In the large market of the music industry, music publishing companies play a crucial role in preserving copyrights, promoting music, licensing songs, and functioning as an intermediary between songwriters and the music-using public. Located in the 'Great Lake State' of Michigan, there exists an array of publishing companies that offers an assortment of services ranging from independent publishing of choral music to full-scale music distribution across digital platforms. These companies collectively serve as a magnet for budding artists, seasoned songwriters and music enthusiasts, shaping the dynamic future of the music industry in Michigan.


Top 22 music publishing companies in Michigan

1. Encore Publications

Encore Publications is an independent publisher of choral music with a catalogue featuring the works of over 100 composers. They offer a comprehensive range of newly published items each year, including sacred music repertoire and choral publications for different seasons in the Church year.


2. Weirdsville Records

WeirdsVille Records is a company that deals with music industry primarily in the Detroit and Mount Clemens areas, offering services to musicians and music enthusiasts.


3. Music Business Connection Podcast

Connect with music business professionals working in the music industry. Listen to the Music Business Connection with new shows three days per week.


4. Dharma Records

  • Website: dharmarecords.com
  • Headquarters: Grayling, Michigan, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

Dharma Records was born out of the necessity to bring great music and artists around the state of Michigan and the Mid-West to the masses. Allen Bondar is the brainchild behind the label. His vast experience in the music business and his immense talents as a musician, artist, and manager, bring Dharma Records one of the most sought after professional in the business. Diane Chamberlin brings her business experience and savvy to bring out the best in each artist and help them develop the skills needed to make the 'big time'. Her vocal prowess can be heard on many of Dharma Records' releases. Since 1997, Dharma Records has strived to bring you the best, the brightest and the most talented artists in the Mid-West to the forefront. Your ears will not be disappointed.


5. Lynton Management

Lynton Management is a unique, multi-disciplined specialist consultancy that manages a variety of projects. This includes talent management, traditional and digital intellectual property rights and marketing, music publishing and music master / audio-visual rights, synchronisation and licensing .


6. Mack Avenue Music Group

  • Website: mackavenue.com
  • Headquarters: Harper Woods, Michigan, United States
  • Founded: 1990
  • Headcount: 11-50
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Mack Avenue is a music group and boutique that offers a wide range of jazz and soul albums from various artists. They have a diverse collection of vinyl records and CDs available for purchase. With a focus on quality music, Mack Avenue aims to provide a platform for both established and emerging jazz musicians.


7. JE aka Just Entertainment

  • Website: j-e.com
  • Headquarters: Milan, Michigan, United States
  • Founded: 2003
  • Headcount: 11-50
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Just Entertainment is a leading music and entertainment company specializing in the production, distribution, and consulting of Pop, Dance, and Electronic music. With a dynamic team of professionals, they engage and captivate new customers through music and entertainment, covering all aspects of the production and management process.


8. Budd Management

Stephen Budd Management is an independent record label and management company.


9. Green Light Music and Video

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10. Green Light Go Publicity

  • Website: glgpub.com
  • Headquarters: Ferndale, Michigan, United States
  • Founded: 2002
  • Headcount: 1-10
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Green Light Go Music PR is an indie music promotion agency, named as one of the top 10 best music PR firms. Specializing in indie rock, indie folk, dream pop and Americana music promotion, the agency believes every great song, every great album and every great band deserves to be heard and strives hard to share them to the fans and media who connect to a lyric, melody and a band’s underlying beliefs.


11. Detroit Premiere Artists

Detroit Premiere Artists is a company that operates in the Performing Arts industry. It employs 6-10 people and has $1M-$5M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.


12. Madd Money Entertainment Group

At Madd Money Entertainment / Wide Open Managementit's our job to make you feel confident and that you're in the best of hands. We also make sure you are being represented in a very professional manner. Proper representation in this business in a must. *?Day26 going on Summer Tour! Dates will be listed next week?


13. Drum Dancer Records

Drum Dancer Records - Home of Grievous Angel, Billy Brandt, Sarana VerLin, Carnival Girl, and the UK Roots Exchange. Celtic, Americana, Country, Folk Rock Music


14. Jacktone Records

Record label specializing in techno, house, ambient & experimental electronics. Roots in San Francisco, now operating out of Detroit & Berlin.


15. Rap Artists

  • Website: rapartists.com
  • Headquarters: Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

Rap Artists is the newest spot to take over the net focusing on all things Hip Hop. This includes rap music videos, rap music lyrics, underground rap music, rap beats, hip hop news and much more. We bring the fire and want you to!


16. PITS : Detroit

PITS began as a series of after hours events in Detroit in the summer of 2016. With these events, founder John Joseph hoped to emphasize the importance of community in the electronic music underground. He connected with many other artists around the city and found a gap in the ability for many to publish and market their music, spurning the beginning of the PITS imprint in 2017. The concept behind the record label is that our Place In Time & Space contribute to the experience of art and music. We believe each person has a creative story to tell about their place in time and space, and we want to help amplify those stories. We support all artists struggling to be heard in our digitized world, especially those in our community facing oppression for being queer or of color.


17. Detroit Music Magazine

Mission: To bring the story of Detroit to the world through its music. Tagline: Detroit's music authority. Overview: Detroit Music Magazine serves Metro Detroit and Michigan with coverage focused on Detroit artists, their performances, and projects. Through DMM's creative content initiatives, the independent publication engages readers, viewers, and listeners daily on multiple platforms.


18. Transmat

Derrick May's Transmat Records established in 1986 by as a pioneer Techno label in Detroit. Derrick May's Transmat records is trying to save the world from bad music.


19. LiveTrigger

LiveTrigger is a free social network platform that connects bands, bookers, venues, and musicians globally to organize live music events


20. Ghostly Songs

  • Website: ghostlysongs.com
  • Headquarters: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

We provide catalog rep, admin, composition, and publishing services to a select yet diverse group of songwriters, bands, and labels. We are a team of two, Jeremy Daly & Liz Pfriem, with enough combined industry experience for you to take us seriously but not so much that we've lost our edge... we hope. Ghostly Songs has helped soundtrack indelible campaigns for brands like Google, Kraft, and Apple; the best TV & movies of the last few years; myriad projects in the nascent VR industry; video games; and brand integration. Above all, we strive to support, educate, and advocate on behalf of the artists we are lucky enough to work with so they may realize their full creative potential. Recent Placements with Ralph Lauren, Apple, Nike, Viceland, Microsoft, Dewar's, Mailchimp, Marc Jacobs, Grand Theft Auto, Adult Swim and many more.


21. Grimsey

  • Website: grimsey.com
  • Headquarters: Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

Stillwater, Minnesota international pop music label. Artists include Fan Modine, Andrew Bird, Le Mans, Ninotchka, Ninian Hawick, Shebrews, Autumn Leaves, Bomb Pops, and Ana D. Catalog, tour dates, audio clips, and merchandise.


22. Clark Sheard

FOUR TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER! Also Karen is a multiple Stellar and GMA Dove Award winner. Karen Clark Sheard is a vocalist, songwriter, entrepreneur, wife and mother. She is also a gospel music legend and a part of a musical dynasty. Admired by a wide range of vocalists from various genres, Clark Sheard is renowned throughout the music industry for her signature, one-of-a-kind multi-octave vocal range and ability. Her musical style with the legendary Clark Sisters and as a solo artist has inspired a host of todays brightest pop divas including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, and Faith Evans, among countless others. FOUR TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER! Karen Clark Sheard is a vocalist, songwriter, entrepreneur, wife and mother. She is also a gospel music legend and a part of a musical dynasty. Admired by a wide range of vocalists from various genres, Clark Sheard is renowned throughout the music industry for her signature, one-of-a-kind multi-octave vocal range and ability. Her musical style with the legendary Clark Sisters and as a solo artist has inspired a host of todays brightest pop divas including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, and Faith Evans, among countless others. © Copyright 2018-2021 Karen Clark Sheard. All Rights Reserved. Site by EJH Consulting LLC .


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