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Royalty Splits: Where Label Spreadsheets Go Wrong

ST · 23 July 2026 · UNCATEGORIZED · 2 MIN READ

Every independent label knows the quarter-end ritual: the distributor statement lands, and someone opens the spreadsheet. A hundred lines of sales, dozens of tracks, each with its own deal — artist shares, remixer shares per mix, the label’s cut — and every cell a chance to underpay someone you like.

Why splits break spreadsheets

Split accounting isn’t hard arithmetic; it’s relentless arithmetic. The failure points are always the same: a remix carrying a different deal than its original, a formula dragged one row too far, a track whose split was renegotiated but whose sheet wasn’t. The result is disputes, or worse — quiet errors nobody catches.

Rules once, statements forever

Our Record Label Accounting tool inverts the work: set each track’s split rule once — including per-mix remixer shares — and every statement you upload afterwards settles itself. Drop in the distributor sheet, read the payout summary per artist and remixer, export the pay-run to a spreadsheet, done.

Private by design

A label’s revenue is nobody else’s business, so the calculation happens in your browser: sales statements are never uploaded to or stored on our systems — only your saved split rules. Your first statement is free to run; the label plan covers unlimited statements at launch pricing, with an app on the roadmap for subscribers.

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