Overview

One Music Global Publishing is a boutique publishing company representing top Christian Latin songwriters. Based in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, One Music’s catalog surpasses 5 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. Their roster includes contemporary and cornerstone songwriters such as Jose Luis Reyes, Elimart de la Rosa from Oasis Ministry, Averly Morillo, Marcos Yaroide, World Worship, Grupo Grace, René González, Dariann González, Natán El Profeta, and Isabelle Valdez.

The Challenge: Be More Efficient

With One Music’s growing popularity among Latin Christian songwriters, the business needed an efficient way to create and manage all their contracts without relying on outside counsel.

“We pride ourselves on being organized, transparent, and a trusted partner to our songwriters. Our focus is to help them build their legacy without giving up their rights. That means I needed to focus more on strategic efforts instead of daily, routine tasks,” says Joan Bonilla, founder and CEO of One Music Global Publishing.

One Music needed to streamline their split sheets, a critical document for ensuring proper royalty distribution among contributors. Their songwriters attend different songwriting camps, and the manual process was time-consuming and prone to errors.

“Flou has transformed our process. Creating split sheets is now quick and foolproof, allowing us to focus more on expanding our songwriters’ business and less on paperwork. This has been particularly helpful in writing camps and releasing new music.” – Joan Bonilla

The Requirements: What Did One Music Need?

To be more efficient in dealing with contracts, One Music needed the following:

• Music Contracts on Demand: A tool that empowered their publishing team to self-serve on publishing and split agreements in one place without constant oversight from legal.
• One System for Contracts: An all-in-one contract tool that covered contracts from draft to signature and beyond.
• Quick and Easy Adoption: A tool that was easy for the business to use and implement, enabling the publishing team to adopt it quickly.
• Quality of Support: Lower legal costs on outside counsel.
• Visibility into Contracts: Real-time tracking of the status of music contracts to quickly spot and remove bottlenecks.

“I wanted a solution built by people who understood the music industry, and that didn’t require a huge implementation effort," Joan said.

The Solution: Self-Serve Contracts

One Music adopted Flou quickly after signing up, with speedy onboarding and support from Flou’s implementation team. “Flou’s support team is always on the ball, and their response times are extremely fast. Plus, feature requests and feedback are actually acted on,” says Joan. “It gives the whole company confidence in the platform.”

Implementing Flou enabled One Music’s publishing team to quickly and easily self-serve on split sheets using pre-approved templates and simple Q&A forms.

Flou removed bottlenecks for One Music. “Our split sheets are signed in minutes, saving us loads of time on back and forth,” Joan explains. “Having the ability to upload the cover art of the song helps us avoid any confusion when sending out contracts.”

The Results: Contract Turnaround Cut by Half

“Since implementing Flou, we’ve easily halved the time it takes to create and approve contracts to get them out for signing,” says Joan.

“The biggest ROI comes from having everything in one place. We’re no longer bouncing between several different systems, filing contracts manually, or getting blocked by individual backlogs. Our team can progress contracts much faster.”

Saving more than 50 percent of time spent on routine contracts has also enabled Joan to focus on higher-value work instead. “Implementing Flou allowed me to delegate and focus on strategic work, like attending key industry networking events, and looking for better deals for my clients,” explains Joan.

Flou has also given One Music greater visibility into their contracts. “Agreements are visible at all times, and we can track contract status with ease. We know where it’s stuck and can quickly identify inefficiencies to remove these bottlenecks,” says Joan.

TL;DR

Title: Boutique Music Publisher Halves Contract Turnaround Time with Flou

Client: One Music Global Publishing, a boutique publishing company representing top Christian Latin songwriters from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Challenge: The growing popularity of One Music required an efficient way to create and manage contracts, specifically split sheets, without relying on outside counsel. The manual process was time-consuming and prone to errors.

Solution: One Music adopted Flou, which provided an all-in-one platform for creating and managing contracts. With speedy onboarding and support, the team quickly started using pre-approved templates and Q&A forms to streamline their processes.

Results:

• Contract turnaround time was cut by half.
• Significant time savings, allowing the CEO to focus on strategic tasks.
• Enhanced visibility into contract status, enabling quick identification and removal of bottlenecks.

Quote: “Flou has transformed our process. Creating split sheets is now quick and foolproof, allowing us to focus more on expanding our songwriters’ business and less on paperwork.” – Joan Bonilla, Founder and CEO of One Music Global Publishing