Use caseWhat your catalog and deal are worthYou text MaestroMaude runs it

What the catalog is worth.
What the deal actually says.

Send Maestro, the agent who runs your team, a Spotify for Artists screenshot or the offer as a PDF. He brings in Maude, business affairs, who models what the songs earn, how that decays, and what reaches you after the split, with every assumption shown.

How they get to know you

You talk to Maestro. Maude does the math.

What Maude starts with

Your catalog and public streams.

Which songs, how many streams, how they're trending. Enough for a first read.

What Maestro asks

The numbers that aren't public.

Your actual per-stream payouts if you have them. The deal terms. What you'd be giving up.

What Maude remembers

Your deal and your rate.

Once she's read the contract, every future projection uses your real split. "What would this song make" gets answered in your money, not gross.

What you say

Send the screenshot. Or the contract.

She reads the streams by song, applies a per-stream rate and a decay curve, and gives you a twelve-month projection with the assumptions next to it. For a deal she reads the term sheet, models it over the life of the contract, and flags the clauses that move the money.

Next time

"What would the next single make?" She answers in your split, because she's read your deal.

Maestro

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[Spotify for Artists screenshot] What's this catalog worth over the next year?
Maude ran it. Six songs, 1.4M streams last 28 days, 71% on "Lately." At $0.0035 a stream with year-one decay on the lead single, about $41K gross over twelve months. One question: do you have your actual payout rate from your distributor? It'd tighten this.
Not on me. Model it against the Empire offer.
50/50 net after a $25K recoupable advance: you clear the advance around month nine and see roughly $8K on top in year one. The clause that matters is the 360 on merch. Full read filed to the project.

Later

What would the next single make?
On your Empire split, if it does what "Lately" did: about $6K to you in year one after recoup. Want it against a 70/30 to compare?

What happens

Reads the money before you sign.

01

Values the catalog

Per-song streams, a stated per-stream rate, a decay curve per release. The projection shows its assumptions so you can change them.

02

Models the deal

Advance, recoupment, royalty rate, splits, term. What you keep, when you break even, what happens if the record does half or double.

03

Flags the clauses

The three or four lines that decide the outcome, in plain language, with what to push back on.

What you get back

A statement before you sign.

A projection and a deal read, both filed to the project as documents you can send to a manager or a lawyer. Every number has its assumption next to it.

Catalog · 12-month projection

Estimate
Streams · last 28 days1.4M
Rate applied$0.0035
Decay · lead single, year one−30%
Gross · 12 months≈ $41,000
Advance · recoupable$25,000
Recouped byMonth 9
To you · year one, after recoup≈ $8,000

Example. Figures illustrative.

Who runs it

Maude, Business Affairs.

Money and paperwork are hers. Ask Maestro for the number and he brings her in; the statement comes back with her name on it.

Meet Maude

What it costs

50

credits per valuation or deal read, filed as a document.

0

to ask a follow-up in the thread.

Not

legal advice. A model to take to your lawyer, assumptions shown.

Start

Text Maestro. Start with whatever's next.

The more you work with him, the less you have to explain. New workspaces start with 150 free credits.

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