At Sound Royalties, we live by our core values: integrity, relationships, respect, collaboration, and ownership. And, as a business in Palm Beach County in South Florida, we have consistently shared those values with our local community by playing an active role at Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast! Giving back to our community and inspiring the younger generation of budding professionals and entrepreneurs goes hand-in-hand with the fundamental values we share as a company.  In addition to our team visiting local schools for career fairs and educational sess ..read more

Join us at Mondo NYC on Tuesday, October 10th at 11 a.m. for “Common Pitfalls in Leveraging Your Music Catalog and How to Maintain Ongoing Cash Flow”. Mondo is New York’s annual music, arts, & technology business conference & showcase festival. This year’s festival takes place October 10-13  at the Williamsburg Hotel in Brooklyn. For more info on the conference, schedule, and tickets, visit Mondo.NYC. This panel will explore the common pitfalls a creative can encounter when leveraging their music catalog. There are a growing number of alternative funding options these days, so it ..read more

At Sound Royalties, we have pioneered the artist-friendly funding model! Whether a Creative is independent, signed to a publisher, label, or distributor, or registered with a performance rights organization (PRO), they can turn to us for financing. In reality, working with Sound Royalties is a win-win situation for creatives, AND for the publishers, labels, distributors, and PROs themselves. We Compliment, We Don’t Compete Sound Royalties does not replace the services that a publisher, label, distributor, or PRO provides. Think of us as another tool in the toolbox of a Creative’s career. Publi ..read more

On October 15, our team came together with fellow members of the global music and tech community to support Digilogue Day in New York. Programming for the day included keynotes, panels, workshops, 1-on-1 mentor sessions, an artist discovery expo, a music career fair, and more! Our Regional Director of Business Development & Artist Relations, Jamie Dominguez, was among a distinguished group of panelists covering the topic, “Artistpreneurship Panel: Becoming The CEO of Your Music Business”, which highlights discussions about what revenue streams and resources are available to creatives. Mode ..read more

Help us vote for our panels in this year’s SXSW PanelPicker.  Community panel voting ends on August 21! SXSW 2023 will be held March 10-19, 2023.    Sound Royalties Presents “Funding Your Music Career”   Description Finding capital to fund your music career can be difficult. As a rising star, you may be struggling to find money to record a hit. You’re hitting the live show circuit to generate funds but traveling for live performances also comes at a cost. You’re selling merch, but only after the upfront cost of production. You’re self-promoting and self-releasing tracks, wa ..read more

Maria del Pilar Lopez is a business manager and Director at Citrin Copperman. Her wealth of knowledge and experience in the music and finance industry has provided creatives with peace of mind and financial security for over 15 years. In our latest Financial Literacy Month blog, we get Maria’s advice for creatives navigating their finances. Read more below! Tell us a little about yourself and how you became a business manager. I am a Director at Citrin Cooperman’s Entertainment, Music, and Sports Industry practice in New York City.  I have over 15 years of accounting experience, specializ ..read more

We are celebrating Financial Literacy Month with advice, tips, and tricks from top music industry professionals all April long. Below, we sat with Tara Moore, Director of PS Business Management, to chat about her career, the role of a business manager, and her opinion on some of the latest trends in the music industry. Tell us a little about yourself and how you became a business manager. I struggled for a long time as an accountant by day and a gigantic live music fan by night. I hated the corporate accounting world and left that to pursue a job in the music industry. I worked in the record b ..read more

Welcome back to Financially Literacy Month with Sound Royalties as we explore different financial topics in the music industry with seasoned industry professionals! Check out our latest Q&A with business manager Victor Wlodinguer of Citrin Cooperman. Tell us a little about yourself and how you became a business manager. I have been a business manager in the music industry for over 40 years. I started out in a small firm mainly doing tax work for people in film and theater. My second position brought me to a firm working for musicians. That firm was where I developed my knowledge of the mus ..read more

As we continue Financial Literacy Month, we speak to Lamont Graves of The Graves Firm, a music publishing and royalty consulting firm. Lamont shares his experiences in the music industry and his financial advice for creatives. Tell us a little about yourself and how you got into the music industry. I’m a music publishing and royalty consultant that assists music producers, artists & songwriters with matters of catalog management, mentorship, tracking potential black box royalties, song title registration, and more. I got started in the professional music industry by assisting my very first ..read more

April is Financial Literacy Month! To celebrate, we are launching a series of Q&A’s with experts in the financial realm of the music industry, where they give a little insight into what they do and their advice to creatives. First up is our very own CFO, Chuck Lowe. Chuck has been with the Sound Royalties family since inception in 2014. Read more about his background and gain knowledge from his insights below! Tell us how you got started in the finance industry. What led you to help create Sound Royalties, and what is your current role like? I got started in the asset-backed security secto ..read more