Record Advance


We offer record advances for our artists to fund PR campaigns, digital marketing, recording studios, mixing, mastering, music videos and so much more. It enables them to finance their music projects and keep growing their fanbase.

DISTROadvance amounts are individual to each artist and range from a few hundred dollars up to tens of thousands. The amount of money we can advance to you will depend on your current streaming numbers,  your expected future sales and your future release activity. All of which we take into account when analysing your streaming data.




DISTROadvance is a royalties pre-payment program designed to help our artists leverage the value in their catalogue. Our data-driven algorithms analyse artitsts  streaming numbers to check eligibility.

 satellite 13 DISTROadvance 

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    CONTACT satellite 13 entertainment group

    Contact SATELLITE 13 a via our email enquiry form to discuss your particluar funding needs 

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    WE’LL REVIEW YOUR SUBMISSION AND ANALYSE YOUR DATA

    Our team will review your submission and ask you for access to some extra data points such as your Spotify for Artists account to deep dive into the numbers.

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    if YOU ARE successful we'll offer OUR record advance 

    We’ll provide an offer document, outlining the advance amount along with our terms.

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    once ACCEPTed we will advance the funds

    Once our offer is accepted, and provided your catalogue is distributed by SATELLITE 13, the payment will be in your account within 14 days.

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    KEEP TRACK OF YOUR advance RECOUPment STATUS online

    Your advance is recouped against royalty earnings each month until re-paid. You can see the progress of your repayments in your SATELLITE 13 payments dashboard.

ADVANCE FUNDING ELIGIBLITY

Eligibility depends on the amount of streaming data that we have to work with. Your music needs to be distributed by us and be generating income on a monthly basis. If you don’t currently distribute with SATELLITE 13, we can still run the numbers and as long as you are able to switch to our music distribution service  to Satellite 13. 

 

HOW OUR ADVANCE WORKS

DISTROadvance amounts are individual to each artist and range from a few hundred dollars up to tens of thousands. The amount of money we can advance to you will depend on your current streaming numbers,  your expected future sales and your future release activity. All of which we take into account when analysing your streaming data.

DISTROadvance has been designed to help independent artists reach the next level in their music career. Unlocking your future royalties early gives you the flexibility to record more often, purchase more  merchandise stock to sell on your next tour, hire a PR or marketing team, or fund any activity that can help boost your music career.