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Professional Services

Winding Way Records offers the same professional services to unsigned artists and artists in development under fee-for-service engagements.

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Agent

Winding Way Records provides Agency services to represent the artist to promoters, venues,  other Labels, publishers, and licensing agencies.  For more information, contact us here.

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Distribution

Winding Way Records can help artists with all the major distribution services. Click here to find out more about our distribution service.

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We professionally distribute music to all major streaming services* including:   Spotify, Apple , Music, iTunes, Instagram & Faceboo, TikTok, Resso & Luna, YouTube,  Music,  Amazon.com, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, TIDAL, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Anghami, KKBox, Boomplay, Snapchat, NetEase, Tencent (QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, WeSing, Pretzel, Triller, TouchTunes, Audiomack, Yandex Music, Qobuz, Joox, Kuack Media Group – Beta, and MediaNet. If you are looking for our distribution service click here to find out more.

* Note: List is subject to change based on availability.

Winding Way Records can distribute a release direct to up to 700 independent records stores in the US market.  Our Artist’s music will be made available to over 700 independent record stores throughout the USA.  Of those,  we have identified 100 record store-venues that are a great way to distribute and connect directly with your fan base!

Music distribution map of records stores.

As one of our signed Artists you will also benefit from our direct to consumer distribution via our eCommerce store plus iTunes, Amazon Music and Google Play to make your music available fast!

For promotions and post release we distribute to all streaming majors including Apple Music, Deezer,  Pandora, Spotify, and Tidal plus the MediaNet network. We also submit your music to taste-makers/playlist curators ahead of your releases.

Manager

Winding Way Records provides Manager services to Artists.  Management services include overall guidance and representation for the Artist and their career.

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Winding Way Record‘s John Fisher in the studio with Under the Oak

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Producer

Winding Way Records can provide a Producer & Production services to the Artist when recording is underway.  We will work with your studio and studio engineer to help produce your demos, single(s), album recording and videos. We have our own studio at Winding Way Records that is available for your use too.. 

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Producer recording artist Kevin Hanson in the studio.
Kevin Hanson recording in our studio

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Promotions

Winding Way Records recognizes the importance of promotions by using social media, videos, print media, PR, radio and television promotions whenever possible.

We are experts at social media advertising and for example have reached over 35 million views on FB & IG in the past 5 years. Our music releases promotions result in hundreds of thousands of streams. and our live show promotions often result in well attended and even sold-out shows.

Winding Way Records Social Media Campaigns (Top 6 in 2021)

Winding Way Records’ proprietary radio station GIS map allows us to promote your music (geographically) ahead of your scheduled mini-tour or festival performance.

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Winding Way Records Radio Station GIS Database for promotions
Winding Way Records Radio Station GIS Database

Our promotions team will actively promote your music to many AAA, non-Comm and commercial radio stations to help build interest in your music and planned performance.

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Publishing

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Acting as your publisher, Winding Way Music Publishing (a division of Winding Way Records, LLC.) may help you secure your Performance Rights royalties, Mechanical Rights royalties, Master and Synchronization contracts and sheet music proceeds.  Order publishing services here.

Winding Way Music Publishing 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 on their Music Works.

As your publisher,  we register your music works with the Copyright office, register you at the leading Performance Rights Organization (PRO) such as  BMI, and help make sure your royalties are tracked correctly.  Our goal is to help you maintain your publishing rights so our publishing agreement percentage split is very small.  Our percentage will be enough to cover administrative costs and to give us the right to administer your registrations but we will not seek more than a few percent in these deals.  As your Advocate, we will advise against a traditional publishing deal where you sign over 100% of your rights

Your Music Works are valuable, especially if placed.  As your Sync Rep and Publisher, we help you by facilitating the licensing of your music by sharing with industry professionals and then by granting Master & Synchronization License(s) to radio, television, video streaming and motion picture studios for their right to synchronize your music master to their production.

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Record Label

Winding Way Records is a record label and as such may help you by supporting the production, recording, distribution and sale of your music.  We are different because unlike a traditional record label, we do not take ownership of the master recording, the copyright or publishing. If you depart the label you retain all your rights to your music.

Recording Studio

Winding Way Records has a professional recording studio for artists to be able to produce music in-house. We can record, produce, mix, and master tracks here.  We offer professional recording services to independent artists, please check out our rates for recording in our studio or book here.

In our studio – We have professional recording equipment including a Universal Audio 4-710d preamp, Focusrite Clarett 8PreX, Avid Artist Mix control surface, Yamaha HS8 monitors and subwoofer, Neumann u87, Audio technica 4022 and Mojave MA200 microphones.

We also have a Presonus StudioLive RML16AI, Logic Pro X 16 Ch 96kb 24 bit system, 8 drum mics, four DIs, Shure SM58A and SM7b vocal mics.

Our 5 piece Yamaha Stage Custom, features a Pearl Omar Hakim Snare (5×13″), and includes 10″, 12″, 14″, 14″ snare, 20″ kick, Meinl 13″ Jazz thin hi hats, Zildjian 16″ thin crash, Zildjean 20″ ride, Sabian 20″ hand hammered ride and new Reno Ambassador coated drum heads.

Our US made custom DW drum kit is a Green Maple drum kit and includes 10″, 12″, 14″, 14″ snare, 20″ kick, Meinl 13″ Jazz thin hi hats, Zildjian 16″ thin crash, Zildjean 20″ ride, Sabian 20″ hand hammered ride and new Reno Ambassador coated drum heads are all set up for the next session.

Sync-Rep

One way Winding Way Records can help the artist is to act as their “Sync Rep”.  In this role,  Artists receive Master and Synchronization (Sync) payments from Winding Way Records acting as their Synchronization Representative (Sync Rep) who in turn works with producers of radio, television and movie producers that pay the artist for the exclusive or non-exclusive use of their Music Works and/or Sound Recording that is used in the production of a radio or TV commercial, a TV show, documentary or movie. The term Sync means synchronization of the sound recording with the existing audio, video or film.

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Diagram showing the steps of the sync rep in pitching artists' music to producers.

We are seeking artists and their works to place into the Advertising, Television, Movie,  Radio and Video Gaming industries.  If we believe your songs, compositions, music works and sound recordings are a good fit for this use, we may be willing to enter into a Sync Rep agreement with you and help you get placed.  The industry standard is a 50% commission but that is not fair to the artists;  we are offering this service at a 30% commission during the term of the placement.

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Tour Management

Winding Way Records can provide Tour Management services to the Touring Artist.

We are able to promote, plan, schedule, and arrange touring once an artist has solid recordings and fan base and interest in a tour. Touring, when coupled with radio station airplay and promotion, social media campaigns, and other PR can be very worthwhile.

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Tours can be as short as a three day weekend, as long as several weeks, or even months, and having all of the logistics worked out is key to making it a rewarding experience.

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