Symphonic Distribution

Symphonic Distribution is based in Tampa, FL and was founded in late 2006. In its inception, the company began with the distribution of music to Beatport and soon expanded to feature Apples' iTunes store. By 2010, Symphonic Distribution was paying out millions a year to record labels and artists all over the world.

In 2016, Symphonic Distribution announced an expansion into New York with the intention of establishing new relationships for its distributed labels, artists, and independent brands.[1] In addition, following the closure of Beatport's Distribution company, Baseware Distribution, Symphonic signed over 200 distribution accounts from the defunct distributor.

In 2017, Symphonic Distribution received a growth capital investment of $4M from Ballast Point Ventures, a Tampa-based private equity firm. After the investment, the company hired former Orchard executives Nick Gordon and Eshan Shah Jahan as Chief Client Officer and Chief Technology Officer based in New York.[2][3] Houseplanet Distribution, a House music-focused digital distributor out of Madrid, Spain was acquired by Symphonic Distribution as well.[4]

In 2018, the company officially opened its headquarters to the community of downtown Tampa, FL where it shares an office building with the historic Tampa Theatre.[5] Following the move, the company worked in collaboration with the Tampa Downtown Partnership to create several Spotify playlists, each embodying experiences unique to the Tampa Bay area and featuring local artists.[6] The company continued to build out its staff full of veteran music industry professionals.

In 2019, Symphonic Distribution expanded its footprint into Nashville, TN, Music City, with the hiring of music industry veteran Randall Foster[7] to lead the charge. Shortly after the Nashville expansion, Symphonic expanded into Bogotá, Colombia while launching Symphonic Latino,[8] to focus on the Latin presence, and continues to add to its technology and digital service providers making Symphonic one of the largest distributors in the world. Closing 2019, Symphonic launched in-house record labels under a brand called sleev3s.[9] Sleev3s is a collective of record labels with a cause. Each imprint is curated by genre experts and has a charitable organization associated with it. For every stream played, a portion of the proceeds is donated to the attached organization.

Symphonic’s core distribution offering includes digital music distribution to hundreds of DSPs and nearly every territory in the world. Symphonic clients have access to opt-in or apply for physical and video distribution, marketing, advertising, publishing admin, neighboring rights, YouTube and Soundcloud monetization and sync licensing services.