Technical analysis and insights on music catalog valuation, royalty data, and the institutional music rights market.
A technical pre-valuation checklist for music catalog acquisitions -- covering statement coverage, period alignment, ISRC resolution rates, source classification, currency normalisation, and rights structure verification.
A technical guide to measuring source concentration risk in music royalty catalogs -- covering the HHI framework, source classification, volatility-weighted analysis, and data requirements.
A technical guide to the data inputs required for a reliable music catalog DCF model -- covering source breakdown, territory exposure, currency normalisation, period alignment, and track resolution.
A technical guide to modeling royalty decay curves for music catalog analysis -- covering decay rates, Dollar Age, stabilisation points, and data requirements.
A technical guide to Dollar Age -- how it's calculated, what it reveals about decay curve position, how to use it in portfolio risk analysis, and the data requirements that make it reliable.
A guide to the institutions acquiring music catalogs today: major labels, private equity, specialist funds, pension funds and ABS markets. How each values catalogs differently -- and what that means for pricing.
The $6m deals are the latest in a string of million-dollar transactions for the music technology company Chapter Two