Know What You Owe.
Pay What You Owe.
Never More, Never Less.
The mechanical royalty platform built for cover artists. Import your distributor sales, see exactly what you owe on downloads, and pay composers the correct CRB statutory rate — automatically.
Free to start. No per-song fees. No credit card required.
Cover Songs
Composers Owed
Unlicensed Songs
Download Royalties Owed
What You Owe This Period
Download royalties
Streaming — handled by The MLC
Real Sales Data
Calculated from your actual downloads
CRB Rates
Always the correct statutory rate by year
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Distributors supported
ISRC Matching
Songs auto-matched to composers
Streaming? Already handled.
The MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective) collects and distributes streaming mechanical royalties under a blanket license. If your cover songs are on Spotify, Apple Music, or any streaming platform, the royalties are already being handled. That covers roughly 98% of your sales volume.
No action needed on streaming revenue.
Downloads? That's where BDM comes in.
Permanent downloads (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) are not covered by The MLC blanket license. As a cover artist, you owe a mechanical royalty to the original composer for every download sold. BDM imports your actual sales data, calculates the exact CRB statutory rate, and tells you precisely what you owe.
BDM calculates your exact download royalty obligation.
Everything you need to license your cover songs
From sales import to composer payment — one platform, fully auditable.
CSV Import
Import sales data from TuneCore, DistroKid, CD Baby, and SongCast with auto-detect format mapping. Downloads are automatically separated from streams.
Download Detection
Auto-identify downloads vs streams in your sales data. Streams are handled by The MLC blanket license — BDM focuses on what you actually owe.
Composer Discovery
Automatically discover original composer credits by ISRC code. Know exactly who wrote the songs you're covering without manual research.
CRB Rate Engine
Phonorecords IV statutory rates by sale year, including per-minute calculations for songs over 5 minutes. Always the correct rate.
What You Owe Dashboard
Clear breakdown of royalty obligations per composer, per song, per period. No guessing, no estimating — just real numbers from real sales.
NOI Generation
Generate Notices of Intent for the Copyright Office to secure your compulsory mechanical license for each cover song.
Royalty Letters
PDF and DOCX royalty letters auto-generated for each composer, ready to send with full audit details.
Payment Tracking
Track check, PayPal, and ACH payments with advance recoupment. Every dollar is accounted for across composers and periods.
Tax Reporting
1099 generation and compliance support built into the payment workflow so year-end reporting is handled.
Guided Onboarding
Step-by-step checklist walks you through importing sales data, matching cover songs, discovering composers, calculating royalties, and sending your first payment.
How it works
From raw sales data to composer payments — fully auditable at every step.
Import Your Sales
Upload a CSV from TuneCore, DistroKid, CD Baby, SongCast, or any distributor. We auto-detect the format and separate downloads from streams.
Match Songs & Find Composers
Our matching pipeline links sales to your catalog by ISRC, UPC, and fuzzy match. Original songwriter credits are automatically discovered and linked to your cover songs.
See What You Owe
CRB statutory rates are applied per sale year with a clear per-composer breakdown. Streaming sales are marked as MLC-handled — no action needed.
File NOIs & Send Letters
Generate Notice of Intent documents for the Copyright Office, create PDF royalty letters for each composer, and email them with delivery tracking.
Pay & Track
Record payments by check, PayPal, or ACH. Track balances, recoup advances (FIFO), and generate 1099s at year-end — all with a full audit trail.
Meet Maestro — your cover music strategist
AI that helps you earn more and owe less. Maestro analyzes your sales data to recommend profitable covers, forecast royalty costs, and find hidden growth opportunities.
Cover Song Recommendations
Discover which songs are worth covering based on your sales data, market trends, and royalty economics. Every suggestion comes with a full business case — projected revenue, royalty cost, and net profit forecast.
Profitability Intelligence
See which covers earn more than they cost in royalties and which ones are net negative. Make data-driven decisions about your catalog.
Royalty Forecasting
Project your mechanical royalty obligations for the next 12 months based on download trends. Budget accurately for composer payments.
Strategic Chat
Ask Maestro anything about your catalog, sales patterns, royalty costs, or growth opportunities. Get answers backed by your actual data.
Works with your distributors
Import sales data from major distributors. We automatically separate downloads from streams and calculate what you owe.
Distributors
Stores & Platforms
Custom distributor templates supported — import from any CSV format.
Why cover artists choose BDM
The only platform that connects your actual sales data to your royalty obligations.
Built on Real Sales Data
No estimates, no guessing download counts. BDM imports your actual distributor sales reports and calculates the exact CRB statutory rate for every download. You see exactly what you owe before you pay a cent.
Maestro AI Finds Your Next Hit Cover
Maestro analyzes your sales to recommend which songs are worth covering, forecast your royalty costs, and identify your most profitable releases. Every suggestion comes with a full business case.
One Platform, End to End
Import sales, match songs, calculate royalties, generate letters, track payments, and file NOIs. Everything from distributor CSV to composer payment lives in one place with a complete audit trail.
See the Full Picture
BDM separates downloads from streams so you know which revenue requires royalty payments and which is already handled by The MLC. Analytics show exactly where your money goes.