LA MANO runs music catalog M&A and brokerage in the mid market, deals from $1M to $100M. We sit between catalogs and capital, reading value where others hear only noise. Catalog brokerage, valuation, rights and royalty diligence, and a Grammy-nominated management roster, under one roof.
A music catalog broker and M&A advisor stands between the people who own songs and the capital that wants to buy the income. On the sell side, we value a catalog, prepare it and place it with the right buyer without putting it on open display. On the buy side, we bring qualified deal flow and the diligence to act on it. The same discipline runs both ways.
The work is forensic. Every stream, split and clause is read before money moves. We model the royalties, trace the rights, structure the terms and carry the deal to close. Taste tells us which catalogs matter; proof tells us what they are worth. We keep both in the same set of hands.
This is for sellers, songwriters, producers, estates and labels weighing a sale, and for buyers, funds, publishers and operators acquiring rights in the mid market. We take a few engagements at a time, by referral or pitch, and we stay confidential by default.
The edge is intelligence. OptiCat, our private in-house system, scores daily deal flow across Spotify and TikTok, runs a valuation engine and carries an AI contract copilot. It means a catalog is read from evidence before sentiment ever enters the room. Taste decides what is worth pursuing; proof decides what it is worth paying.
Other services from the studio: AI Product & MVP Engineering and AI & Automation Consulting.
You start with a quiet conversation, not a listing. We qualify the catalog, read the rights and royalties, and set a defensible value before approaching capital. From there we run a discreet process to the right buyers, structure the deal and carry it to close. Nothing moves to market until you decide it should.
Value sits in the income, its durability and its rights. We model historical royalties, the split picture and the trend across streaming, then weigh genre, decay and concentration to land on a multiple a buyer will actually pay. OptiCat scores daily deal flow across Spotify and TikTok and runs a valuation engine, so the number is read from evidence, not sentiment.
A music catalog broker sits between catalogs and capital. We source and qualify deals, value the rights, run diligence, negotiate terms and close, on either side of the table. The work is part advisory, part introduction, part forensic reading of every stream, split and clause before money moves.
We work the mid market, roughly $1M to $100M in deal value. That is large enough to demand real diligence and structure, and small enough to stay discreet and personal. We take a few engagements at a time, by referral or pitch.
It is the forensic read of what is actually being bought. We trace ownership and control, confirm splits, check writer and publisher shares, and reconcile reported royalties against the statements behind them. Every clause, term and termination window is read so the income holds up after the deal closes.
Both, though never the same deal from two sides. Sellers come to us to value and place a catalog without noise. Buyers come for qualified deal flow and diligence they can trust. The mandate is set in writing at the start, and we hold to it.
Confidential by default. Catalogs, names and terms stay private unless you choose otherwise, and a deal is only shown to buyers you approve. Discretion is the product as much as the price.
A few engagements at a time, by referral or pitch. Tell us what you hold or what you are looking for. We respond under 24 hours, confidential by default.