How we grow your Music Revenue

Palisade buys and administers music rights. Diligence is the file: chain of title, ISRCs and ISWCs, the distributor of record, and royalty history. After close we work the catalog — claims, collections, and the channels that actually move streams and clips.

Acquisition of music rights

We acquire or take exclusive license of sound recordings, independent label catalogs, and publishing. The list of works is defined in writing. Future recordings are in only if the contract says so.

We treat the seller as the person we will account to, not as a one-line closing.

  • Research and identification

We look at title first, then income. Genre is secondary. We want a catalog we can register, claim, and collect — not a mood board.

  • Negotiation

Term sheet, then long-form. Territory, term, and which rights (master, composition, neighboring) sit on page one. Funds on signing or against escrow. If we cannot close on the date in the term sheet, the offer lapses.

  • Due diligence and completion

Typical pack: splits and IDs; ISRCs / ISWCs / UPCs; exclusives already in force; CMS / distributor owner of record; 24 months of royalties by source; liens, prior sales, CMO mandates. Missing paper stops the clock. Close transfers only what the agreement names.

A close is the start of administration.

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Management of music rights

After close we keep the catalog working.

Intake and analysis

We map each work: who owns what, which society is mandated, which platform account is live, which claims are already in dispute.

Monitoring and licensing

We watch digital use, Content ID and platform claims, and inbound sync or license requests. Licenses go out against the rights we actually hold.

Collection and account

Royalties from societies, distributors, and claims are collected and accounted on the schedule in the contract. You can audit the file.

How we work the catalog after close

Rights on a hard drive do not pay. These are the levers we run on catalogs we control.

YouTube


  • Confirm or move Content ID onto the CMS we control.
  • Claim the sound recording; keep composition claims aligned with the publisher mandate so we are not fighting ourselves.
  • Dispute hijacks per ISRC, with the exclusive or assignment attached.
  • Where the video is ours to exploit, we use official audio, topic channels, and asset-level metadata — not a spray of unofficial re-uploads.

Media coverage


  • A short, factual story: who owns the catalog now, what is being reissued or claimed, why it matters.
  • Trade and local press, not a vanity wire.
  • One talking point per campaign. We do not invent chart positions.


Spotify and playlists

  • Clean credits, cover, and ownership so editorial and algorithmic playlists can ingest the track.
  • Pitch through the official artist/label tools.
  • Sequence releases and canvas/clips so a catalog title can re-enter programming instead of dying after week one.

UGC

  • User video is often the largest unpaid use of a master. We register the asset so TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and YouTube UGC either license or claim.
  • We clear a path for creators who should use the official sound — and claim the ones who should be paying.
  • We do not run comment farms or fake fan accounts.

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