Music Royalties: Streaming Payouts, Splits, Publishing & Recoupment
Follow a fictional artist from the streaming pool to the bank: pro-rata payouts, per-stream rates, master vs publishing, split sheets and producer points, advance recoupment, distributor vs label, sync and performance income and a catalogue valuation, in 8 graded labs. Illustrative rates; not affiliated with any service or society; not legal advice.
The first lesson is free — no account needed.
About this course
A music royalties course that follows the money of one fictional artist, Juno Vale, from the streaming pool to her bank account in a spreadsheet, for artists and managers, songwriters, music business students and label staff. You turn a month of a fictional service's revenue into a pro-rata royalty pool and per-1,000-stream payouts, compare per-stream rates on a distributor statement, split a year of streaming money into master and publishing royalties, pay songwriters from a split sheet and take producer points out of the artist royalty, run a 150,000 advance through eight statements until it recoups, compare a distributor with a label deal over three years, split a sync fee, and value a catalogue from royalty decay and a multiple of net label share. Illustrative rates, with no affiliation with any streaming service, label or collecting society, and not legal advice. The first lab is free.
Lessons
- The Pro-Rata Pool: How a Stream Turns into a PayoutFree
- Per-Stream Rates: Comparing Services on One Royalty Statement Pro
- Master vs Publishing: Two Copyrights in Every Song Pro
- Split Sheets & Producer Points: Who Gets What from One Song Pro
- Label Deals: Royalty Rate, Advance & Recoupment Pro
- Distributor, Commission or Label? Net Income over Three Years Pro
- Sync Licences, Performance Royalties & the Income Summary Pro
- Catalogue Valuation: Royalty Decay, Present Value & the NLS Multiple Pro