| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music rights management |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Jimmy Bach and Verner Bach Pedersen |
| Headquarters | Aalborg, North Denmark Region |
| Website | https://musicmanager.com/ |
Music Manager is a privately held music-rights management company founded in 2017. The company provides catalogue auditing, metadata analysis, portfolio optimisation and related services for rights holders, labels and music-asset investors.
Music Manager was founded in 2017 in Aalborg, Denmark. [1]
The company was co-founded by Verner Bach Pedersen, who is also Chairman and majority shareholder of the Nordic film-distribution group Sandrew Metronome. [2]
The company leverages data analytics, bespoke technology and strategic execution to identify latent potential in music catalogues.
Music Manager provides a range of catalogue-management services for rights holders, record labels, and music-asset investors. Its work includes catalogue auditing, metadata analysis, data consolidation, and distribution review. These processes are used to identify metadata inconsistencies, delivery gaps, and unclaimed royalties, as well as to assess catalogue readiness for market or acquisition. [3]
The company also undertakes portfolio-level optimisation, including metadata validation, distribution execution, and revenue-recovery analysis. This involves examining larger catalogues for missing income, inconsistent reporting, or under-monetised works across digital platforms, user-generated content services, and performance-royalty sources. These activities are intended to improve the commercial performance and operational accuracy of music catalogues. [4]
Music Manager additionally operates a partnership model in which it provides ongoing analytical and operational support. This includes continuous catalogue monitoring, financial analysis, metadata oversight, and periodic distribution audits. The model is designed to integrate with a client’s existing rights-management and distribution systems and aims to maintain consistent optimisation as catalogues evolve over time. [5]
The growth of music rights as an asset class has accelerated in recent years. Since 2019, over US$20.4 billion has reportedly been deployed into music-catalogue acquisitions, reflecting strong investor appetite for the asset class. [6] As of the access date, the company lists a headcount of 11–50 employees and a headquarters in Aalborg, North Denmark Region, Denmark.
Industry analysts have also reported continued growth in recorded-music revenues, with MIDiA Research estimating a 6.5% rise to US$36.2 billion in 2024. [7]
According to company announcements, Music Manager has been involved in the following catalogue-related partnerships: