An artist leaves the label: a catalogue and finance handover

Inventory the affected material

List products, recordings, masters, artwork, metadata, official profile links and relevant agreements. Identify which materials may be transferred and any restrictions. Access to files is not proof of ownership or authority to distribute them.

Review the actual exit terms

Check termination, notice, continuing licence, reporting and recovery provisions with appropriate advice. Do not infer universal rights reversion or a final-payout deadline. Keep a disputed issue visible rather than treating the artist’s new account as evidence it is settled.

Reconcile the financial record

Preserve accepted incoming and outgoing splits, prior statements, pending reports, payouts and authorised balances. Agree how later reports or corrections will be communicated under the actual arrangement. Do not erase historical entries or change another collaborator’s percentage to simplify the transition.

Implement only authorised handover steps

Prepare written responsibilities for delivery changes, data access and future correspondence. Ask DistroBolt about supported account and migration processes, then verify any approved outcome. This guide transfers no catalogue, revokes no access, sends no notice and changes no payment destination.

Sources and review

Reviewed 4 November 2026. Platform requirements and plan terms can change. Examples are planning aids, not a promise of account access, release acceptance or earnings.

• DistroBolt licence handover
• DistroBolt reporting stages

Continue your release planning

• Audit a label catalogue before moving distributors
• Prepare artist royalty reports from a label ledger
• Keep label, artist and payout identities separate

Ask the DistroBolt team about your release. Send a concise question and release reference; never send account passwords or verification codes.