About

Universal Indie is an online record label launched by the creators of HoodGrown Magazine and Musica360.com to leverage the power of the internet to market and promote quality music to the consumer. Digital music is the future: with sales of downloaded music and mp3 players skyrocketing and more people discovering new music by utilizing the internet, Universal Indie is poised to take advantage of the latest on-line and mobile communications technologies.

Our primary marketing channel is through the Internet and we execute a comprehensive on-line marketing and promotional campaign, including but not limited sales through 3rd party vendors, street teams, viral marketing, web based videos, online reviews and features.

Unlike other “e-labels” Universal Indie treats it’s digital release in the same way that we would a release on cd. Most of our releases are mastered and provided with hi-resolution album art and released under a Creative Commons license.

Universal Indie Artists Universal Indie’ artists: retain ownership of their masters and copyrights and receive 50% of all sales of releases not provided as free downloads.

Music Distribution In this new and exciting age Universal Indie will be experimenting with other music distribution models such as “pay what you think it’s worth” and “advertiser supported” methods .

Universal Indie Releases We don’t add any DRM (Digital Rights Management) to the audio files sold through our site. All files are sold as open ended mp3s which can be burned to cd or transfered to almost any digital audio player without hassle.

Digital Distribution

Universal Indie also handles digital distribution for other artists & labels who we feel fits “our mold”. Just as it is hard for an artist or independent label to negotiate deals with all of the leading physical retailers, it is near impossible for a retailer to negotiate with all of the independent artists and labels it would like to carry. Universal Indie makes it easy to sell your music through multiple online stores and simplifies your royalty payments – you get one check for all royalties from all the online services that we deal with.

Universal Indie gives independent labels and/or artists direct access to digital retail outlets as well as leveraging our invaluable editorial relationships with a growing number of urban media outlets.

View our F.A.Q. for more information about digital distribution.