Watchlist

Who this board is watching, and how well it knows them.

Add an artist from a search, from Spotify, or straight out of a scout’s return. What you already know about each one is on the row.

Under surveillance · 46

Wren Ardellepop · singer-songwriter

DossierBriefing

Sable Vancesoul · 26K listeners

DossierBriefing

Juniper Valeindie pop · 9K listeners

DossierBriefing

Corin Ashbyr&b · 14K listeners

DossierBriefing

Mira Solvangfolk · 31K listeners

DossierBriefing

Teddy Roanjazz · 5K listeners

DossierBriefing

Board readiness

Open watchlist

46artists under surveillance

Spotify identity44/46 · 96%

Dossiers filed31/46 · 67%

Briefings filed18/46 · 39%

10 scouts standing by3 operations assembled

A morning

A bare row is a question. It does not stay bare.

A name lands out of a scout’s return with nothing behind it. By the time you open the board the file is compiled, the record has been heard and the briefing carries a score you can argue with.

One row, one morning

Corin Ashbyr&b · 14K listeners

Dossier

Listening

Briefing

78Star power · 61% confidence

09:04Returned by SC-0172 at 96 match. You watched her.

09:11Dossier Filed against 9 sources.

09:19Listening One track heard end to end. Four marks.

09:26Briefing Artist briefing scored, with its confidence.

Nobody kept this list. You opened the board at ten and the work was behind you.

The board

A list that knows what it is missing.

Any product can hold a list of names. The question is whether it can tell you which of them you are still guessing about.

Adding someone is a decision

The watchlist is not a bookmark folder. Putting a name on it says this artist is worth the board’s attention, and everything the product does afterwards hangs off that.

The gaps are the useful part

Thirty-one of forty-six have a file. Eighteen have been scored. The empty chips are a to-do list you did not have to write.

The board is what she reads

ATHENA works out which lane you are not covering by reading the roster, then drafts the scout that would fill it. A thin board gives her nothing to reason from.

Taking a name off is also a decision

Drop someone and the coverage numbers change with them. The board should describe who you are actually working, not everyone you have ever glanced at.

Coverage is the number worth arguing with. Forty-six names against eighteen briefings is not a watchlist, it is a reading list — and the board keeps saying so until you close the gap or take the name off.

One name

Open a row and it says exactly how much it knows.

Identity, catalog, the compiled file, the listening pass, what the room is saying, who to call. Every lane carries its reading, and the ones with nothing in them say so in the same breath.

On file

Wren Ardellepop · singer-songwriter · on the board since 2 Jul

IdentitySpotify matched · 13.3K monthly listenersFiled

Catalog3 releases · top track at 207.5KFiled

DossierFiled 14 Aug against 7 sourcesFiled

ListeningPaper Weather, one pass · 4 marksFiled

Discourse12 quotes filed from 2 platformsFiled

Contacts2 routes you can dial · 1 lane withheldFiled

BriefingNothing ordered yetOpen

Field reportNo operation has run over herOpen

Six lanes answered, two open. You never have to remember which.

Put one name on the board.

Start with an artist you are already arguing about internally.

Access Secret Weapon