AUX File
Recordings · Sacramento
AUX File Recordings — Sacramento, California
A Sacramento label for sales, distribution, and publishing — where a recording, its song, and the money that follows them are kept in the same place.
AUX File Recordings is an independent music label based in Sacramento, California. The label works with artists and rightsholders to sell recordings, deliver music to digital platforms, and administer publishing rights from one place. That structure matters because a recording is never just an audio file. It carries a master, a composition, performer information, and royalty splits, and each part needs a clear record before it reaches listeners.
Releases & catalog
Music sales remain part of the label's work alongside streaming. Downloads, physical formats where available, and direct catalog purchases give listeners a different relationship with a recording than a stream does. The releases and catalog page explains how to browse available titles and how purchasing or licensing works for a specific recording.
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Choose a file tab above. Each title keeps its master, song, and sales record together, so a buyer or licensee can check what they are getting before they ask.
Open Releases & CatalogFile: catalog title — available for purchase and for licensing inquiry.
File: licensing copy — sync, performance, and mechanical pathways explained on the publishing page.
The label handles three connected jobs. It sells music through its catalog, it distributes recordings to streaming and download services, and it supports publishing for songwriters and catalog owners. Keeping those jobs together means a release does not have to be rebuilt by a different company at each stage.
Distribution & publishing
Sales show how a recording reaches a buyer. Distribution shows how it reaches a platform. Publishing shows how the underlying song is credited and paid for over time. When the same label coordinates all three, a correction made in one place can be reflected in the others.
Distribution is the process of delivering a finished recording, cover art, and release data to services such as streaming platforms and download stores. The label prepares that package, checks the required fields, and sends it through established delivery channels. The distribution page sets out what artists need to supply, from ISRC choices to release dates and territory information.
Publishing covers the composition behind a recording. AUX File Recordings helps songwriters document publishing rights, register works where appropriate, and track mechanical and performance royalties connected to use of their songs. That work sits beside master rights management, so a song and its recording can be reported without mixing the two sides.
The result is a catalog that is easier to license, easier to report, and easier for collaborators to understand.
Rights & records
A master file can be copied in seconds and cited in dozens of places. Without a disciplined record, small errors in title spelling, writer splits, or ISRC assignment can follow a track for years. AUX File Recordings treats the file as the anchor. The label checks who owns the master, who wrote the song, and how shares are divided before a release is scheduled.
Careful work starts before release day. It asks whether the master owner is named correctly, whether every writer has agreed a split, and whether the title matches across cover art, audio files, and platform data. Average releases often skip those checks and fix problems after a track is live, when corrections take longer and royalty records may already be affected.
New artists often treat upload as the whole job. They may supply a final audio file with no work title, no agreed split, and no decision about who owns the master. Giving different titles to the same song in different systems makes royalty matching harder.
Experienced artists and rightsholders look at record keeping. They ask how ISRC and ISWC codes are assigned, how royalty statements are itemized, and how a correction is handled if a credit is wrong.
Sync licensing places a song in film, television, advertising, or games, while performance and mechanical royalties follow other kinds of use. The publishing page explains how the label prepares songs for those pathways.
The U.S. market includes major publishers, independent label services, and royalty administration specialists working side by side. Warner Chappell Music, as Warner Music Group's publishing arm, is a central example of a major publisher administering a large songwriting catalog across performance, sync, and mechanical rights. Peermusic, founded in 1928 and based in Berkeley, California in many industry listings, shows what longevity looks like in independent publishing. AUX File Recordings operates at independent scale in Sacramento, with the same attention to documented rights.
For distribution, names such as TuneCore and Symphonic Distribution are often used as benchmarks. TuneCore is known for self-serve distribution that places releases on major streaming and download services. Symphonic Distribution, founded in Tampa, Florida in 2006, is associated with analytics and rights management alongside delivery for independent artists and labels. UnitedMasters, founded by Steve Stoute, is known for helping artists keep ownership of master recordings. AUX File Recordings offers a label-led alternative where delivery is paired with catalog and publishing records.
Start here
Artists with finished recordings, songwriters with catalogs, and partners looking to license music can all start with a written inquiry. Visitors who simply want to listen or buy can start with releases and work through to a specific title.
Start by reading the page that matches your situation. Artists deciding on delivery should read distribution first. Songwriters should read publishing and rights and royalties. Anyone who wants to hear the catalog should open releases. Each page states what information the label needs, so a first message can be useful rather than vague.
1401 21st St, Ste R, Sacramento, CA 95811