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Why License Here

Third-generation Music Licensing Company

San Juan Music Group, Ltd., is a third-generation music licensing company specializing in the licensing of artist’s catalog masters, re-recordings, and new content. With over 13,000 masters in the SJM catalog, we are poised for the modern day music industry, one that focuses on the digital distribution of music through digital streaming, synch deals, social media content, etc.

We are small, but mighty and due to our size, we are able to take a personal approach with each of our clients and ensure that whatever you need is taken care of in a professional and timely manner. After all, we are here for you!

San Juan Music has recorded twenty-five live DVDs, for which we also own the corresponding audio rights, including those by The O’Jays, The Stylistics, Air Supply, The Chi-Lites, Tanya Tucker, Chaka Khan, The Four Tops and The Spinners. SJM has also entered into licensing arrangements directly with artists for artist-owned masters, most notably Loverboy, Foghat, T’Pau, Rick Derringer, and many others.

Austin Chernow (left) and Annie Chernow Wahl (right); grandson and grandaughter of founder)
Austin Chernow (left) and Annie Chernow Wahl (right);
grandson and granddaughter of founder
Jay Chernow (left) and Michael Chernow (right); founder and owner from 1969-1998
Jay Chernow (left) and Michael Chernow (right); founder and owner from 1969-1998; son of founder and owner 1999-2022

License with us

The personal touch that you are looking for with your project!

SJM is currently scheduling both audio and video recordings and is interested in any artists from the 1980s through the 2000s that had hit records. We are open to audio recordings and/or DVD recordings. In the last few years, SJM has closed deals with artists such as Nine Days, Irene Cara, Salt N Pepa, Gin Blossoms, Coolio, Regina Belle, Chuck Negron, The Vapors, Big Mountain, Crystal Waters, Looking Glass, Edison Lighthouse, Living Colour, Peaches & Herb, The Fixx, ABC, Tavares, Paul Lekakis, Main Ingredient, The Three Degrees, and many others. SJM specializes in exploiting artists’ existing recordings or recording new masters in co-ownership deals with these artists.

To date, San Juan Music’s masters have been featured in award winning movies such as The Irishman and The Avengers, hit TV shows such as Titans, Riverdale, and Hawaii Five-0, mainstream marketing campaigns, Hallmark Cards, and is still being sold in classic brick-and-mortar retail.

When you choose to license with us, you get the personal touch that you are looking for with your project!

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