What this is
Playback, independent, hip hop, devotional, Punjabi pop and film music, plus the producers, engineers and lyricists behind them. Publishing is where the long money is and where the least attention goes.
What you get
Coverage
Market map
Public market intelligence, not a representation list. Access and availability get verified per mandate.
Frequently asked
Depends what you need. Labels buy distribution and marketing with rights. If you have distribution, the trade is worse than it looks.
Registered metadata, clean rights, and someone pitching consistently. Most Indian artists fail on the first two.
Register with the relevant society. Unregistered performances earn nothing, and this is the most common uncollected income in Indian music.
Master and publishing rights are separable and frequently signed away together for a modest advance. The first exercise is establishing what you actually hold.
Film, advertising and streaming placements pay well and require someone actively pitching. Almost nobody does it for Indian independent artists.
Payout structures are opaque and artists routinely misread their statements. Understanding the mechanics changes negotiating behaviour.
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