i have been thinking for some time now "can i release my own tunes without a label"? so without writing a long post i would love to hear other ta's thoughts on this.
and those who have tried and seceded. and tried and failed.

I release my tunes without a label every single time...though i also release them for free under creative commons license...

So the question is, does the person want to make money? If you want to make money, your going to need a label or already be famous.

If not, sure, make an album host it somewhere and spread it. Cyberneticka does that and hes well known enough. All his stuff is free.

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no my main agenda is to have my tunes played out in clubs.
only my concern is that without a label putting my tunes out,
will only lead to well nothing.

Find out how clubs work, how they get their tunes, and integrate yourself. Look for club magazines and such, or go directly to the clubs and give them the tracks, if they like it i am certain they will play them. You need to learn to advertise yourself. Slapping a track on myspace and telling people on TA about it doesn't get you club play.

Also, i'm 99.9% certain there are atleast a thousand free trance netlabels/compilations that put out stuff every once in awhile. Most of them accept any good tracks given to them.

Look up FEOM i think they do a trance compilation every 6 months or something. I know they sure like to spam my inbox with news every day :P

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dig out the grout expose the pest to take it out without the rest

they will attest my patients restorations from the best

i'm from the west i'm not an acmeist only the alchemist

cool and thanks for the input.one or two off my tunes have been played out in clubs. and so far so good. i am aware off course things wont happen over night.
was interested to hear if any one or body made it with out a label.

i started a digital only label to release only my own stuff. its really fun and u have total control yourself and fuck everyone else kinda. its good to be free. i dont earn shit tho but i dont care about that, its about the satisfaction around doing everything myself, not needing to take shit from anyone. not sure u really need a label anymore either whats the point? start up a "label" with the same name as your artist name. like underworld did with underworld live.

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Originally posted by palm i started a digital only label to release only my own stuff. its really fun and u have total control yourself and fuck everyone else kinda. its good to be free. i dont earn shit tho but i dont care about that, its about the satisfaction around doing everything myself, not needing to take shit from anyone. not sure u really need a label anymore either whats the point? start up a "label" with the same name as your artist name. like underworld did with underworld live.

haha that's mad
how did you know where to start and stuff tho? did ya get onto beatport etc?

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Make a website, get some content [your own music, or others] and spam it everywhere.

http://www.cybernetika.de/ does the same thing. And its funny because people still torrent his stuff..lawl

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I've been thinking about this lately. Whats the point of releasing it yourself when no one is going to hear it, buy it, or play it without a label properly getting the music in front of people for you? Then again, releasing it yourself you have the advantage of owning your music, though it might not get far, but you own it. So its really a double edged sword. The best situation is when you can release through a label and retain rights to your music. I mean if its good music, but the label doesn't do enough to sell the music, then i'd definately want to keep the rights, so that I can release it myself, or just have it as my own property. In this day and age with the easing of releasing our own music, we should be able to request this of labels. For me to start my own label and release music on my own, would be when I know the ins and outs of running a label and can manage some viability for my music, and other artist's music I may sign. The biggest concern I have is distribution methods, outlets, and partners, especially because im interested in releasing Vinyl alongside Digital.

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Last edited by Kismet7 on Apr-24-2009 at 09:23

Problem is virtually noone is interested in buying vinyl.

I hope you didn't sign the standard Armada contracts btw... They're terrible (and killing the dutch trance scene singlehandedly).

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whats involved in creating your own label? you might not be able to do the marketing involved, but if you had your own label you could technically get your stuff on beatport etc: using a distibutor, is this possible?

what does it take to be a label, be a registered business?

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Originally posted by nicknack using a distibutor, is this possible?

Yes.

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what does it take to be a label, be a registered business?

Not necessarily, some countries require you to be a registered business and some don't.

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