About Us

In the "glory days" of the recording industry, getting signed was the holy grail of musicianship. Bands sent in demo tapes (remember analog tapes?) with hopes of being heard by the right person, and being invited to sign a contract. These days, with record labels hemorrhaging money at an alarming rate and fewer and fewer people buying recorded music, "going indie" has never been a better idea!

Money Talks Records was created to help aspiring musicians promote, market and sell their music with some of the same resources that many larger labels have.

As an independent artist, you'll probably be very familiar with the fact that digital downloading is huge -- and you're probably wondering how to get your cut of the action! Money Talks Records provides legal downloading with platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Napster, and Rhapsody and have created a huge opportunity for major and independent labels alike: the ability to sell your music to a large, diverse market, with little to no overhead costs.

At around $1 per song, $10 per album, Money Talks Records represents a great way to get your music distributed to the masses. Getting your music digitally distributed may seem like an impossible task -- until now!

Money Talks Records will consult with you and customize a plan that targets your needs. We will address topics like:

Getting Your Release Ready - Mastering & Artwork

As an independent artist, Money Talks Records will help you make sure your release is up to commercial standards before releasing it digitally. By now, I'm sure you're familiar with the process of mastering -- evening out the dynamics and maximizing the volume of your recording. Money Talks Records can assist in making sure that, whether you're doing the mastering yourself or hiring an engineer to do it for you, that your final product sounds it's best. Remember, you'll be on an even playing field (well, almost) to the big, major-label acts when you're being digitally distributed, so we'll need to make your release stand out as best we can. Money Talks Records can hook you up with a good artwork person if you don't have cover art already made.

We'll also need to make sure you have complete artwork, along with the complete track credits. The major players won't post your music without artwork -- so Money Talks Records will help make sure to get you something catchy!

Obtain a UPC Code

In order to sell your music in any online store, not just iTunes, you'll need a UPC code assigned to your release. For a small fee, you'll be assigned a unique UPC code for your product, which you can use on both your regular CD and your digitally distributed version.

Digital Distribution

Unless your independent label (or you) are a major player, then you won't be able to deal directly with Apple. Unfortunately, but understandably due to the volume of interest, iTunes requires that you as an artist partner with an established distributor. This works to your benefit when you compare the selling and bargaining power you as one of the many independent artists would have! This offers them the ability to work only with high-volume sellers, who'll be committed to the level of content quality they strive for.

One of the best aspects of working with Money Talks Records is a non-exclusive licensing agreement. You will continue to own all rights to your own music. We also offer a pay cut that is fair -- the average payout is around 60 cents per song download, and Money Talks Records will take a 15-17% cut of that. Still, when compared to the overhead of printing and distributing an actual CD copy, you're coming out ahead!

Money Talks Records will help set you up to sell your CD -- digital only, or, if you have real copies, on our online store, as well -- for $75 per album. There's some setup work, but it's all easily done. Money Talks Records' network partners can handle the digital encoding of your material for you, to make sure that your music stays in the proper format at the highest quality.