A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

Established in 2005, AWAL is one of the world's leading providers of premium distribution and marketing services to artists and labels. In January 2012 AWAL became part of the Kobalt Music Group, the leading global service-based music company, and AWAL's services are now being offered worldwide in partnership with Kobalt Artist & Label Services. AWAL services include: ‣ Worldwide digital distribution to 100s of digital stores and services ‣ Effective retail marketing campaigns with our network of retail partners ‣ Social media marketing and advertising campaigns to engage fanbases ‣ Buzzdeck data analytics to help you shape your marketing activities ‣ D2C platform for easy e-commerce direct to fans ‣ Our own Sync licensing platform that gives you access to many sync opportunities ‣ Premium level of customer support with hands-on product management from market experts ‣ Monthly transparent sales reporting ‣ Best-of-class partners for promo tools ‣ Secure archiving of all your digital assets and data The AWAL service is trusted by 1,000s of artists and labels, and our standard agreement enables you to terminate on just 30 days notice if you wish. For further information: www.awal.com

Caroline has re-launched as a full-service partner to the independent label and artist community. Born of the DNA of the successful EMI Label Services division and building on the 30 year tradition of the historic Caroline Distribution (one of the U.S’s largest independent distribution companies), Caroline builds upon a community, which has recently defined itself as a successful service company for artists and labels ranging from Hopeless Records, Welk Music Group, Mute, Slash, Tyrese, Raekwon, Five Finger Death Punch, Candlelight and more. Now Caroline will be expanding to provide full services including Branding, Synch, Promotion, Marketing, Publicity and more. Helmed by President, Dominic Pandiscia, and EVP/GM, Mike Harris, Caroline defines the essence of the independent culture and spirit while bringing all of the leverage of a major to the marketplace. Driven by commitment passion and hustle, Caroline delivers a transparent, flexible and tailor-maid vehicle to super-serve, support and nurture the independent community, artist and label. Just as Caroline Distribution was the launching pad for the careers of artists such as Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, White Zombie, Ben Folds and The Chemical Brothers, Caroline will continue to dedicate its efforts in the development of independent artists in order for them to achieve their maximized potential.

Catalogik offers a Software as a Service (Saas) platform that provides music publishers, record labels, production libraries, and licensing firms with specialized solutions for bringing their catalogs into the modern online landscape to facilitate, increase, and manage synchronization revenue.

Owner and worldwide rightsholder for over 150,000 sound recordings, in all genres. Original artist, re-recordings and cover/custom recordings. Artists include Patsy Cline, Kenny Rogers, 101 Strings Orchestra, Judy Collins, London Symphony Orchestra. Licensor to companies around the world, all marketplaces including, digital, physical, synch, etc.

Dashbox is a Web-based, business-to-business workflow management system for music synchronization licensing. Through Dashbox, you can better organize projects, audition music, request licenses and clear music for use in your production. Dashbox allows you to easily request quotes for the songs you desire or ask the content owners to pitch you ideas for music matching your needs. Dashbox works with all music content owners to ensure that you have access to the most comprehensive library of repertoire. We do not aim to steer you to limited catalogs of pre-cleared or pre-priced music and we are not compensated based on which music you choose.

Explore, listen, love Welcome to a world of music with hundreds of thousands of original and well-known tracks by internationally acclaimed artists and independent up-and-comers. Discover powerful symphonic dramatic scores, original royalty-free beats, rights and clearance and composing services, and more. Growing by the minute in every genre, our music offering delivers the newest content and latest sounds for every project need. All tracks pre-cleared for use in any media, for any term. Rates vary according term, territory and media usage per track rates. Blanket deals competitively priced according to client need.

GreenLight Music is a global leader in music rights licensing, providing music clearances for hundreds of thousands of popular songs for presentations, campaigns, events, and other commercial uses. Our longstanding relationships with the music industry enable us to negotiate the best deal with song owners on your behalf, saving you time, money, and hassle. And when you get a license through us, you are protected. We offer two ways to get a license to a song quickly and easily at competitive prices: Make an offer and Get it now. When you choose a song that fits your needs and budget from our extensive library, our innovative price guidance tool will help you make a savvy offer. Or, if you’re in a hurry, you can choose from our preapproved, prepriced Get it now selection and purchase the license immediately. Our licensing experts at GreenLight Music make it easy for you to get clearance for the song you need at the price you want. GreenLight Music is a Corbis Corporation company based in Los Angeles.

Rumblefish is a groundbreaking music and technology company. We provide music licensing services to social media and technology companies, movie and TV production studios, advertisers, video game makers and iconic brands worldwide. We are focused on providing cutting-edge solutions to the many intellectual property issues facing social media companies, artists, music labels and publishers. Founded in 1996, our clients include Animoto, YouTube, Google, Amazon Studios, Columbia Sportswear, HBO, The CW Network, AMC and others.

The Sir Groovy Music Exchange is a sync licensing service that introduces your artists to the most reputable buyers in television, advertising, film, and interactive media via our new innovative platform . Once you are selected large efforts are thrown behind your music - imagine having teams of musicologists, music supervisors, and artificial intelligence working to drive sales for you and your artists 24/7. In addition to direct access to an extensive network of buyers, we provide custom sync-centric branding for each artist, and all the manpower of a large global licensing division without ever asking for upfront money, publishing, or royalties from you. Sir Groovy is the easiest and safest way to access ALL of the sync buyers in the shortest amount of time and we select only the BEST labels to create the BEST offering for the BEST buyers.

Licensing platform to easily monetize underserved industries such as photography, videography, schools, funeral homes, and churches. By making finding quality music easy and affordable we help reduce the number of unlicensed syncs every day. We have licensing for our platform with all 4 majors as well as many independents. We are always looking for more great music so be sure to contact me.

SynchTank is a cloud-based app that will help you manage your tracks from anywhere, pitch them out, communicate with customers, and deliver a professional sync and licensing focused website rich in functionality. SynchTank can organize and modernize your entire operations by bringing multiple repetitive offline processes online and streamlining your workflow - saving significant staff, time and monetary resources. Turnover rates and efficiency levels are increased by reducing frictions in search, communications, and delivery processes. SynchTank's key functionality includes: » Online assets and catalog management. » Fully automated, algorithm driven descriptive track analysis and search (never key in anything by hand). » Integrated pitching, marketing and delivery modules. » Online video synchronization suite. » Automated licensing and payment gateway. » Detailed portal, user/campaign metrics and reports. SynchTank is a privately held firm with offices in Brooklyn, NY and Noho, London.

MTV is the world’s premier youth entertainment brand. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans and artists. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its Emmy® and Grammy® award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. MTV¹s sibling networks MTV2 and mtvU each deliver unparalleled customized content for young males, music fans and college students, and its online hub MTV.com is a leading destination for music, news and pop culture.