The Texas music industry is a hub for several diverse record label companies, each uniquely positioned to harness the rich musical talent in the state. These companies essentially develop, market, and distribute music from an array of genres, such as rock, pop, or hip hop. Beyond traditional recording services, many of them offer ancillary assistance such as artist management, asset management and live performances. A significant shift in the industry towards digital platforms has seen companies like Muzooka focus on leveraging technology to deliver artist data solutions. With the industry evolution, Texas's record label landscape is projected to embrace more innovative and digitally-driven solutions.


Top 21 record label companies in Texas

1. Idol Records

  • Website: idol-records.com
  • Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, United States
  • Headcount: 1001-5000

Idol Records is a music label that specializes in producing diverse musical styles such as rock, indie and pop. It has multiple productions that have become popular and are known in the industry.


2. Muzooka

  • Website: muzooka.com
  • Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, United States
  • Founded: 2012
  • Headcount: 11-50
  • Latest funding type: Series Unknown
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Muzooka is a data solutions company that provides artist asset management and concert setlist reporting for record labels and artist managers. They offer an API to access artist profile photos and other assets, catering to streaming, gaming, and more industries. With a vast database of over 2.6 million artist profiles, 50 million musical works, 130 million recordings, and 2 million concert events, Muzooka delivers high-quality data management and matching processes.


3. Goon Squad Entertainment Recording Studios

Goon Squad Entertainment is a hip hop music group and record label that offers artist management services, such as album strategy, gig booking, social media management, and merchandising for emerging and established artists.


4. Presidential Records

Presidential Records is a music label that offers albums by various Southern Rap artists. Its music is mixed in the Screwed style.


5. L.O.U.D Muzik

L.O.U.D. MUZIK is an independent record label and management company that connects emerging and independent music creatives with regional and national media outlets, record labels, and other gatekeepers across the entertainment industry to network and present their pitches.


6. Toussaint Productions

Allen Toussaint is a legendary New Orleans writer, singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, session pianist, and solo artist with a discography of both solo piano recordings and others made with celebrated musicians. His final album, American Tunes, produced by Joe Henry, features works by Toussaint, Professor Longhair, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Paul Simon, and others, making it a rich pianistic tour de force of American music.


7. A&a;M Records

  • Website: onamrecords.com
  • Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, United States
  • Founded: 1962
  • Headcount: 11-50

The ON A&M RECORDS website is dedicated to cataloging the history and artists of A&M Records, a legendary record label that was home to many famous artists in the '70s and beyond.


8. Envious Audio

Envious Audio is an audio engineering company focused on delivering high-quality mixes and masters for all EDM genres.


9. Nationwide Disc

The word is spreading. NationWide Disc is the go-to disc Replicator/Duplicator & Printer for musicians, studios, ad agencies, & businesses of all sizes. Need quick turns or small quality orders? We can do that. Check us out at: www.nationwidedisc.com


10. Ghostwriter

  • Website: endofthewest.com
  • Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas, United States
  • Headcount: 11-50

End of the West Records is an independent music label founded in 2002 with a focus on electrified American roots music.


11. Collins Connect

Collins Connect is an administrative service company that specializes in the setup and maintenance of Artists, Records Labels and Producers royalty registration and collection, copyright's, digital distribution, marketing and legal services. Our customized marketing campaigns are individually developed for each client to increase over all exposure and brand awareness. The music industry relies on royalties generated by the licensing of copyrighted songs and recordings as a primary form of payment for musicians. Intellectual property law and licensing systems have gone through significant adjustments over recent years as a result of the rise of digital music, but much of the industry's historic legal framework remains. To start thinking about music in legal terms, it's important to realize that there are two types of musicians: songwriters and performing artist'. There are two distinct copyright, songwriters hold the rights to the lyrics and melody of a piece of music, while performing artist' hold the rights to a particular recording of a song, which is called a ""master recording"". Songwriters may only seek copyright for a full song, and cannot divide lyrics and melody into separate rights. Performance Royalties...are the fees music users pay when music is performed publicly. The use of music over the radio, in a restaurant or bar, or over a service like Spotify or Pandora is considered a public performance. Performance Rights Organizations or PRO's in the US are BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC. PRO's represent songwriters and publishers of musical works. Like BMI and ASCAP, SoundExchange collects and distributes royalties for featured artist' and rights owner's that own the ""master"" to recorded artistic content. Digital performances (for example, Pandora) pay a recording digital performance royalty to SoundExchange and a songwriting digital performance royalty to the PROs. But on the flip-side, BMI and ASCAP are governed by consent decrees, which means an arm of the US Judicial Branch (called a ""rate-court"") can set ...


12. 3Sixty Music Group

3Sixty Music Group offers artist management services in all music genres. Our reputation as a management company is impeccable with years of experience in dealing with the music industry. It doesn't matter if it is booking a local club, servicing a national tour, or a global music festival; we cover it all with expertise. We coordinate all efforts on behalf of our artists working with record labels, booking agents, press, radio, tour advancing, and overall logistics.


13. Weston Boys

  • Website: westonboys.com
  • Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

We're a record label and publishing company dedicated to getting great music to your ears. Befriend us on Facebook; buy our stuff at any major outlet; and email us at westonboys @ gmail . com if you need to reach us. We operate out of Nashville, TN, and Lincoln, NE.


14. The Cross Firm

  • Website: thecrossfirm.com
  • Headquarters: Houston, Texas, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

The CROSS FIRM P.C., located in Houston, Texas (Screwston, to many) is a boutique transactional law firm. We represent Creators . No matter what your creativity pursuit might be. Whether you are a Performing Artist, YouTube Channel Owner/Producer, Songwriter, Author, Photographer, Director, Video Game Designer/Programmer, Music Producer, Screen writer, Comedian, Model, Painter, DJ, Publisher, Clothing Designer, Editor, Dancer, etc. If you create original content or services, we are here to serve you.


15. Gold Man Records

Gold Man Records partners with its artists to provide them with the production, manufacturing, distribution and promotion they need to succeed in today's music industry. Every one of our artists are involved in the production process of their music project. We want your input and feedback on everything from the final mixes of the songs to the artwork packaging. You will have direct access to the people working hard to make your music project a reality. Our marketing staff strives everyday to give our artists' music the attention they deserve. They work hard and partner with every artist to set up events, media coverage and album reviews. We are interested in the potential of every artist. However, with the amount of resources Gold Man Records puts into each project, we have to be selective with the works we choose. We want your music to be a success! Getting signed to a record label is the dream of many. If you'd like your music featured on Gold Man Records label, you first have to audition. Send us your CD - it can be a homemade or professional studio recording - and we'll give it a listen. Prepare a professional demo package. The Demo package should include a demo CD, a cover letter, a biography, a photograph and if you have them, press clippings. WE DO NOT ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE NOT ORIGINAL. Please do not e-mail or send any attached audio files that are not original. Gold Man Records is open to all artists and genres.


16. Atticus Records

Atticus develops, curates and manages musical projects from pre-production through recording, mixing and mastering, until the final product is in hand. In addition to its turn key record production services, Atticus also provides the creative services support to its artists after the record is in hand, including web development, social marketing and branding services. Both Atticus and its sister label Private Angel are open to projects from an eclectic range of genres, but with slightly different focuses. Atticus was established in 2014, as a result of the formation of DBM Entertainment, LLC and its venture with Private Angel Records, which first started taking shape in late 2011 when Stephen Doster was producing Rick Busby's Strawberry Moon at EAR Studios in Austin. Entrepreneur Monte McWilliams who was Executive Producing Strawberry Moon and was so impressed by the results, that he suggested the formation of what would become DBM Entertainment and ultimately Atticus Records. Immediately after DBM and Atticus were founded in early 2014, Doster headed to EAR Studios again to record his new album, Arizona, which would become the maiden release for Atticus Records by year's end. After a late fall UK-Scotland co-headlining tour with Private Angel Records' artist Bob Cheevers, rave reviews for Arizona began coming in ahead of the early 2015 US promotion, which helped get the record and Atticus Records off to a great start in 2015. Atticus Records is currently reviewing potential projects to follow up Arizona and is open to projects with working artists who have a viable business model and need to align with a label for long-term artist development. If you have a project you think is worthy, please send us an email inquiry to the attention of Atticus A&R through our contact page, and we will be in touch to discuss it with you. Follow Atticus Records


17. HigherHill Studios

HigherHill Studios is a company dedicated to lifting up historically underrepresented peoples in music and amplifying the voices of artists and creators.


18. Masterpiece Mastering

SPRING BREAK ALL THE TIME! Not really... We're too busy working! Masterpiece Mastering has a new mastering facility at South Padre Island, Texas. The 2500 square foot building has a large 1000 square foot mastering suite , custom designed by Billy Stull . The room has virtually no reflections - A ROOM WITHOUT WALLS that effectively eliminates room acoustics from the sonic equation. The sonic accuracy is outstanding and combined with the Masterpiece Analog Mastering System , other top level mastering equipment, and the experience, talent, and success of mastering engineer Billy Stull, projects can receive the benefit and reach their artistic and commercial potential... And the beach and palm trees just seem to make everything sound better. Unlike any other mastering equipment, the Masterpiece Analog Mastering System was conceived by Billy Stull to provide capabilities unavailable in existing equipment. The circuits were custom designed by the revered, honored, and legendary Mr. Rupert Neve and the Masterpiece is manufactured and marketed world-wide by Legendary Audio . The Masterpiece creates sonic options that normally aren't possible in the recording studio and provides for creative or conventional mastering and /or tools for problematic areas. If clients cannot ""come to the Island"", mail order or Emastering is easily accomplished. For projects that merit or require extra-special attention, consider the Platinum Mastering Package which gives multiple masterings from which to choose (like picking from multiple mixes in the recording studio). Problematic or ""emergency"" projects are welcome and many sonic miracles have been performed. Please see our FAQs for additional mastering information and tips. Call or email to to discuss your project and put Billy Stull and Masterpiece Mastering on your team!


19. Stay True

Stay True Studios is a full-service management, record label, music publishing, music studio, and creative entertainment company.


20. Big Face Entertainment Inc

Big Face Entertainment is a recording label with a focus on discovering and promoting talented artists in the music industry.


21. Chicken Ranch Records

Chicken Ranch Records is an independent record label that offers a diverse selection of music from various genres.


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