Royalty recovery / independents
Every artist.
Every royalty.
No exceptions.
Future Arc audits global catalogues, corrects metadata errors, and files retroactive claims across 60+ PROs and CMOs—so independent musicians and songwriters get paid what the system already owes them.
Free audit · Success-fee recovery · No opacity
Societies in scope
60+
Entry motion
Audit first
Commercial model
Success fee
Built for
Independents
01 / The gap
Independence should not mean weaker royalty outcomes.
The collection system is global, fragmented, and administrative. Artists lose money to complexity—not because the work did not earn.
Money earned, never received
Royalties stall in unclaimed pools, misattributed works, and multi-territory gaps while you keep making music.
Metadata that leaks forever
One wrong writer share, ISWC, or society registration keeps future payments broken long after the release cycle ends.
Admin that does not scale
Chasing PROs and CMOs by hand is a full-time job. Independents should not need a major-label back office to get paid.
02 / Productized workflow
We audit. We correct. We claim.
A software-enabled recovery process—faster and more repeatable than pure manual recovery shops, built around proof first.
Mission sequence
- 01ENTRY
Catalogue audit
We scan your catalogue for unpaid, unclaimed, and misrouted royalties—proof before a larger engagement.
- 02STABILIZE
Metadata correction
We fix the structural errors that keep future royalties leaking across societies and territories.
- 03RECOVER
Multi-society claims
We file and track retroactive claims across PROs and CMOs so recovery is repeatable, not heroic.
- 04HOLD
Ongoing recovery
Once the system is clean, keep monitoring and claiming so new gaps do not reopen behind you.
03 / Coverage ambition
Built for multi-society reality
Global catalogue coverage and 60+ society claims are the operating ambition. Depth per territory is validated market by market—not hand-waved.
- Performance royaltiesPRO / CMO collection gaps
- Publishing metadataShares, IDs, registrations
- Multi-territory claimsCross-border recovery
- Catalogue hygieneStop future leakage
04 / Commercial model
Aligned when money is found
Start with an audit that surfaces unpaid royalties. Convert into full recovery work paid primarily as a success fee on money recovered.
Entry
Free audit that proves recoverable dollars before a larger engagement.
Primary
Success fee / percentage of recovered royalties—so incentives track money found, not hours billed in the dark.
Expansion path
Ongoing monitoring and claims after first recovery can layer later. Day-one focus is audit → proof → recovery.
05 / Who it is for
Rights holders first
Primary
Independent musicians
Songwriters and artists who own or control their catalogues and are leaving money unclaimed to admin complexity.
Later
Small publishers
Rights admins managing multiple writers—a natural expansion once the artist motion is proven.
Start here
Get your royalties
Tell us about your catalogue. We surface unpaid or unclaimed royalties, then convert clear findings into full recovery work—claims, metadata correction, and multi-society follow-through.
- · Proof before commitment
- · Success-fee aligned recovery
- · Built for independents
Direct line
Email ben@futurearc.musicOpen audit brief templateInclude catalogue size, territories, societies, and any unpaid signals you already see. We respond with next steps for the audit.