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About How Much Music

Updated September 9, 2026

How Much Music is a source-led editorial research site about the public record behind music money: rights, ownership, chart demand, and why recordings can retain value after release. It does not publish private royalty statements, confidential contracts, or unsupported income claims.

The main audience is readers who want a plain-language view of music economics: fans, creators, catalog buyers, writers, and people trying to understand how streaming, publishing, master ownership, and licensing interact.

The project entered maintenance mode on September 9, 2026 and is now maintained as an open-source archive. There is no scheduled publishing cadence, but sourced corrections and focused contributions remain welcome throughGitHub.

In Short

Catalog profiles are not case studies until the evidence is visible.

Artist and song profiles can be useful for navigation, but they are noindex until an editorial review documents page-specific sources, limitations, a review date, and a correction path.

What the Site Publishes

Source-backed case studies that separate documented records from editorial analysis and private information.
Source-led explainers about streaming payouts, catalog ownership, label share, publishing, and sync licensing.
An Evidence Library that identifies the public sources used by published case studies and the limits of each source type.
Catalog research profiles that remain outside search indexing until they meet the publication standard.
Image credits and source notes for artwork and self-hosted artist photos.

Who Publishes and Reviews Pages

PublisherAndrei Olaru, trading as Made By Kreativ, publishes and maintains the site as an individual in Bucharest, Romania. Contact: info@howmuchmusic.com.

Review approachPublished case studies require substantive sources, page-specific analysis, specific limitations, and a review date. Financial models require additional documented inputs.

Responsible editorAndrei Olaru reviews published case studies and is the contact for editorial accountability.

CorrectionsReaders can send source updates, rights concerns, or image attribution issues through the contact page.

AdvertisingThe archive does not load advertising. Editorial scope is independent of commercial placement.

Editorial Standard

A public source can establish a release, credit, certification, chart record, or rights context without establishing royalty income. When the evidence cannot support a claim, the profile remains in the research catalog rather than being promoted as a completed article.

For corrections, source suggestions, or rights concerns, use the contact page.