ABOUT
I built my career on both sides of the song—creating the music and understanding what it takes to protect its value.
Before I was helping creators build royalty infrastructure, I was a songwriter navigating the same systems artists and writers still struggle to understand today—ownership, registrations, metadata, royalty sources, publishing, and the business decisions that follow a release. That experience taught me that talent creates the opportunity, but infrastructure protects the value.
That belief led me to build The Mezzo Agency and, eventually, the educational frameworks behind Royalty OS™ and Catalog OS™—so creators can understand what is happening to their music, make better decisions, and build something that lasts.
My work sits at the intersection of education, strategy, and administration—helping creators understand their rights, strengthen their catalog infrastructure, and make decisions with ownership in mind.
Whether I am advising one creator, teaching a room, or leading The Mezzo Agency, the goal is the same: turn music from something that was simply released into an asset that is properly structured, protected, and positioned to collect.
CAREER + CREDENTIALS
The facts behind the work.
Tami LaTrell is a multi-platinum songwriter, music rights expert, and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in the music industry. Her songwriting catalog, published through Sony Music Publishing, includes work with acclaimed artists including Whitney Houston, Keyshia Cole, Monica, SWV, and more.
As Founder & CEO of The Mezzo Agency, Tami has helped music creators globally establish their music businesses and identify and collect millions in previously unclaimed royalties owed to them. Under her leadership, Mezzo has been recognized for four consecutive years as a Top 100 Publisher by the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA). The Mezzo Agency has also received grant funding from KKR and recognition through Daymond John’s Black Entrepreneurs Day, with awards from TriNet and the NAACP.
Tami currently serves as a National Trustee of the Recording Academy, following two terms as Vice President of its Atlanta Chapter. She is a graduate of Texas Southern University, completed CopyrightX through Harvard Law School, and is an alumna of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, with executive education through Babson College.
With a career spanning both the creative and business sides of music, Tami is dedicated to helping songwriters, producers, and rights holders understand their music rights, strengthen their royalty infrastructure, and build long-term value from their work.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Today, my work is about more than collecting royalties. It is about helping creators build durable music businesses around rights, ownership, and informed decisions. I believe good music can build wealth—but only when the systems behind it are strong enough to support the opportunity.
Rights. Royalties. Ownership. Legacy.