Tag Archive for the term: record label

Independent from 1960 to 1988 the Motown record label was perhaps the most influential independent of all time. In a period of incredible global upheaval and tension, Motown brought people of all colours and creeds together in appreciation of life, joy, freedom to experiment, and to be all the odd and awesome things an individual [...]

This song hits its stride, has the office fists in the air and requires sharing, once the fierce and yet fatherly KRS-ONE and indie record label owner and rapper BUCKSHOT explain that the original purpose of rap was to end violence by valuing individual expression:
We starting breaking to stop fighting.
So tell the truth accurately, [...]

What will they think of next! This combo-platter of news is bizarre and exciting all at the same time. We have to admit we sometimes totally love Perez’s taste in music and things fabulous, so that bodes well, and lord knows we love to live and eat and sleep in a sexy band t-shirt, so, [...]

Epic fail, sounds like, and classic miss on the logic of the new network economy:
Death Cab For Cutie’s record label is Atlantic, which is a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. When you go to the DCFC website you can’t watch any of the band’s videos. This is failure and irony on several levels.
It [...]

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 [...]