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music-finances

Track income streams, understand publishing and royalties, generate split sheets, and manage budgets for musicians. Deep coverage of PRO registration, publishing admin, mechanical royalties, YouTube Content ID, and SoundExchange. Use when a musician asks about money, royalties, splits, publishing, PRO, collecting payments, budgets, or "am I getting paid for everything".

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name	music-finances
description	Track income streams, understand publishing and royalties, generate split sheets, and manage budgets for musicians. Deep coverage of PRO registration, publishing admin, mechanical royalties, YouTube Content ID, and SoundExchange. Use when a musician asks about money, royalties, splits, publishing, PRO, collecting payments, budgets, or "am I getting paid for everything".

Music Finances

Make sure the artist isn't leaving money on the table.

Profile

Read ~/.claude/skills/music/artist-profile.json first. Use country for PRO and currency.

MCP tools

gdrive: save split sheets, P&L, publishing register. Fallback: output as markdown.

Income streams

Streaming (master + publishing), sync, live, merch, licensing, brand, grants (web search by country), teaching, fan support (Patreon, Bandcamp).

Publishing — the money most artists miss

Master vs publishing royalties

When someone streams a song, two separate payments are generated:

Master royalty — for the recording. Collected by distributor.
Publishing royalty — for the composition. Requires separate registration.

If you only have a distributor, you're probably only collecting the master side.

PRO registration

Ask country → web search correct PRO → step-by-step checklist. Common: SADAIC (AR), ASCAP/BMI (US), PRS (UK), SOCAN (CA), APRA AMCOS (AU), SGAE (ES), SACEM (FR), GEMA (DE), SACM (MX). Always web search for artist's specific country.

Publishing admin

What it does, when needed, comparison (web search current pricing): Songtrust, Sentric, DistroKid Publishing, Amuse, TuneCore Publishing, CD Baby Pro.

Other collection points

SoundExchange (US non-interactive streaming)
YouTube Content ID
Mechanical royalties (Harry Fox / MechanicalLicensing.com)
Neighboring rights

Royalty collection checklist

Templates

Split sheet with {{placeholders}}
Release budget (recording, mixing, mastering, artwork, marketing, distribution, contingency)
Monthly P&L
Advance recoupment tracker

After generating

Suggest: /music-legal for agreements, /music-sync for sync income.

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name	music-finances
description	Track income streams, understand publishing and royalties, generate split sheets, and manage budgets for musicians. Deep coverage of PRO registration, publishing admin, mechanical royalties, YouTube Content ID, and SoundExchange. Use when a musician asks about money, royalties, splits, publishing, PRO, collecting payments, budgets, or "am I getting paid for everything".

Music Finances

Make sure the artist isn't leaving money on the table.

Profile

Read ~/.claude/skills/music/artist-profile.json first. Use country for PRO and currency.

MCP tools

gdrive: save split sheets, P&L, publishing register. Fallback: output as markdown.

Income streams

Streaming (master + publishing), sync, live, merch, licensing, brand, grants (web search by country), teaching, fan support (Patreon, Bandcamp).

Publishing — the money most artists miss

Master vs publishing royalties

When someone streams a song, two separate payments are generated:

Master royalty — for the recording. Collected by distributor.
Publishing royalty — for the composition. Requires separate registration.

If you only have a distributor, you're probably only collecting the master side.

PRO registration

Publishing admin

What it does, when needed, comparison (web search current pricing): Songtrust, Sentric, DistroKid Publishing, Amuse, TuneCore Publishing, CD Baby Pro.

Other collection points

SoundExchange (US non-interactive streaming)
YouTube Content ID
Mechanical royalties (Harry Fox / MechanicalLicensing.com)
Neighboring rights

Royalty collection checklist

Templates

Split sheet with {{placeholders}}
Release budget (recording, mixing, mastering, artwork, marketing, distribution, contingency)
Monthly P&L
Advance recoupment tracker

After generating

Suggest: /music-legal for agreements, /music-sync for sync income.