Making Wavs
The Making Wavs Project
Independent music magazine / underground community. Magazine, submissions, playlists, shows, Snippet Cards — the doors that are actually open.
Making Wavs14
- Making Wavs ProjectIndependent music magazine / underground community.Brand
- Making Wavs MagazineFlagship publication. Pilot Issue #1 is out now — a resource, not just a read.Magazine
- Snippet CardYour musical business card — compact, shareable, the facts that matter.Tool
- SubmissionsOfficial intake. Free submissions go to Telegram — criteria first.Intake
- Sy Kosis JonesFounder of the Making Wavs Project. Also known as Mr. SJ.Founder
ApparitionExclusive ChatBot / Official Brand Directory & Service Index.Directory- Create Your WavThe official hub — every Making Wavs door in one place.Hub
- Services & OffersWhat is open right now from The Making Wavs Project.Offers
- Official SpotifyJam Sessions, Head2Head, Current Wavs, Influences, archives.Music
- Official YouTubeWTF WERE THEY THINKING!?, live listening, compilations, visualizers.Music
- Official SoundCloudDemos and snippets of compilations, mixtapes, and affiliated releases.Music
- SubstackThe Making Wavs blog.Publications
- Deadworld RadioHip-hop radio. Tuesday and Thursday, 10–12p EST. Hosted by Z.Association
- #SpinItUpMusic review show. Hosted by Loop City Slums.Association
Trade17
- TrDistroKidThe default independent distributor. Fast, cheap, and a ceiling.Distribution
- TrAWALDistribution with a pulse. Selective, artist-friendly, still a deal.Distribution
- TrTuneCorePer-release distribution and a publishing-admin sibling.Distribution
- TrASCAPUS performing-rights organization. Writer and publisher shares live here.Royalties
- TrBMIThe other major US PRO. Free to join as a writer.Royalties
- TrPRS for MusicThe UK performing-rights society. If you write and live there, start here.Royalties
- TrSESACInvitation-only US PRO. Not a beginner move.Royalties
- TrSoundExchangeDigital performance royalties on the master — not the composition.Royalties
- TrThe MLCUS mechanicals on streaming and downloads. Register the works.Royalties
- TrSongtrustPublishing administration without selling your publishing.Publishing
- TrBandcampThe closest thing independents have to a store that is not a mall.Direct-to-fan
- TrMusicbedA curated sync library. Selective, filmmaker-facing, not a dumping ground.Sync
- TrSongtradrA large sync marketplace. Volume plus some actual placements.Sync
- TrMerlinThe independents' digital rights partner at the DSP table.Trade body
- TrA2IMAmerican Association of Independent Music. The trade, organized.Trade body
- TrDISCOHow music actually gets sent to supervisors, radio, and A&R now.Promo
- TrSubmitHubPay-to-pitch to curators. Use like a scalpel, not a career.Promo
Language19
- Te360 dealThe label takes a piece of everything — records, live, merch, sometimes publishing.Deals
- TeAdvanceA loan against your future royalties, dressed as a check.Deals
- TeRecoupmentHow the company gets its money back before you see another dollar.Deals
- TeMasterThe sound recording copyright. Not the song.Rights
- TePublishingThe composition copyright and the money it earns.Rights
- TeMechanical royaltyMoney for reproducing the composition — streams, downloads, CDs, vinyl.Royalties
- TePerformance royaltyMoney when the composition is performed in public, including many streams.Royalties
- TeNeighboring rightsRoyalties for the recording and the performers, especially outside the US.Royalties
- TeISRCThe identifier for a specific recording. One mix, one ISRC.Metadata
- TeUPC / EANThe identifier for the release as a product — the album, the single.Metadata
- TeSplit sheetWho wrote what, signed, dated, before the mix leaves the room.Rights
- TeWork for hireYou got paid; you may not own it. Read the sentence.Deals
- TeSync licensePermission to put music to picture. Two copyrights, two licenses.Licensing
- TeDSPDigital service provider — Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube Music, Tidal, Deezer.Infrastructure
- TeAggregator / distributorThe company that delivers your files to the DSPs and collects.Infrastructure
- TeOne-sheetOne page that tells a busy person why this record exists.Promo
- TeMetadataThe facts attached to the file. This is how you get paid.Metadata
- TeMost favored nation (MFN)If anyone on the cue gets more, you do too.Licensing
- TeDoor splitYou and the room share the ticket money. Know the expenses.Live