Luis Godoy Alvarez
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Niflheim Forge

A European directory of music services: studios, managers, photographers, plants, live crews and tour logistics, sorted by job rather than by industry. You search for the work, not the company.

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The search: service and place, the entry point needs nothing more.forge.niflheimrecords.de
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Sorted by the job

Twelve groups, each a job inside a project rather than an industry label. Someone who needs mastering does not search under recording studio but under audio and recording. The directory deliberately separates what usually gets lumped together: mastering from mixing, UGC from audience publishing, vehicle hire from complete tour transport.

  • Audio and recording
  • Photography and video
  • Artwork and design
  • Performers and talent
  • Physical and merchandise
  • Management, PR and release
  • Live production
  • Touring and logistics
  • Venues and events
  • Business, legal and rights
  • UGC creators and influencers
  • Music media and discovery

The twelve groups exactly as the product names them.

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Why

I have been in so many venues and met so many small bands that I know how hard a tour is to plan. Forge is meant to make it easier: plan a tour or an album production and find the people who fit the budget and the plan. Real providers from across Europe, photographers, managers, technicians, influencers, sorted by the job rather than the industry. And an AI that goes along with you.

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Insight

There are two sides and therefore two subscription models: for those who search, and for the providers who want to be found. Technically: Next.js, Railway, Stripe for subscriptions, Mailjet, OpenAI for the assistant, Search Console. All on GitHub, like every project here. Profiles are checked against provider-controlled pages, so an entry is more than a copied address.

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Screens

Screenshot of The directory, filterable by field of work, country and delivery mode.
The directory, filterable by field of work, country and delivery mode.forge.niflheimrecords.de
Screenshot of One of the twelve groups, audio and recording here.
One of the twelve groups, audio and recording here.forge.niflheimrecords.de
Screenshot of The guides, from a studio brief to a European tour.
The guides, from a studio brief to a European tour.forge.niflheimrecords.de
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What else is in there

Where the directory stops

Forge does not broker and takes no cut. Contact runs through the provider's own website, email or enquiry form. What a profile shows is the starting point for the questions you have to ask before agreeing a scope anyway, not a recommendation.

Source-checked profiles
Services and contacts are checked against provider-controlled pages, so a profile is more than a copied address.
One specialist or a team
You can look for one specialist or assemble and compare a complete project team.
Two sides, two subscriptions
There is a subscription for those who search and one for the providers who want to be found. Both are still being built; the site is coming soon.
forge.niflheimrecords.de

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe