About

What is the Lizard?

Pink Lizard Music is a music development company.

We serve a family of unique independent artists who make original music.

We believe the vision of an artist should not be compromised. So we offer supportive A&R dedicated to deepening the vision of our artists for each release. Instead of asking ‘how can we develop this music so it will have a broader appeal?’, we ask our artists: ‘is this music fully realised?’

We believe every good piece of music should be able to earn money for its creators. So we provide the following options and services:

For commercial/art music intended to be listened to and experienced on its own merits:

  • Full release through one of our record labels, distribution to stores and streaming services, and administration of resulting income
  • Servicing to radio, publications, and film/TV music buyers
  • Negotiation and administration of licensing fees and agreements
  • Administration and collection in 20 major territories in respect of publishing (composer/songwriter royalties) and masters (performer/producer/label royalties).

For music intended to be used in film/moving image/other settings:

  • Showcasing to film/TV music buyers through our Secret Library
  • Placement in appropriate niche settings, such as YogiTunes and Insight Timer for yoga/meditation music
  • Negotiation and administration of licensing fees and agreements
  • Administration and collection in 20 major territories in respect of publishing (composer/songwriter royalties) and masters (performer/producer/label royalties)
  • Negotiation and administration of new soundtrack commissions.

We believe strongly that creators should always be in control of their creations and the way they are exploited, and that they should have access to every line of data in respect of the income they generate. So we provide transparent, simple deals based on net receipts; prompt accounting with full data; and easy exit clauses.

Our family includes the DJs who soundtrack our events, the remixers who take our people’s work in new directions, and the designers, animators, engineers and directors who help finalise and package our artists’ releases.

We believe that we are stronger when we stand as a family of artists and creatives than we are alone. And for the same reason, we stand with other independent music companies too.

We also stand against the exploitation, misogyny and racism that has typified the mainstream music industry for decades. Pending feedback and adjustments, we will post a full policy statement outlining what actions we will take throughout the company to avoid and, where possible, dismantle oppressive systems, organisations and behaviours. Meanwhile we offer a clear, auditable commitment that the best terms we have in place with any cis able white male will be the minimum terms under which we serve any other person.

Thank you for your interest in what we do.

Partners

Rights management: Musiqware

Vinyl production: SixtySix Productions

Distribution: Musiqware, Prime Direct Distribution

Agents: Really Slow Motion (US trailers), Plutonic Group Syncs (worldwide)