The Operating System for Sample Clearance.
Bespoke sample clearance has no dedicated tool. Until now.
Trusted by established publishers, labels, estates, and catalog acquirers
Who it’s for
Built for the people who answer for the catalog
Publishers
Writer and co-publisher approvals tracked to a yes, the agreement chased to signature, the split registered — so the rush to close never costs you share.
Labels
Your masters earn again at what they’re actually worth — and the royalties arrive, instead of going unregistered and unpaid.
Estates
The estate decides for itself, with no lawyer in the middle — what the name is worth, and what it will never be attached to.
Catalog acquirers
The multiple is already paid. Every clearance adds a new revenue interest to the catalog — more asset, no more capital.
Why the agents on the other side want you on it
“When I need to clear a sample through Lastrada, I know to expect a fast, efficient and thorough process from start to finish.”
Deborah Mannis-GardnerPresident, DMG Clearances, Inc.“They know the market and are experts on clearance terms and closing deals. They play an integral role in the clearance process.”
Danny ZookCEO, Alien Music Services“They’re conscious of my client’s needs and timing and will always work to provide a satisfactory result for everyone involved.”
Eric WeissmanPresident, Eric Weissman Music LicensingHow it works
From an inbox and a spreadsheet to a system of record
Requests in. Executed license and registration out.
Legacy Workflows
12
threads to close one clearance
15+
stakeholders touch a request
60–90
days to close, most of them idle
Lastrada Operating System
1
system, from request to registration
System under the desk
Every clearance costs less and teaches the next one
Fewer idle days
Our system works the gaps
Every request is triaged on arrival and routed owner by owner, and from there the system holds each open thread — nudging approvers, re-sending what’s missing — so no clearance waits on someone remembering to follow up.
Musicology in minutes
Quote with confidence
The musicology read that used to take days from a thin brief now arrives as a recommendation built on audio analysis, your past clearances and third-party metadata.
Nothing learned walks out
Your catalog’s clearance brain
Comps, terms, splits, outcomes — each closed deal is encoded into a clearance engine that gets sharper on your catalog with every request it sees.
Measured on your outcome
The scoreboard is yours
Some desks are measured on revenue, some on cost, some on days to close — the analytics track whichever outcome is yours, request by closed request.
Illustrative figures — not client results.
How we work
Platform, managed services, implementation
Platform
Your team runs it
Nothing paid up front. We take a cut of the administrative fee paid by the requesting party.
Managed Services
We run it until your hire is ready
We work the queue in the same system your team will inherit, then hand over in place.
Implementation
From today to your team’s first day
We scope your real sample traffic and set everything up before the first request lands.
You set the economics on every clearance, and license money moves directly between the parties.
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See it on your catalog
Tell us about the catalog and the volume. We’ll show you the system on your own requests.