Guide
What is a music catalogue valuation?
A music catalogue valuation is an independent estimate of what publishing and recording rights are worth today, built from royalty income, market comparables, and forward-looking assumptions. Blash is the music valuation tool that produces that estimate from the statements you already receive.
Indicative, model-derived estimate — not financial advice, not an offer, not a formal or audited valuation, and no guarantee of value, income or returns.
What a music catalogue valuation covers
A music catalogue (or catalog) is the bundle of rights that earn royalties: the songs you wrote, the recordings you own, or both. A music catalogue valuation estimates what those rights could be worth today, given how they earn, how durable that income looks, and what similar catalogues have traded for.
Publishing rights are the compositions — lyrics and melody — typically collected as mechanical, performance, and sync income. Recording rights (masters) are the recorded performances, typically collected as streaming, download, neighbouring-rights, and master-use sync. They are different assets, with different buyers, different multiples, and different risk. A serious music valuation treats them separately, then combines them if you own both.
How a music valuation tool works
Traditional music valuation is a six-to-twelve-week advisory process. A music valuation tool is built to do the analytical work from the data you already have: royalty statements from a PRO, publisher, distributor, or label.
Blash reads those statements, splits publishing from recording, builds a song-level view of income, and produces an indicative range using a discounted-cash-flow engine cross-checked against market multiples and reported catalogue transactions. Assumptions are sourced and shown; upside is kept separate from run-rate, so a single flattering number cannot hide where the value comes from.
It is an independent music valuation — Blash has no stake in a sale, a loan, or a deal. The output is an estimate for your own information, not a formal appraisal, fairness opinion, or regulated advice.
What a music catalogue valuation costs
A full professional music valuation from an advisory firm typically costs £25,000–£70,000 and takes months, produced by people who may also want to transact. Blash is a self-serve music valuation tool starting at £299 for artists and songwriters, with deeper professional-track options for managers, lawyers, agencies and funds.
Use it when you want to know what a catalogue is worth before someone else tells you — a deal approach, an estate conversation, a refinancing, or simply financial literacy about the asset you have spent a career building.
Who a music valuation is for
- Artists and songwriters who want a music catalog valuation without selling, pitching, or waiting on a buyer.
- Managers, lawyers and accountants preparing a client for a catalogue conversation.
- Estates and families who need a clear, sourced estimate of music rights.
- Agencies and funds who need repeatable, independent music valuation rather than a one-off advisory memo.
Value a catalogue with the music valuation tool
Upload royalty statements and get an independent music valuation in minutes — publishing, recording, or both.