicated to learning Curve and its clients into the future of royalty management.

Richard is responsible for developing new business & overseeing client satisfaction. He is a highly motivated executive with a history of success working with independent record labels. He has over 15 years’ experience of global sales & distribution & a track record of delivering impactful international retail collaborations enhancing revenues & results. A natural team leader, Richard is a pragmatic & strategic thinker who is passionate about solving problems.

Matthias helps clients in their on-boarding process & generally make them successful on Curve. Matthias first worked with Curve as a client overseeing the transition from a previous platform, so he has first-hand experience of other platforms and what it takes to successfully transfer over to Curve. 

Matthias also has a master's degree in business economics from Ghent University & speaks fluent Dutch & English.