For Labels
Motiva Groove for Labels
Dedicated distribution for independent labels.
Run your label. We handle the distribution, accounting and delivery — so your time goes into signing artists and shipping records, not chasing spreadsheets.
Label terms are agreed per catalogue and release volume. Tell us about your label and we will come back with terms.
- 100+
- Platforms worldwide
- Free
- Mastering, unlimited
- 44.1 / 16
- kHz / bit WAV output
- 100%
- Rights and masters retained
Distribute worldwide
- Traxsource
- Juno Download
One delivery reaches the stores on your plan — streaming, download and social platforms, with the dance stores your catalogue depends on.
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Global Distribution
Deliver your catalogue to Spotify, Apple Music, Beatport, Traxsource, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL, Deezer, SoundCloud, TikTok and more — over 100 platforms and stores worldwide.
One delivery per release reaches every store on your plan. You retain ownership of your masters and your publishing — distribution never takes ownership of your catalogue.
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Label Management
A label is a roster, not a single account. Manage everyone from one place.
- Manage artists across your whole roster
- Manage releases and full catalogue
- Create and run sub-labels
- Assign contributors and credits
- Control release dates per release
- Edit and correct metadata
- Set royalty splits per track
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Royalty Accounting
A single total tells you nothing. You need to see where every cent came from.
Earnings drilldown
Monthly accounting
Statements arrive on a monthly cycle, not once a quarter.
Artist splits
Set a split per track and let the system apportion it.
Store and country detail
See which store and which territory produced the revenue.
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Artist Statements
Label revenue splits down to each artist automatically, so you are not rebuilding statements by hand every month.
Example artist statement
- Artist A€1,832.10
- Artist B€2,104.55
- Artist C€943.20
Figures shown are an example to illustrate how a statement is broken down. They are not actual earnings.
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Pitching & Promotion
Releases are submitted for pitching across the channels available to your label. Placement is always the platform's decision — pitching is how your record gets in front of the people who make it.
Spotify editorial
Editorial playlist consideration
Apple Music
Editorial and genre placement
Beatport Hype
Dance-first store promotion
Traxsource Hype
House and underground focus
Juno Download
DJ and specialist retail
SoundCloud
Repost and channel support
DJ promotion
Direct servicing to DJs
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YouTube Content ID
Monetize eligible user-generated content across YouTube and YouTube Shorts.
Your recordings are registered as assets so that videos using your music can generate revenue back to the label. Eligibility and claim outcomes are determined by YouTube.
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Pre-orders, Exclusives & Windowing
Release strategy is part of running a label. These are the controls a dance label actually uses.
Pre-orders
Open a release for pre-order ahead of its street date and build early demand.
Store exclusives
Run a Beatport or Traxsource exclusive window before the wide release.
Territory windowing
Time drops per territory instead of one global switch-on.
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The unglamorous work, handled
Most of running a label is not launches. It is codes, dates, credits and corrections — across a catalogue that only grows.
Unlimited labels, artists and releases
No cap on roster size or catalogue depth.
ISRC and UPC management
Codes assigned and tracked per track and per release.
Release date scheduling
Set and move release dates across the catalogue.
Territory management
Choose where each release is available.
Contributor and credit management
Writers, producers, performers and remixers per track.
Metadata editing and corrections
Fix titles, credits and artwork after delivery.
Bulk catalogue workflows
Work across many releases instead of one at a time.
Catalogue transfer
Move an existing catalogue in, keeping release dates and codes.
Release analytics
Performance per release, per store and per country.
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Master every release. For free.
Mastering is usually charged per track, which turns a twelve-track album into a line item before it earns anything. On Motiva Groove it costs nothing, however deep your catalogue goes.
What you get per master
- Distribution-ready 44.1 kHz / 16-bit WAV
- Five tonal presets plus 23 genre targets
- Loudness measured to ITU-R BS.1770 / EBU R128
- Runs in your browser — audio is never uploaded
- Unlimited masters, with no separate mastering charge
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From signed artist to released record
How a release actually moves through your label on Motiva Groove.
- Step 1
Add your roster
Bring your artists, catalogue and team into one workspace, with sub-labels where you need them.
- Step 2
Upload and prepare
Upload releases and set metadata, contributors, credits, splits and release dates per track.
- Step 3
Master for freeBETA
Prepare distribution-ready masters with our free, unlimited mastering tool.
- Step 4
Pitch and distribute
Submit releases for pitching and deliver them to the stores on your plan.
- Step 5
Track and account
Follow earnings by store and country, and issue artist statements each month.
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From your release to every store
Artist / Label
Your roster and your catalogue
Motiva Groove
Master · Deliver · Pitch · Account
Stores
Streaming, download and social platforms
Listeners
Plays, downloads and royalties back to you
Apply
Ready to run your label through Motiva Groove?
Distribution, catalogue management, accounting, pitching and mastering in one place.
Send us your label name, roster size, catalogue size and roughly how many releases you ship a year. We will come back with terms for your catalogue.
Label agreements are set per catalogue and volume, which is why there is no single percentage on this page. Artist accounts keep the published 80 / 20 split on the revenue we receive.