Notes.fm Expands Platform with Stripe-Powered Financial Accounts

Notes.fm has expanded its music royalties collection platform with the launch of Notes Financial Accounts, powered by Stripe, alongside a new distribution product called Releases.

From royalties to payments:

• Notes was invented to help musicians identify, fix and collect their royalties in one place.

• Built using Stripe Connect, Financial Accounts facilitates the payment of those royalties collected by Notes directly into artists’ accounts.

• Stripe Treasury for Platforms connects Notes to the financial accounts where earnings are held, so it can then split a band’s earnings among members, or a musician can withdraw funds to an external bank account.

• The launch furthers Notes’ evolution from helping artists identify missing royalties to becoming what it calls “a singular connected home for their music, rights and finances.”

Streamlining distribution:

• Notes’ new Releases product streamlines distribution and publishing admin into one simplified delivery, allowing artists to distribute music to Spotify and more than 50 other platforms.

• It builds on Notes’ “Release Once, Collect Everywhere” proposition.

What they said:

• Tim Luckow, CEO and Co-Founder of Notes.fm: “Artists should be able to release music, know it is credited correctly and collect every dollar their music earns without navigating a different system for every step. Notes started by helping musicians find unclaimed royalties that were already theirs. With Releases and now our work with Stripe, we are building the full path forward for musicians to release once, collect everywhere. Simply one place to manage your music, royalties and finances.”