Different Gear — reference packet

Amplify BC 2026/27 Music Company application

Four short documents. Read in any order; the company brief is the fullest picture.

The current grant frame is business-development capacity: convert a live-use management toolkit into secure multi-artist company infrastructure, then share the practice with B.C. industry peers.

Company brief
Different Gear's thesis, operating footprint, the Sophia Stel proof case, and the four-workstream business-development project the grant funds. ~5 min read.
Sophia Stel — snapshot
Bio, links, and the contracted 2026 touring + revenue picture. ~2 min read.
How the system actually works
Technical explainer — agentic harnesses, frontier reasoning models, long-context workflows, and the company information system Different Gear runs on. For readers familiar with AI but not Claude Code specifically. ~10 min read.
The running substrate
Visual map of the running and early-dev systems behind the Sophia Stel tour, including merch and Instagram/social capture, activity heatmap from git, and how the four grant workstreams attach to each. ~6 min read.
Jarett Holmes · Different Gear Mgmt Inc. · Reach me any time at jarett@ritualmusic.com.