# Provenance record

This file records where project claims came from and separates verified facts, creator statements, recommendations, and future decisions.

## Project origin

- **Project:** 50 Ways to Leave Another
- **Originator:** Dominique Devereaux / Loptr Lab
- **Repository created:** September 11, 2026
- **Repository purpose:** a transparent, rights-aware pre-production record for a proposed five-song EP
- **Creative source archive:** private and not reproduced here
- **Prospective collaborator:** Charlie J; no attachment, endorsement, delivery, or rights grant is claimed

## Evidence classes

| Label | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| Creator statement | Dominique's account of her own concept, archive, intent, or contribution |
| Public-source fact | A claim supported by a linked third-party page and checked on the access date |
| Calculation | Arithmetic derived from stated public prices or fees |
| Recommendation | A proposed term, workflow, price, or architecture; not an accepted fact |
| Pending evidence | A claim requiring a contract, receipt, source file, permission, or contributor confirmation |

## External professional resources

- **Producer Dojo / ill.Gates** — professional music-production education and ecosystem resource relevant to the Making Waves programming record. Relationship is informational/prospective only; no partnership, endorsement, authorship, license, or participation is claimed. See `docs/professional-resources.md` and `docs/program-making-waves.md`.
- **Lex Nova Lawyer** — external legal/business education resource. Relationship remains a professional resource; no attorney-client relationship or project endorsement is claimed.

## Current claim register

| Claim | Class | Evidence or status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dominique created the concept, source lyrics, and narrative direction | Creator statement | To be substantiated privately with dated source files where needed |
| Suno generated the audible demo performance and production | Creator statement | Record the exact generation date, model/version, prompt record, and track identifier privately |
| Charlie's public Fiverr packages and prices | Public-source fact | Linked in `docs/charlie-offer.md`; re-check before sending an offer |
| Fiverr seller and buyer fee effects | Public-source fact + calculation | Linked and calculated in `docs/charlie-offer.md`; fees may change |
| $500 pilot and $2,500–$3,500 EP scope | Recommendation | Nonbinding until accepted in a signed agreement |
| PLYR/AT Protocol listening test | Recommendation | No results are claimed until a disclosed test occurs |
| Charlie participation or approval | Pending evidence | Not obtained |

## Change protocol

1. Cite public claims near the claim and record an access date in `SOURCES.md`.
2. Store contracts, receipts, source audio, prompts, sessions, and private correspondence outside the public repository.
3. Use a private evidence locator rather than a public link for protected material.
4. Correct material errors in a new commit; do not erase revision history.
5. Obtain contributor approval before publishing private work, quotes, identity details, or a named case study.
6. Record each accepted track with the contribution, split-sheet, rights-envelope, and delivery templates.

This record documents provenance; it does not itself prove ownership or grant permission.