Untangling the Knot: An Update on Music Credits, Lyrics, and Copyright

An Official Update from Monty Floyd, Chief Experience Officer of FLOCO Media

November 10, 2026 | FLOCO Media Newsroom

For the better part of two years, one of the most common requests we've received from our fans has been surprisingly simple:

Where are the lyrics?

Whether it's ACRE fans wanting to follow along with their favorite songs, Frightainment listeners looking for the words to our Halloween anthems, or supporters of our other FLOCO Music projects, the request has been consistent.

And it's a perfectly reasonable one.

So why haven't we published comprehensive lyric sheets, added lyrics to our website, or begun producing official lyric videos?

The answer is a little more complicated than you might expect. In fact, there are three major issues that have been holding us back, and all three are connected.

Today, I'm pleased to report that we're finally making substantial progress toward resolving them.

1. The Staffing Problem: Too Much Music, Not Enough Hands

Let's begin with the most straightforward obstacle: we simply haven't had the staff.

FLOCO Media has grown considerably since its earliest days. Our music catalog has expanded across multiple artists, bands, albums, and creative projects, each requiring substantial attention to production, distribution, marketing, artwork, and promotion.

Unfortunately, that growth has often outpaced our available personnel.

Producing lyric videos requires additional creative resources. Preparing accurate lyric sheets for purchase or download requires transcription, verification, formatting, and review. Even something as seemingly simple as adding lyrics to the website means organizing the content, updating individual discography pages, and maintaining those records over time.

These responsibilities have repeatedly fallen behind more immediate production demands.

The good news is that we've found ways to substantially reduce this bottleneck.

While our staffing challenges haven't disappeared, we've implemented changes that will allow us to begin incorporating official lyrics into the updated FLOCO Media website.

To our ACRE fans in particular, who have been requesting lyrics for what feels like an eternity, I have some very welcome news:

Our goal is to begin making verified lyrics available through the website's discography sections within the next three months, and hopefully sooner.

This will be a gradual rollout rather than an overnight release of the entire catalog. Official lyric videos and downloadable lyric sheets will follow as resources and production schedules permit.

But after a lengthy delay, the process is finally moving forward.

2. The Credit Problem: Growing Pains and Some Very Confusing Records

The second issue is considerably more complicated, and it involves something we should have handled more carefully from the very beginning: music credits and attribution.

When FLOCO Media was established and our music catalog began expanding, we were still learning the operational demands of managing a multifaceted entertainment company.

We understood the creative side of producing music. What we didn't fully appreciate was the extraordinary level of recordkeeping required to maintain accurate information for every song, performer, writer, producer, and contributor.

Consequently, some of our early documentation was incomplete, inconsistent, or simply incorrect.

This extended beyond lyrics themselves. In some cases, the problems involved songwriting credits, vocal performances, production contributions, and the records used for distribution.

Two areas have proven particularly challenging.

ACRE and the Early Crusader Clash Recordings

ACRE has undergone numerous personnel changes throughout its history, making the task of reconstructing accurate contributor credits considerably more difficult.

This has been especially apparent with early Crusader Clash material, including recordings released through the Reliquary and Sinners, Saints, and Stouts albums.

Determining who performed, wrote, or contributed to particular recordings has required us to revisit documentation that was not always maintained consistently.

Frightainment and the Allie Cat Attribution Problem

Over at Frightainment, formerly Wicked Whispers, we encountered a different but equally frustrating problem.

Because several performers were associated with Allie Cat and the Strays, early staff frequently entered “Allie Cat” as the performing artist whenever a member of that group contributed to a recording.

Unfortunately, belonging to Allie Cat and the Strays does not mean that Allie Cat personally sang every song.

What began as a convenient shorthand eventually became inaccurate public attribution.

We have already started addressing these errors. Most notably, two incorrectly attributed songs from Midnight Mayhem VII have since been corrected.

That's encouraging progress, but there is still work to do across the broader catalog.

Our goal isn't merely to clean up a few names on streaming platforms. It's to establish reliable records that properly recognize the people responsible for creating our music.

Our performers, writers, and production contributors deserve accurate credit. So do our fans.

3. The Copyright Problem: The World's Worst Knot

The third issue is perhaps the most serious because it involves the documentation supporting our intellectual property.

As the inconsistencies in lyrics and music credits accumulated, they began complicating another important responsibility: our U.S. copyright registration and record-reconciliation efforts.

Accurate information about authorship, contributions, and ownership matters when preparing and reviewing copyright registrations. When those underlying records are inconsistent, the process of verifying them becomes considerably more difficult.

And unfortunately, we didn't have a dedicated team available to untangle the problem.

Instead, our staff has spent the past two years working through these issues between album releases, production deadlines, website updates, and the daily demands of running the company.

The best analogy I can offer is this:

Imagine being locked inside a dark room, trying to untangle the world's worst knot. You can't see where one strand begins or another ends, and every time you think you've found the solution, you discover another tangle underneath it.

That has been our experience.

For two years.

It has been frustrating, time-consuming, and, frankly, one of the least glamorous aspects of building a creative entertainment company.

But here's the important part:

As of today, November 2, 2026, that knot is considerably smaller than it was, and we're getting close to resolving the most significant problems.

There are still individual records to verify and copyright matters to address, but we now have a much clearer picture of what needs to be done and how to finish it.

Moving Forward: Creativity, Common Sense, and Better Systems

Since taking over as Chief Experience Officer, one of my primary objectives has been to apply creativity, practical problem-solving, and a healthy dose of common sense to the operational challenges that have followed FLOCO Media through its growth.

Sometimes that means developing an ambitious new entertainment project.

Other times, it means addressing the decidedly unexciting administrative problems that prevent those projects from reaching their full potential.

The lyric publication backlog and credit-attribution issues have been two of the company's more persistent handicaps.

They have affected our ability to publish material fans have requested, properly document contributions, and move forward with certain copyright matters as efficiently as we should.

I'm pleased to say that we're approaching a turning point.

Over the coming months, we'll begin introducing verified lyrics to our updated discography pages, continue correcting historical credits, and work toward resolving the remaining documentation and registration issues.

Official lyric videos, downloadable lyric collections, and other fan resources will become easier to produce as these underlying problems are addressed.

I won't pretend that everything will be corrected tomorrow. With a catalog of this size and a team of our size, that simply wouldn't be a realistic promise.

But for the first time in quite a while, we're no longer just managing the problem.

We're closing in on a solution.

To the fans of ACRE, Frightainment, and every artist under the FLOCO Music umbrella: thank you for your patience, your enthusiasm, and your continued support.

And to the musicians, writers, and creative personnel who have helped build this catalog: ensuring that your work is properly documented and credited remains an important part of this effort.

You deserve that recognition.

Our fans deserve access to the music and lyrics they love.

And FLOCO Media deserves a solid foundation upon which to build everything that's coming next.

The music has never stopped. Now we're finally getting the paperwork to catch up.

With appreciation,

Monty Floyd

Office of the Chief Experience Officer (CXO)

FLOCO Media LLC

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