ABOUT US

Compendia Media Group:

Compendia Music Group produces, distributes, markets, and sells prerecorded music, both by developing new recording projects from new and established artists and by repackaging and reissuing releases from our vast music catalog of master recordings. Through our Intersound, Light Records, and Compendia Records labels, Compendia markets and sells music in a variety of genres including gospel, smooth jazz, country, classical, adult rock, and blues.  

Compendia’s rich archives include albums by many top-selling artists including Joan Osborne, Robert Palmer, the Tony Rich Project, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane, The Beach Boys, Peter Cetera, Dionne Warwick, The Band, Roger Daltrey, Taylor Dayne, Oak Ridge Boys, Pete Townshend, Suzy Bogguss, Sixpence None The Richer, Juice Newton, Phoebe Snow, Rick Springfield, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Otis Rush, The Bellamy Brothers, Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Kansas, T. Graham Brown, George Clinton, Lakeside, Cameo, Dazz Band, Vickie Winans, Andrae Crouch, and Britain’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, who has compiled one of the finest libraries of classical music in the world. 

Compendia is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and currently employs 25 people.  The company was started on January 1^st, 2002.  Over the past two plus years, Compendia has released more than 200 new recording projects and sold more than 2,500,000 compact discs. Compendia’s primary method of sale is physical product through major retail outlets.  Compendia’s largest customers include Wal-Mart, Kmart, Best Buy, Musicland, Transworld, Barnes & Noble and Borders Books.  In addition to traditional music retail, Compendia has distribution and sales arrangements with Amazon.com, Apples’ iTunes, Walmart.com, Napster, Music Match and the Columbia Record Club. 

A significant component of Compendia’s success is its product distribution to all major retailers and wholesalers in the United States and Canada through the largest independent distributor in North America, Koch Distribution.  The partnership with Koch brings Compendia more than enough expertise and leverage in the marketplace to actively compete with the major record companies.  Outside North America, the company actively partners with best of breed record labels in each individual territory to market and distribute the music overseas.  International label partners include, Sony Music and JVC in Japan, Sanctuary Music, Elap, Prestige, and Edel in Europe, Gallo and David Greshem in South Africa, Avex and Rock Records in Asia as well as many others around the world.

The company has received numerous industry and artist awards, including RIAA Gold record certifications and Grammy, Stellar, and Dove Awards.  In 2003, Light Records recording artist, Rizen, received a Stellar Award as best new Gospel Artist and 2 Dove Award nominations.