Tag Archive for the term: record label

A collection of quotes and their accompanying links from selected news items discovered this week pertaining to independent business… or IndieBiz.. or biz-nas, I guess, if you prefer.
First up, Youtube and RumbleFish strike deal enabling 25 000 new songs to be used in Youtube videos:
Dubbed the “iTunes of corporate America” by CNBC, Rumblefish is providing [...]

I received this friendly email from Nina Tune the other day:

Hi Indyish,
Maddy here from Ninja Tune/ Big Dada Records. Our artist Mr. Scruff has teamed up with reverse graffiti legend Paul “Moose” Curtis on an enormous piece of environmental art. Please check out the EPK below, which also features exclusive interviews from both contributors.
This sat [...]

Just poking around the web this morning, as I do, and discovered something I’d never noticed before on the Merge Records website. Of course, Merge is the label of indie icons like (say it with me) Arcade Fire, but also Destroyer, Conor Oberst, The Magnetic Fields, and recent Polaris prize winners Caribou. They have the [...]

Fixture Records is a young record label and we’re very lucky to be a part of Pop Montreal this year. We programmed a showcase, with 6 of our bands, taking place on Friday, October 3rd at Trois Minots, 3812 St. Laurent [map].
We’re also selling our music at the first ever Puces Pop Record Sale and [...]

On Aug 9, 2008, Bongo Beat will officially be a Montreal based record label. We will be a part of the fabric of one of the most exciting musical centres on the planet. I am originally from Montreal and our new office will actually be in the house where I grew up; where my parents [...]

I was very pleased last year when I went to a product management meeting at Sony BMG Canada with MC Mario (yes, I work with MC Mario, he’s actually pretty cool) where the product reps revealed a new digipak entirely made of potato starch, meaning you can actually stick it in your compost bin when [...]

Villa Villa Nola is a new Montreal-based label that sells zip file downloads via their website. The site launched on Valentine’s Day 2008 and since then Villa Villa Nola has built up a handsome collection of recordings, all available for $5 each.
Listen to samples from 3-4 tracks per album before ordering (a bit of a [...]

We’re in the process of building a home for Fixture Records on the internet. Elran of Touchbasic (and Indyish) was kind enough to host us and set us up with professional-looking email addresses. The site is up at fixture-records.com so check it out and let us know what you think! The next step is putting [...]

Part Two of The Single and The Music Industry, read Part One.
In the beginning, there was the piano.
In the year 1800, the first true upright piano was invented in Philadelphia by John Isaac Hawkins, and this smaller and cheaper (in comparison to the full grand piano) instrument grew to become a required item [...]

Tuesday February 26th, Plants and Animals celebrated the release of their new album, Parc Avenue, at the beautiful Sala Rossa in Montreal. David Macleod warmed up the foliage-strewn stage, with fellow Timber-member, Katie Moore sharing vocals and a guest appearance by Emma Baxter of Orillia Opry. By the time Plants and Animals got up, giggling [...]