Play on our songs. Get paid. Get credited.
MBSGG Global Network is an independent music label in Kansas City. We write and demo every song first, then hire real musicians to play the final parts — and we find most of them on social media. The bedroom players. The ones posting covers and riffs from home who are better than most people realize.
Record at home
Your gear, your schedule, your sound. No studio required.
A flat fee for each part
Agreed in writing before you play a note.
Credited by name
Your name, your instrument and your handle on every release you play on.
Seen, not just heard
Send a video of your part and we post it and tag you.
A label built around the musicians the industry scrolls past.
Our songs start as written and demoed arrangements. The final recordings are played by real musicians, recording from wherever they are. Our artists include Midnight Horizon and the smooth jazz channel Slow Exhale Society, and the music is heard on MBSGGTV, MBSGG Radio and our YouTube channels.
We believe some of the best musicians working today are playing in their bedrooms, and they deserve to be heard, paid and credited. Being a “social media musician” is not a lesser title. It is where a lot of real talent lives right now.
Six steps, all from home.
You record your part at home, on your own gear, on your own schedule.
We send you the song
A guide track of the full arrangement, the key, the tempo and a count-in, plus a note on which section is yours and the feel we’re after.
You learn it and make it yours
The guide shows the shape of the part. We want your tone and your phrasing, not a copy.
You record to the guide
Play along with it in headphones so your part lines up, but leave the guide out of the file you send.
You send your files
One clean audio file of your part, and a video if you’re up for it.
One round of changes, if needed
Something like a different ending or a simpler line in the verse. One round is included in your fee.
You get paid and credited
Paid for your part, and credited by name when the song comes out.
Clean files, easy delivery.
Audio
Starts at the very top of the guide track so it lines up. Your part only, no guide.
Effects
If your sound depends on an effect, send a second file with the effect on.
Video (optional)
You playing your part. We’ll post it and tag you, and you’re welcome to post it too.
Delivery
Google Drive, Dropbox or WeTransfer.
Everything in writing, before you start.
You’re paid a flat fee for each part, you’re credited by name, and we put it all in a short written agreement before you record anything.
That one-page agreement lists the song, the part, the fee, the credit and the rights, and we both sign it. Nothing about the fee or the rights is left to a handshake.
Nothing here is legal advice. Read the agreement before you sign, and ask us anything.
Fee
A flat fee per part, set in your agreement for each song.
Credit
Your name, instrument and social handle on the release, in the description and in our posts — for example, “Saxophone: [Your Name] (@yourhandle).”
Rights
Spelled out in the agreement for each song, before you start.
What musicians ask us first
Do I need a studio?
No. You record your part at home, on your own gear and your own schedule. We send a guide track so your part lines up with the song.
How much does it pay?
Each part is paid as a flat fee. The fee, the credit and the rights are written into a one-page agreement we both sign before you start, so you know exactly what you are agreeing to.
Will I be credited?
Yes. Your name, your instrument and your social handle go on the release, in the description and in our posts.
Can I post my own video of the part?
If you send a vertical video of you playing, we post it and tag you, and you are welcome to post it too. The agreement for each song spells out the details.
Does it matter that I’m ’just’ a social media musician?
No. Some of the best musicians working today are playing in their bedrooms. That is exactly where we look.
Want to play on an MBSGG song?
Tell us your instrument and send a link to a video you’re proud of. We’ll send you the guide track for a song that fits you.