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She reads your statements
Hand Maude whatever you have. Distributor reports, royalty statements, spreadsheets, screenshots. She checks every line against what you should be getting paid and flags anything that looks off.
Agent A-05 Live
Your royalty statements
aren’t going to read themselves.
Maude runs business affairs for artists, managers, and label staff. She reads royalty statements, splits, and sync placements, then runs the numbers forward: sales projections, revenue forecasts, and the reporting a label meeting would ask for. She tells you, in plain English, where the money is and where it’s heading.
Part of the Symphony roster. Talk to her by text or in the app. First 200 credits free.
§ 01 · The Agent
The secretary your music business has been missing.
Royalty data has been buried in distributor portals and label PDFs since the day streaming started paying out. Most artists are only collecting from some of the places they are owed, and have no way to know what they are missing. Statements are written for the platforms, not for the people whose music funds them.
Music is hard. The numbers shouldn’t be.
Maude has forty years of forensic accounting under her belt. She started in a major label royalty department in 1983, went independent in the 90s, and audited on both sides. For labels chasing phantom income. For artists chasing money the label forgot. Warm at the table, ruthless with the numbers.
She reads what your distributor sends, what your publisher sends, what your PRO sends, and the screenshots in your camera roll. She checks every line against what you should be getting paid. She flags the gaps, ranks them by dollar impact, and tells you what to do next. In plain English. On your side. Period.
Ask Maude
›Can you look at my last statement? Something feels off.›My streams are up but the money isn't. What's going on?›Three of us wrote this track. Who's actually owed what?
›My song was in a Netflix show. Did I get paid for both sides?›If I keep this up, can I actually quit my day job next year?›Am I collecting everywhere I should be? MLC, my PRO, all that?
§ 02 · The assessment
A two-minute read of your business.
Tell Maude about your music business in your own words. Drop in a screenshot of your Spotify, Apple Music, or distributor dashboard if you have one. She returns a short letter, the same shape she sends to artists who hire her.
§ 03 · What Maude does
Four jobs, one agent.
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She finds the money you are missing
Most artists are only collecting from some of the places they are owed. Maude checks all of them and tells you where income is sitting uncollected, and how much.
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She runs your numbers
Where is your money coming from. Where is it going. Maude breaks it down by platform and territory, then projects where your business is headed so you can plan your next move.
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She speaks your language
No jargon. No 40-page PDFs. Paste, upload, or type. Maude explains everything the way a smart friend would. Clearly, honestly, on your side.
§ 05 · A letter from Maude
What Maude sends back.
From Maude
Dear Kaia,
Your streams are up 43% year-over-year. Nice work. Your revenue only grew 11%. Here is why.
The good news
- · Spotify streams 2.1M to 3.0M (+43%)
- · “Neon Drive” hit three editorial playlists
- · Apple Music growing in the UK and Germany
The flags
- 1. You are not collecting royalties from two major places you are owed. About $1,200/yr sitting unclaimed.
- 2. Your music is earning in 30+ countries but you are only set up to collect in the US. Estimated gap $800/yr.
The math
Money left on the table: ~$2,000/yr
What I’d do next
- 1. Register with the MLC and SoundExchange. Ten minutes. Free money.
- 2. File for international neighboring rights collection. Set and forget.
Yours in the numbers,
Maude
A real assessment from Maude. Names changed.
§ 05 · Skills
Six things Maude handles for you.
Streaming. Royalties. Splits. Sync. Forecasts. Business checkups. Pick the one closest to what's on your mind.
Skill 01 · Checkup
/maude:checkupFree Music Business Health Check
How is my music business actually doing?
Run a checkup read →
Skill 02 · Streams
/maude:streamsFree Spotify Royalty Calculator
What is Spotify actually paying me, and is the rate right?
Run a streams read →
Skill 03 · Royalties
/maude:royaltiesFree Royalty Statement Auditor
Is anything wrong with this royalty statement?
Run a royalties read →
Skill 04 · Splits
/maude:splitsFree Split Sheet Validator
Does this split sheet add up, and is everyone set up to get paid?
Run a splits read →
Skill 05 · Sync
/maude:syncFree Sync Income Audit
Did I get paid for both sides of every sync placement?
Run a sync read →
Skill 06 · Forecast
/maude:forecastFree Music Income Forecaster
Can I quit my day job? What's the realistic forecast?
Run a forecast read →
A record label, written down as software.
§ 08 · FAQ
Things people ask before they trust her.
§ 09 · Hire her
Bring Maude in. The math is her problem now.
Your first 200 credits cover her first assessment. See what she finds, then keep her on the roster for as long as the statements keep coming.