Isa Music :: Music Publishing and Digital Distribution

Welcome to Isa Music

Isa Music is a music publisher and digital distributor based in Glasgow, Scotland. We manage the largest catalogue of scottish traditional music in the world and have a growing catalogue of contemporary music.

We work with many artists, labels, distributors and online retailers. Use the menu below to get information relevant to you.

Artists

Many artists are bypassing record labels to releases their own material. This means more work but also a greater share of the income. Isa Music can help make it work for you.

You provide us with your music and the data related to it along with photos, biographies and news. We encode your music, submit it to our retail partners and collect the income on your behalf. We charge £10 per album and you get 90% of the income.

Labels

While their demise is often forcast, the record label has a huge part to play in the future of the music industry. Isa can handle all your digital distribution needs.

You provide us with your music and the data related to it along with photos, biographies and news. We encode your music, submit it to our retail partners and collect the income on your behalf. We charge £10 per album and you get 90% of the income.

Distributors

As CD sales decline and digital sales increase the role of the traditional distributor is threatened. At Isa we belive there is still an essential role for knowledgable distributors to bring together catalogue from small labels and independed artists together. We can work in partnership with you allow you to add digital distribution to your range of services.

Retailers

There is no doubt that the sales of physical product are in decline and the future will be increasingly dominated by digital downloads. At Isa we believe this doesn't have to mean the end of the small retailer with specialised knowledge.

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Isa Music
260 St. Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5RL

0141 248 2266
admin@isa-music.com

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Questions?

We try to keep everything as simple as possible but we are sure you'll have some questions and we'll try to answer them here. Just let us know about any other questions you have.

Barcodes and ISRC Codes

Every album and track must be assigned a unique code so that sales can be tracked and correctly reported. This includes ensuring that the writers get paid the royalties due for each download sale.

For albums this code is the unique product code (UPC) more commonly knows as a barcode. You should have this for any release you intend to sell through any retailer and you can get then from GS1 (with a membership fee) or often your distributor will arrange one.

For tracks the code is the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC). These are free from PPL and you should get one for every track in order to register with PPL, MCPS and the other collection agencies or you will miss out on royalties.

If you want we can provide you with a barcode and ISRC codes for each of your releases. The administration fee for this will be £10 per album for the barcode and £10 per album for the ISRC codes.

Payments

Every month we allocate all our income to our clients and pay all that are due over £50 at the end of the month. If you are due less than £50 this will be carried forward to the next month. Some digital retailers account on a monthly basis, some on an quarterly basis can can take from 4 weeks to 4 months from money to get from the retailer to us and on to you. Once you are registered with us you can track the balance of your account any time and also access detailed sales reports.

Photographs, Biographies and Website Links

In order for us to maximise your sales we need a little more than just the music. The more additional material you can provide to use in the form of photographs, news, gig listings and any other interesting content the better.

As a bare minimum you must have a photograph and a short biography. This is a huge help to us and to our retailers and will help us help you. Will not distribute your music until we have this.

As we are in the business of selling downloads you also need a website so that your fans can find you and then find your downloads. Even if you just have a myspace or facebook page that will do fine. You'll need to link to your downloads from your site and we recommend the best way once we see your site.

We can provide a website for you using the promotional material you provide us along with all the information we have on your releases.

If we provide the site, or you have a myspace or facebook page then we strongly recommend you register a domain name to use with this. We can point you in the right direction and it need not cost more than £10/year.