Big Daddy is a national music distribution company. We are not a label. We do not generally work directly with artists but rather
with what are traditionally known as record labels. Big Daddy does accept unsolicited materials. However, we will not consider
labels that do not comply with the following criteria:
All packages must contain copies of all barcoded CD's to be considered for distribution along with a listing of all titles in
your catalog (including barcodes).
You must provide us with a proposal for distribution along with marketing plans and proposed budgets for
upcoming releases.
Please send packages to :
Big Daddy Music Distribution
ATT: Label Submissions,
162 N. 8th Street
Kenilworth, NJ 07033-1127
Please make sure you have a phone/fax number and email address so that we may get in touch with you.
You may download the document below which outlines some information we are looking for.
Phone calls or email inquiries are discouraged until a package has been mailed
in. You may contact us via email at info@bigdaddymusic.com to confirm we received your package. You will be contacted by us only in the event that we are interested in discussing your label.
Please review our Distribution Pre-Qualification criteria...
- Your full catalog complete with UPC’s and suggested list price. Indicate which
masters are owned and which are licensed.
- Planned release schedule and projected sales and initial ship out on each title for
the next year.
- Sales reports for last two years. List each title individually and list sales by
account. Show return ratio by title as well as gross sales per title.
- Marketing plans for your last 3 releases as well as for your next 3 releases.
Should indicate budgets for consumer advertising, retail advertising/co-op,
publicity, radio promotion, touring plans and marketing efforts.
- Current inventory on hand for each title.
- Biography / history of label and key personnel.
- Answer following questions:
- Of your overall business in the US, what % is sales to retail accounts?
- How much is spent on advertising as a % of gross retail sales?
- With which distributors have your titles been previously available?
- Are you willing to sign an exclusive distribution deal with us?
- Is your entire product line bar-coded with US barcodes (UPC/EAN 12-
digit)
- What is the minimum dollar amount you will commit to spending on retail
marketing / co-op programs for your highest and lowest-priority releases?
- How many promotional copies will you supply us with for each new
release?
- What are your expectations on shipments to retail before street date for
each of your next 3 releases?
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