Most creators are being underpaid - and most never find out. We analyze your royalty statements in detail, identify every discrepancy, underpayment, and missing income stream, and take action to recover what you're owed.
Royalty underpayments are far more common than most creators realize. Platform statement errors, misattributed usage, missing catalog registrations, and incorrect royalty rate applications all result in income that never reaches the rightful owner - often silently, over years.
Our royalty auditing service is a systematic, forensic review of your income statements across every source. We cross-reference reported payments against verifiable usage data, identify every gap, and pursue recovery through direct claims, statement corrections, and formal dispute processes.
We don't just find the problems. We fix them - and recover the income.
Request an AuditIndustry research consistently shows that independent creators receive significantly less than what usage data indicates they are owed.
We audit your royalty history going back multiple years - recovering income that has been accumulating undetected.
Every dollar recovered through our audit process belongs entirely to you. We charge an administrative fee, never a cut of recoveries.
A line-by-line review of every royalty statement you've received - from PROs, streaming platforms, mechanical licensing bodies, and distributors - identifying inconsistencies, missing line items, and unexplained reductions.
We cross-reference your PRO statements against reported usage data - radio plays, live performances, streaming activity, and broadcast usage - to identify performances that generated royalties you were never paid for.
We compare your mechanical royalty receipts against actual streaming and download data to identify usage that was reported to platforms but never resulted in a mechanical payment to you - including MLC black box claims.
If your music is performed or streamed internationally, royalties are generated in those territories. We audit your international collection to identify territories where income is being generated but not collected or properly remitted.
We review your sync licensing history to ensure all fees were paid correctly and in full, that backend royalties from broadcasts of licensed works are being collected, and that no licensing activity has occurred without your knowledge or compensation.
For artists with distribution agreements or label contracts, we audit the royalty accounting from your distributor or label - verifying that rate calculations, deductions, and payment schedules are accurate and compliant with your agreement.
These are the issues we find most frequently across client audits - each representing real income that was being lost silently.
Streams recorded by platforms that were never matched to your catalog due to metadata errors - including wrong ISRC codes, misspelled artist names, or missing publishing information. These streams generate zero royalties despite your music being played.
Metadata RelatedMechanical royalties sitting in the MLC's undistributed pool because your works were never registered or were registered incorrectly. Without active claims, this income is redistributed to other publishers by market share.
MLC / MechanicalRoyalty rates applied by platforms or distributors that don't match the statutory rates or contractual rates you're entitled to - particularly for interactive streaming mechanicals, which have specific per-stream rate requirements under the Music Modernization Act.
Rate DiscrepancyPerformance and mechanical royalties generated in foreign territories that were never remitted because there was no sub-publishing arrangement in place, or because your works were registered in the US but not with international collecting societies.
InternationalYour music appearing in films, TV shows, advertisements, or online videos without a sync license having been issued or payment made - either due to oversight, willful infringement, or unlicensed use by platforms that don't properly clear content.
Sync / LicensingIncorrect royalty rate calculations in distributor or label statements - including improper deductions for returns, packaging costs, or 'free goods' allocations that exceed contractual limits, or delays in reporting that result in interest being owed.
Distribution / LabelRoyalties paid to the wrong party due to incorrectly filed songwriter splits, disputed co-writer credits, or publishing rights that were transferred but never updated in rights organization databases - resulting in your share going elsewhere.
Publishing / SplitsRoyalty statements from streaming platforms or distributors that simply omit certain territories, time periods, or usage types - often because your works weren't registered in those systems, or due to processing errors on the platform side.
Statement ErrorWe begin by collecting all available royalty statements, distribution reports, PRO account records, and any existing licensing agreements. We build a complete picture of your current income sources, payment history, and any known gaps or concerns before beginning the analysis.
We cross-reference every work in your catalog against available usage data - streaming reports, broadcast logs, PRO performance data, and platform analytics. Every play, stream, download, and broadcast is matched against reported royalty payments to identify gaps.
Every identified discrepancy is documented, categorized by type, and quantified in dollar terms where possible. We produce a comprehensive audit report detailing every finding - what was missed, how it occurred, how much was lost, and the recovery pathway available to you.
Armed with documented evidence, we file formal claims and dispute requests with the relevant organizations - PROs, the MLC, distributors, streaming platforms, and licensing bodies. We pursue each discrepancy through the appropriate channel and track every claim to resolution.
All recovered income is distributed directly to you. Along with the recovery, we provide a detailed summary of the root causes identified during the audit and a set of concrete recommendations to prevent the same issues from recurring - including registration updates, metadata corrections, and monitoring improvements.
These are the most common indicators that significant royalty income is being lost - and that an audit is likely to recover meaningful funds.
You can see your stream counts on Spotify for Artists or similar dashboards, but the royalty payments you're receiving don't seem proportionate to the activity you're seeing.
Your analytics show fans in the UK, Europe, Asia, or Latin America, but you've never received any royalties from international PROs or mechanical licensing bodies in those territories.
You know your music has appeared in a film, TV show, commercial, or online video - but you've either never been paid, or you received an upfront sync fee but nothing for the ongoing performance royalties from broadcast.
Your income from a particular source declined significantly without a corresponding drop in streaming or usage activity - which may indicate a rate change, a registration lapse, or a platform-side error affecting your payments.
If your catalog has been generating royalties for more than two years and you've never had a professional audit, there is a very high likelihood that underpayments have accumulated - often without any visible indication in your statements.
If you're under a label deal or distribution agreement with royalty provisions, the complexity of the accounting significantly increases the probability of errors - and your contractual rights typically include audit provisions you should be using.
An audit is a starting point, not an end point. Here's what we put in place once the findings are in - to ensure the issues don't repeat.
Every metadata error, missing registration, and incorrect songwriter split identified during the audit is corrected at the source - across all relevant PROs, the MLC, HFA, digital platforms, and international registries.
We set up continuous monitoring of your catalog across all income sources - so future discrepancies are caught in real time rather than discovered years later during the next audit cycle.
We establish a regular statement review cadence for your account - systematically checking every incoming royalty statement against expected income to catch underpayments before they become years-long gaps.
Request an audit and we'll tell you exactly where your royalty income stands - and what we can recover for you.