Music Catalog
Rumblefish Music is the world’s largest catalog for social media. It also happens to be the most licensed independent music catalog in the world, with millions of videos with social soundtracks licensed. The top film, ads and tv shows have used the catalog for over a decade, so you’re in good company searching through this meticulously hand-selected song catalog.
The goal for artist and label partners is to connect their music with as many interesting projects and creators as possible, charge a fair price and pay a fair royalty. Rumblefish is thrilled to have paid millions of dollars in royalties to artists and labels from a revenue base that has grown every year since the company was founded. Check out Friendly Music to hear our amazing artists and look below for more information on our music partners and how to become one.
Featured Partners
CD Baby is the largest digital distributor of independent music in the world. They distribute over 3.5 million tracks to dozens of digital music retailers, and recently passed $200M paid to artists. For more information, please visit
http://www.cdbaby.biz/
APM Music is the most comprehensive collection of original music available to entertainment and media producers, and provides its clients with exclusive access to music specifically for use in film, television, radio, and new media productions. For more information, please visit
http://www.apmmusic.com/
Indaba is a community of over 500,000 musicians from hobbyists to Grammy Award winners that network online to create and make music together.
www.indabamusic.com
San Diego's Holy Hip-Hop label, Syntax Records, started as a dream. The label has gone on to expand it's line-up with heavy hitting gospel hip-hop acts like L.A. Symphony, Kaboose, and more.
www.syntaxrecords.com
Detroit’s Small Stone Records has served as the benchmark for underground rock since it was founded in 1995. Originally envisioned as Detroit’s answer to Sub Pop, Small Stone has since branched off into a multitude of directions, unafraid to push the boundaries of conventional genre definitions.
www.smallstone.com
Think of Crucial Music as a bridge that links independent artists and musicians to those in the industry who want their songs. A bridge built on passion to help gain exposure for great music in the marketplace. Tanvi Patel, Jim Long and the crew of Crucial Music have over 45 years in the music business, helping artists break their music and music supervisors nail their projects.
www.crucialmusic.com
With a growing catalog of world-class jazz performances and original compositions, Jazz Planet is a musicians label focused on quality and unconventionality.
www.jazzplanet.net
Chicago stalwarts, Pravda, have been laying down totally independent music for over 25 years. The label is an eclectic blend of different styles, from Funk to Soul, Prog to Art Rock.
www.pravdamusic.com
Brooklyn's Paper Garden has grown into a multi-tiered label working with bands on every aspect of their careers. With considerable attention to quality, Paper Garden's lineup includes singer-songwriter Peasant, and rock bands Darla Farmer, Emanuel and the Fear, Mighty Tiger, and many more.
www.papergarden.com
Spreading the gospel through urban music, Beatmart complements their message with quality music attractive to any listener, secularist or otherwise.
Beatmart on myspace
The world's leading classical music label, Naxos is known for recording exciting music with exceptional talent. The label has one of the largest and fastest growing catalogues of unduplicated repertoire available anywhere with state-of-the-art sound.
www.naxos.com
Riveting and emotive singer/songwriters are the bread and butter of this longstanding Portland label. Badman is home to some of the most evocative artists too few have heard.
badmanrecordingco.com
A truly independent label, Deep Elm Records continually releases ruckus, under-the-radar Post-Rock and Post-Hardcore music to a dedicated fanbase, growing catalogues of unduplicated repertoire available anywhere with state-of-the-art sound.
www.deepelm.com
Become a partner
Rumblefish is always looking for the best new music to license. If you own and/or represent an amazing catalog with a track record, please reach out. The basic criteria are a sizeable artist roster, both master and publishing rights available worldwide, an artist-friendly reputation and a proactive approach to collaborating. The goal is to meaningfully increase sync licensing revenues for you and your catalog artists.
If you meet these basic criteria and are excited about licensing, send us a note at: licensing@rumblefish.com.
CD Baby
APM
Indaba
Syntax Records
Small Stone Recordings
Crucial 
Jazz Planet
Pravda
Paper Garden
Beatmart
Naxos
Bladen County Records
Badman
Deep Elm
