Turmic Records - Bringing out the talent of the independants!

After being accepted, our artists send their single, E.P. or album CD to us. We then professionally encode and deliver their music to over 100 digital download services all over the world; including iTunes, Napster II, Microsoft, etc.

We have different deals for different artists/bands depending on their stage of development. Our standard offer is a 70/30 split of any income in the artist's favor.

There is an administrative fee of EUR125.00 for the first master and EUR35.00 for each following master. However, if we really believe that an artist/band has the potential to succeed internationally, we might offer them a deal where we absorb part or all of the administrative fee in lieu of a higher percentage of their download income.

It is important to know that we don't offer distribution to artists/bands that we don't believe are commercially viable or have not made acceptable recordings of their music. That's why we have the artists/bands send us an MP3 before deciding whether or not we will license their music. Our basic criterion is that we will take in any band that we believe will profit from our relationship. We want a win/win. So, just because we're inclusive doesn't mean that we're not discerning.

Important to our philosophy, and unlike traditional distributors, we are not gatekeepers; we are providers, and we would rather play the role of encourager rather than referee.

This is the positive approach that we know will create a win/win for everyone.

See QuickStart to begin the process.

What makes us different from other distributors?

Many artists are going directly to download sites themselves because they think that they will save money.
What they don't factor in is the time spent on each distributor.
With our system, an artist becomes available to all the most important sites around the world with one simple agreement. Working out agreements with over 100 sites would probably take a couple of months to do - full time. And what about all the administrative work afterwards? And there's much more...
Encoding to the specifications of each site
Payment requests for each site
Getting the attention of programmers once your music starts to take off
Send-outs of dozens of individual CD's
The evaluation of each individual agreement

And the list goes on.

By choosing us as your digital distributor, not only will you consolidate all this work, but you will have a record company standing behind you once things start to move for you. More importantly, we will be able to put you in touch with the right people when the time comes.

Another factor that most artists don't figure in is success. What happens when success starts to kick in? It might be a year before an artist actually sees any money once they start getting respectable radio play, so while the artist achieves success, they won't be able to do anything about it. So even if other distributors will tell an artist to worry about that when the time comes, we think it's better to plan for success.

Naturally we can't promote all the bands we have all the time. BUT if things start to happen for an artist, then they have someone to contact and let them know. Try doing that directly with iTunes or MSN or any of the large sites we deliver to. We have contact with the programmers of these sites on a daily basis and run 100 to 150 promotions every day, so even if we can't guarantee a blinking banner on the front page of iTunes, you at least have someone to get a hold of when it's time to push their hit single.

But you should know that you are still responsible for marketing your act. It is not the job of a distributor to create demand for their product. You still need to head up that front.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell
A certain number of artists are accepted into the Gold and Platinum Clubs. These are artists who either have a proven track record of sales or have shown a great deal of potential.

Therefore it only makes sense that we capitalize on their success by providing them with discounts on our other services:

Gold Club - Artists that we have a 60/40 split with (in the artist's favor)
Preferred placement on our homepage
15% discount on all Stellar Artist Management Services*

Platinum Club - Artists that we have a 50/50 split with us.
Preferred placement on our homepage
Guaranteed entry into our Film, TV and Advertising Library
20% discount on all Stellar Artist Management Services*

*Does not include personal management costs and fees or taxes.

Adding a link to our site could earn you thousands of dollars.
When an artist/band clicks on a link to our site from yours, they receive a US$5 discount for letting us know which site referred them to us. And for every referral that signs with us, we pay the website owner US$10.00.

Click here to see our referral agreement.