{"id":21903,"date":"2026-10-16T03:09:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=21903"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:09:53","slug":"music-catalog-deals-michelle-garramone-on-seller-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/music-catalog-deals-michelle-garramone-on-seller-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Catalog Deals: Michelle Garramone on Seller Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Incomplete financial records and unclear objectives can undermine music catalog deals before buyers submit an offer, according to <strong>Symphonic&#8217;s Michelle Garramone<\/strong>. Her assessment places seller preparation at the center of establishing a supportable price.<\/p>\n<p>Garramone, who works with catalog buyers and sellers, argues that owners should establish what a transaction must achieve before approaching the market. A sale can cover part of a catalog rather than the entire collection.<\/p>\n<h2>How buyers assess value<\/h2>\n<p>Buyers assess a catalog&#8217;s earnings and the likelihood that those revenues will continue, Garramone says. Incomplete or disorganized records can make it harder for them to substantiate the value a seller expects.<\/p>\n<p>She argues that buyers can reach a price quickly using the information supplied, but missing data can contribute to a gap between their offers and the owner&#8217;s expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The source cites two measures of catalog market activity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Citrin Cooperman<\/strong> valued <strong>566 music catalogs<\/strong> at nearly <strong>$13 billion<\/strong> in <strong>2025<\/strong>, with established sound recording catalogs maintaining multiples above <strong>17 times earnings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midiaresearch.com\/\">MIDiA Research<\/a><\/strong> reported that catalog funds generated <strong>$1.6 billion<\/strong> in publishing revenue in 2025, an increase of <strong>14.9 percent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Garramone says buyers are assessing risk more precisely than a few years ago. Their investment mandates and factors such as rising interest rates also influence pricing.<\/p>\n<h2>Preparing the sale documents<\/h2>\n<p>Garramone recommends an independent valuation as an initial step. The process can help owners organize a data room and identify missing records before seeking offers.<\/p>\n<p>Her preparation framework includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete financial statements, with the relevant agreements mapped to them.<\/li>\n<li>Checks for gaps in royalty registrations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/a-rights-service-acquisition-should-trigger-a-catalogue-mandate-check\/\">All agreements needed to support the rights being offered<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A Schedule A identifying the tracks included in the sale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She identifies Citrin Cooperman and <strong>Virtu<\/strong> as valuation resources. Their services carry fees, which she argues may be justified if the work supports a stronger transaction value.<\/p>\n<p>Other third-party tools can provide an indication of catalog value. Garramone advises against using <strong>Claude<\/strong> or <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> for valuation, while suggesting they can help organize material.<\/p>\n<p>She recommends professional assistance with both valuation and the preparation of sale documents.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting a supportable asking price<\/h2>\n<p>Garramone describes speaking with an owner who had neither obtained a valuation nor disclosed a target price. The owner intended to wait for a buyer&#8217;s offer or a broker&#8217;s estimate.<\/p>\n<p>Without an independent assessment, she argues, the owner lacked a basis for evaluating an offer or testing whether their own expectations were realistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Symphonic&#8217;s Michelle Garramone argues that clear objectives, complete royalty records and an independent valuation help rights owners prepare for music catalog sales.","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry-news","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] \u2014\u00a0The Most Expensive Mistake Rights Owners Make in a Music Catalog Deal: Op-Ed from Symphonic&#039;s Michelle Garramone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I think and talk a lot about catalog value and long-term strategy. 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