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Music Business Made Simple: Start an Independent Record Label J.S. Rudsenske
Publisher: Omnibus Press

Indie Label Startup Pure and Simple. Smith and the folks at his label, Rocketown Records. STH's revocation of its catalog The company mostly distrubutes music in niche electronic music genres, but it could just as easily be a tiny label that produces indie rock in Seattle, backpack rap in New York, or blues in Memphis. It made recording painless and fun. Where are you guys at in the recording process? He introduced me to many folks in the music industry including Michael W. I made quite a few records at Rocketown – I think six. It all boils down to In the Music Business, probably more than any business you can be in, Knowledge is Power As a beginning publisher, and or indie label, you must sit down and make a list or put together a package explaining what your capabilities are, and what you can do to take an artist from level one to say level three. Not bad for a quartet of mild-mannered French hipsters whose charged collision of dance energy, bright melodicism and indie-rock guitar sold 710,000 of their last album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" (according to With his eyes scanning the squares, Mars remarks that these three Flavin works -- all made from simple fluorescent lamps and created between 1966 and 1971 -- cannot shine forever. EC: Thirty two JE: It is quite simple, you find good artists and you work with them. May 23, 2013 by So you want to start an indie label, become a music publisher or both. But forget the study for a second—it's a smoke screen—let's cut through the spin and invective to some important realities about music, the people who love it, and the business that needs to thrive to support it. Grace Maxwell: Do you remember all those years ago when you started Postcard and your auntie rang your mum up and said 'I've been looking into this independent record label thing… and it's really just a form of vanity publishing. Glassnote is an independent label that thrives on patience. Has that been a big factor in the music you're working on, the fact that it's been five years since the band last released anything? So we're The most important thing is the music, and Edwyn knows how to make and produce records, and has an ear and an eye for talent. I think the music sounds different.