Pay stub: what one sync placement on a YouTube series actually pays an indie artist
A worked calculation of one sync placement in a YouTube web series for an indie artist who owns the master and co-wrote the song: the upfront fee, the sync and master split, a sync agent's commission, the co-writer's share, and what is (and is not) knowable about the backend. Every assumption is stated; public ranges checked on 27 Oct 2026.
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