Six royalty streams. Most independent artists collect two.
1M Management is publishing administration for independent artists, songwriters, and producers. I find the royalties you're not collecting, fix the setup that's leaking them, and can run your publishing admin from there.
Built for independent artists, songwriters, and producers.
Independent Music Publishing: A Guide for Success
The 20-step system I use on every catalog, now in your hands. Own what you wrote. Collect what you're owed.
Get the Book, $22.22 →Six places independent artists most often lose royalties
PRO Performance Royalties
Songs released to streaming but never registered with BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC means royalties from radio, streams, venues, and TV are never collected.
Mechanicals at the MLC
Every U.S. stream generates a mechanical royalty that can sit unmatched at the Mechanical Licensing Collective if your catalog isn't registered correctly. The most commonly missed revenue stream.
Digital & Master Royalties at SoundExchange
When your music plays on Pandora, SiriusXM, or webcasters, royalties due to the recording owner often go unclaimed entirely.
Songwriter Splits & Documentation
Missing or incomplete splits can delay payments, block registrations, or send royalties to the wrong collaborators years after release.
Distribution & Metadata
Wrong ISWC, ISRC, or IPI codes silently fragment your earnings across platforms and collection societies. The leaks that are hardest to trace.
Sync Readiness
One sync placement can equal years of streaming income. If your catalog isn't licensable on demand, opportunities pass you by.
Find your specific leaks. In 5 minutes.
Start the free Catalog Health Check. It shows which of the six streams you're missing, then the Mini Audit gives you the fix.
Start the free check →No email needed to start. 5 minutes, 24 questions.
Four ways to work with 1M Management
Whether you want to learn it yourself, get a one-time review, or hand off your publishing administration entirely, there's a path for where you are.
Independent Music Publishing: A Guide for Success
My book. The 20-step system I use on every catalog, so you can do it yourself.
Buy on Amazon →Mini Audit
A personalized 5-day review of your specific catalog. You'll get:
- 15-minute personalized Loom walkthrough
- One-page action plan, prioritized
- 14 days of email support
- My book included ($22.22 value)
Publishing Administration
Full ongoing publishing admin, priced per client. Registrations, collections, statements, and the day-to-day operational work that keeps your catalog paying.
Not sure which fits? Book a free 15-min call
Apply for Admin →You don't need a faceless dashboard. You need it set up right.
You keep everything.
Your masters stay 100% yours. So does your copyright. I administer your songs. I don't buy them.
A real person on your catalog.
Automated platforms upload and move on. I review your songs, fix your splits, and register everything correctly. You work with me directly.
Transparent from day one.
Admin pricing is custom and quoted up front, in writing, before you commit. No surprises. No fine print.
Three steps. No jargon.
Apply
Send me your streaming links and your metadata. I review every submission myself.
Administer
I register your songs everywhere they need to be and keep your splits and metadata clean.
Collect
Your global royalties come in. Your catalog stays organized and accurate.
Collect from all six royalty streams, not just two
Independent artists typically collect from two royalty streams. There are six. The other four go unclaimed: mechanicals at the MLC, missed performance royalties at the PROs, uncollected SoundExchange income, and sync revenue passed by. They compound quietly across every release.
1M Management was built on 10 years of publishing administration to close that gap. The same registration, documentation, and collections infrastructure that signed acts depend on, applied to independent catalogs. The result: songs that get paid for every stream, every play, every license, not only the streams a distributor reports.
The work is operational, not glamorous. But every song registered, every split documented, and every dollar collected is money that would otherwise be left on the table.
Questions about working together
Why $77.77 for the Mini Audit?
It's a price designed to be accessible for independent artists who suspect they have catalog issues but aren't ready for a full publishing administration retainer. The audit takes real time: a 5-day turnaround across PROs, the MLC, SoundExchange, splits, and metadata. It's still low-friction enough to feel like a no-brainer for artists who want a real second set of eyes on their catalog.
How is the Mini Audit different from the free 15-minute call?
The free call is a conversation about your situation. The Mini Audit is concrete work: I open your catalog, review every release across each royalty stream, identify what's registered correctly and what isn't, then deliver a Loom video walkthrough plus a written action plan. The free call helps you decide if I'm the right fit. The audit is the actual deliverable. Book a free 15-min call.
What if my catalog is small, just a few releases?
Even a small catalog has six royalty streams to check. The Mini Audit is well-suited to artists with under 30 releases. Honestly, it's easier to spot leaks when there's less to dig through. Whether you have 5 releases or 50, the format works.
What if I'm not registered with a PRO yet?
That's exactly the kind of gap the audit is designed to find. The action plan will tell you which PRO to register with based on your catalog, what to set up at the MLC, how to claim your SoundExchange royalties, and what splits documentation you need to have in place. The audit is for figuring out what's broken AND what hasn't been set up yet.
What happens after the audit?
You walk away with a clear list of things to do. You can implement the action plan yourself using my book (included) as a guide, or if you'd prefer to hand off the operational work, the recurring Publishing Administration service is available, priced per client. There's no obligation either way. The audit is a self-contained deliverable.
Ownership, fees, exclusivity, and payouts: read the full FAQ →
Find out what your music should be earning
Start with the free Catalog Health Check, or skip ahead to a personalized review of your specific catalog.
