Winding Way Music, a business unit of Winding Way Records, LLC. Chooses Amazon Online retailing as its primary online B2C distribution channel for sale of CDs, Vinyl Records and music sticks. Find us on Amazon here.
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Winding Way Records Licensing Covers
Winding Way Records offers cover song clearance services so our Artists can legally produce and release a cover song and make sure the rights owner gets their mechanical licensing fees. We are offering this service for $125 a song plus the required mechanical license rate per CD/Vinyl/Download sold. See the current rates here.
In addition to the original rights owner, we can register the new master recording with a Performance Rights Organization (PRO) so you receive your share of the mechanical license royalties on any covers you release. See the cover song licensing faq here.
Winding Way Records Supports Vinyl
The Vinyl Records industry is projected at $1 billion by end of 2017 (up from $516 Million in 2016). We are happy that this medium has returned because it means solid mechanical royalties to the Artists and tangible art for the fans. Artists continue to struggle to make any money on streaming services so this rebirth of vinyl is great news. See the Forbes article here.
Winding Way is now an ASCAP Publisher Affiliate Member
Today, “3603 Winding Way Music” a publishing division of Winding Way Records, LLC. became a registered member of ASCAP. We are proud to be a member of this organization to help our Artists gain performance royalties from their music. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is the world leader in performance royalties, advocacy and service for songwriters, composers and music publishers.
Winding Way Records, LLC is now a Tunecore publisher
Winding Way Records adds Tunecore Music Publishing administration as an option to secure royalties. Tunecore helps us distribute music to iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play, eMusic, Simfy, Deezer, Rhapsody, X-Box Live, MixRadio, MUVE Music, Groove, Kuack, N Music, iHeartRadio, Medianet, vervelife, Tidal, Gracenote, Shazam, 7Digital, Juke, SlackerRadio, Guvera, kkBox, akazoo, anghami, spinlet, Neurotic, Yandex Music, TargetMusic, Claro-Musica, Zvoog, Saavn, 8Tracks, Q.Sic, CÜR, Musicload and Pandora.
Winding Way Records, LLC is now a SoundExchange PRO Member
As part of our Sync Rep Licensing service to our Artists, Winding Way Records, LLC. is now a SoundExchange PRO Member. SoundExchange is the independent nonprofit collective management organization that collects and distributes digital performance royalties to featured artists and copyright holders.
Winding Way Records, LLC. is a now a registered Recording Rights Owner under ISRC
As a recording rights owner under the ISRC system, Winding Way Records is now able to identify its music works using a unique ISRC code to manage its rights administration in electronic distribution of music through digital distribution companies and download sites to sell content online. This will ensure a means to automatically identify recordings for royalty payments under Master & Sync Agreements.
Winding Way enters into a 5 Year Publisher Affiliation Agreement with BMI
Today, “Winding Way PRO Music” (A division of Winding Way Records, LLC) entered into a 5 Year Publisher Affiliation Agreement with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). BMI is one of the largest Performance Rights Organizations (PRO) and by having this agreement in place, Winding Way Records, LLC and its artists shall have their rights and royalties income secured.
“BMI serves as an advocate for the value of music, representing nearly 12 million musical works created and owned by more than 750,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.” bmi.com
We are redefining the meaning of "Label"
Winding Way Records is redefining the “Record Label” model that in the past was characterized by shifting the rights and power from the artist to the corporation. While that model worked for some very successful artists in some instances, in general its focus was on shifting ownership rights from the author to the agency and in the process the artist was stripped of their ownership, creative input and financial opportunities. We are focused on partnering with the artist and helping them stay in control of their art.
We are redefining the meaning of “Label”
Winding Way Records is redefining the “Record Label” model that in the past was characterized by shifting the rights and power from the artist to the corporation. While that model worked for some very successful artists in some instances, in general its focus was on shifting ownership rights from the author to the agency and in the process the artist was stripped of their ownership, creative input and financial opportunities. We are focused on partnering with the artist and helping them stay in control of their art.