Customer Stories

Real results from real labels. See how music companies use Recoup to replace expensive services, automate manual work, and move faster than their competition.

$15K+

Monthly costs eliminated

72 hrs

Campaign turnaround (was 3 weeks)

40+

Staff hours saved per month

Independent Label

Rostrum Records

Net cost change — same price, 10× output

Replaced a $5,000/month content agency

The Challenge

Rostrum's marketing team was paying $5,000 per month for an external content creation agency. Briefs went out, revisions went back and forth, and turnaround was measured in days. For a label releasing multiple projects per month, some artists got content and others didn't.

The Solution

Recoup replaced the agency at the same price point. The team now generates 30 days of branded, artist-specific social content in a single session. Weekly release reports that required manual data pulls were automated. And Gatsby Grace — a new AI artist — was created entirely on the platform, with 22 finished videos produced in one session.

Agency spend

$5,000/mo

$0 (eliminated)

Content turnaround

3–5 days per batch

Minutes per batch

Content volume

Limited by agency bandwidth

30 days in one session

Release reporting

Manual (5+ staff hrs/wk)

Automated (Monday delivery)

“We were paying an agency the same amount to do a fraction of what Recoup handles for us. The content turnaround alone would have justified it.”

— Rostrum Records

Iconic Hip-Hop Label & Distributor

Fat Beats

72 hrs

Brief to complete campaign — was 3 weeks

Replaced a $10,000/month creative director — in 72 hours

The Challenge

Fat Beats was spending $10,000 per month on a creative director for a major album rollout. The typical timeline from brief to final deliverables was 2–3 weeks, with multiple rounds of revisions. Tight release schedules meant either starting campaigns late or stockpiling assets far in advance.

The Solution

Recoup generated the complete campaign package — social visuals, promotional materials, content calendar — from artist context loaded into the platform. No revision cycles. The assets didn't just serve one album — they became the foundation for Fat Beats' ongoing release pipeline.

Creative director retainer

$10,000/mo

$0 (eliminated for campaign)

Time to campaign assets

2–3 weeks

72 hours

Revision cycles

3–5 rounds

Generated on-brand from context

Asset reusability

One-off campaign

Powers entire release pipeline

“We got in 72 hours what used to take us three weeks and $10K. And the assets weren't throwaway — they set the tone for everything we've released since.”

— Fat Beats

Warner Music Group Label

Parlophone Records

0 hrs

Manual reporting — was 40+ hrs/month

Automated 40+ hours of monthly reporting

The Challenge

Every week, Parlophone's team compiled release reports covering streaming performance, playlist adds, social growth, and competitive positioning. Five employees contributed a combined 40+ hours per month to a process that was almost entirely manual: log into each platform, cross-reference data, compile into templates, distribute to stakeholders.

The Solution

Recoup automated the entire workflow. Streaming numbers, playlist adds, social growth, and demographics are pulled automatically from APIs. Reports generate in Parlophone's existing format and arrive every Monday morning — no human intervention required.

Staff on weekly reports

5 employees

0 (automated)

Hours per month

40+

0 (automated)

Estimated cost saved

$3,000–$5,000/mo

Reallocated to strategy

Report delivery

End of week (manual)

Monday 8 AM (automatic)

“We had five people spending their Mondays pulling numbers. Now the reports are waiting for us when we get in. The team can actually think about what the numbers mean.”

— Parlophone Records

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