Question 1

What is a producer point?

Accepted Answer

A producer point is a percentage of the master royalty (the recording side) paid to the producer of a song. One point equals 1% of the master net of recording costs. Three to five points is typical for a working producer; six or seven for top-tier. Maude checks whether the points in your sheet match what the producer actually agreed to.

Question 2

What happens if my splits do not sum to 100%?

Accepted Answer

Either money does not get paid, or it gets held in an unmatched bucket somewhere. Distributors and PROs treat unmatched splits as a registration error and either flag it for resolution or, worse, default to the registered owner of record (which may not be you). Maude catches these in seconds.

Question 3

Do I need to register splits everywhere separately?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Master splits go to the distributor. Publishing splits go to the MLC (US mechanical), your PRO (US performance), and any equivalent CMOs internationally. Maude walks you through which side of each split goes to which collector.

Question 4

How does Maude handle producer-side splits?

Accepted Answer

She separates master points (recording side) from publishing splits (songwriting side) so you do not double-count. If the producer is also a co-writer, she flags both sides explicitly so the deal terms are clean before it ever ships.

Question 5

What if my collaborators have not signed the split sheet?

Accepted Answer

Maude flags it. An unsigned split sheet is the most common reason royalties hold up at the distributor or PRO level. Without paper, the platforms default to whoever registered the work first, which is rarely the right answer.

Split sheets that actually
add up.

Does this split sheet add up, and is everyone set up to get paid?

Things people ask before they trust her on this.

Maude handles five more jobs.

Split sheets that actuallyadd up.

Does this split sheet add up, and is everyone set up to get paid?

Things people ask before they trust her on this.

What is a producer point?+

What happens if my splits do not sum to 100%?+

Do I need to register splits everywhere separately?+

How does Maude handle producer-side splits?+

What if my collaborators have not signed the split sheet?+

Maude handles five more jobs.

Split sheets that actually
add up.