Members | Merlin

Become a Member

Who can become a member? Any independent label, distributor, or other rights-holder who is:

Ready to diligently manage their Merlin relationship
Controls significant digital rights free from obligation to third parties
Set up with professional digital supply chain to deliver content (e.g., AudioSalad, CI, FUGA, Revelator)
Resources to manage direct relationships with digital partners, including marketing, analytics and processing raw reports

Member Driven

We provide a means for independents to own their future. As a member led and music focused organization, we empower independence to help ensure our members can compete at the highest level.

Best-in-class deals with the key digital music services
30+ digital partnerships
Transparency for members into deal terms
Admin fee of 1.5% ››
Free to join and no other fees

Become a Member

Who can become a member? Any independent label, distributor, or other rights-holder who is:

Ready to diligently manage their Merlin relationship
Controls significant digital rights free from obligation to third parties
Set up with professional digital supply chain to deliver content (e.g., AudioSalad, CI, FUGA, Revelator)
Resources to manage direct relationships with digital partners, including marketing, analytics and processing raw reports

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Member Driven

We provide a means for independents to own their future. As a member led and music focused organization, we empower independence to help ensure our members can compete at the highest level.

Best-in-class deals with the key digital music services
30+ digital partnerships
Transparency for members into deal terms
Admin fee of 1.5% ››
Free to join and no other fees

Who We License

Merlin has partnerships with digital music services all around the world. We're excited to offer our members the opportunity to participate in premium deals, while reaching new audiences and driving additional revenue streams.

Alibaba

Anghami

Apple Music

AWA

Boomplay

Deezer

Facebook

iHeartRadio

Jaxsta

JioSaavn

KKBOX

Mixcloud

NetEase

Pandora

Resso

Roxi

Slacker Radio

Snap

SoundCloud

Soundtrack Your Band

Spotify

Tencent

TikTok

Triller

UMA

VEVO

Yandex

YouTube

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I've been blown away by the value that Merlin adds. They cut out middleman fees and and put us directly in a position to make the biggest impact for our digital business. They give us access to sides of the business we never knew existed.

James Rhodes, Vice President & Co-Founder
FiXT (USA)
Member Since 2015
Merlin has opened the horizons for KVZ to enter areas of the music distribution business where it was previously impossible to compete; areas reserved and occupied only for the big 3 majors. One can strike a deal with DSPs directly, but they would not have been as favorable as those negotiated by Merlin.

Kiril Zdravkov, CEO
KVZ Music (Bulgaria)
Member Since 2010
In our competitive industry, Merlin's advocacy is indispensable to ensuring fair competition for independent music labels.

Brett Gurewitz, Founder & CEO
Epitaph (USA)
Member Since 2008
Merlin eliminates obstacles to help our organisation partner with new platforms, increases our revenues worldwide through marketing opportunities, and provides us with resources and assistance through a team of experts.

David Raimbaud, Head of Digital
Wiseband (France)
Member Since 2010
Without Merlin, we would not be able to run our business the way we currently do. Merlin enables us to have the best deals possible and ensures swift payment from all the DSPs.

Floris Janssen, General Manager
8ball Music (Netherlands)
Member Since 2008

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I've been blown away by the value that Merlin adds. They cut out middleman fees and and put us directly in a position to make the biggest impact for our digital business. They give us access to sides of the business we never knew existed.

In our competitive industry, Merlin's advocacy is indispensable to ensuring fair competition for independent music labels.

Merlin eliminates obstacles to help our organisation partner with new platforms, increases our revenues worldwide through marketing opportunities, and provides us with resources and assistance through a team of experts.

Without Merlin, we would not be able to run our business the way we currently do. Merlin enables us to have the best deals possible and ensures swift payment from all the DSPs.