Resources
Everything you need to do your royalty statements calmly
The law, the methods and Labelmate, explained simply, for independent labels that pay their artists twice a year.
The law
The lawRoyalty statements in the US
What record contracts usually ask, and California's audit law.
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The lawArticle L. 212-15, explained
What French law asks of labels: account for the calculation every six months, explicitly and transparently, and give the supporting documents to the artist's accountant.
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The lawThe GDPR and your label
What the regulation asks of a label, in Europe or elsewhere, who is responsible for what, and what Labelmate does with your artists' data.
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Method
MethodAdvances and recoupment
How an advance and costs are recouped from an artist's royalties, statement after statement, with a worked example.
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MethodReading a distributor report
What each line of your distributor's sales report says, and what to check before you turn it into statements.
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MethodThe end-of-period checklist
Ten steps to close a six-month period, from distributor reports to the archive, by hand or with Labelmate.
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MethodStatements in a spreadsheet
What a spreadsheet does well, where it gets hard, and what Labelmate changes.
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Labelmate
LabelmateAI in Labelmate
What it reads, what it never does, what is masked and where the text goes.
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LabelmateWorking as a team
Everyone on their own computer, the same label everywhere, and nothing readable on our servers.
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LabelmateLabelmate's security
Encryption, sealed sync, a read-only mailbox, and what is still missing.
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