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I disagree on a lot of parts.
| quote: | Originally posted by Theran
personally, I don't think its worth it to setup your own label and releasing your stuff. The interesting thing of signing to a 'established' label, is that they won't sign your track unless it has a certain quality. If you create your own label, you can release any shitty track you make (not saying that you do!). I think that that's the most important reason for trying to sign to a 'established' label. And I don't think it's a good reason to set up your own label just to release your stuff. If you want to get you stuff out there, there are lot's of oppertunities to do so. |
I do think it's worth it. It's not interesting anymore to sign to any label anymore. A lot of the formerly established labels sign shit all over the place in order to have that potential hit. I browse beatport daily for some nice tech/prog house and progtrance, yet I only found 2 labels which I consider to have a consistent quality control. Armada (especially their sister company Cloud 9) and Blackhole and a lot of the other big ones as well sign way too much crap all over the place, poor mixdowns, huge smily face spectrum on masters, it's all there. A lot of these labels actually sell next to nothing just as small labels do.
| quote: | | Sure, I think most producers love to run there own label - so do I -, but there are so many labels these days, that you have a very small chance of making it thru, unless you sign some major artists to your label. |
When catching up with a friend last week I've heard is that I sell just as much as he does even though he dj's around the globe on a regular basis. Even though he has over 60 releases on his portfolio and a bigger fanbase. The "having major artists makes it a quality label" comparison pretty much became false as digital downloads started to get a bigger market share. The costs are 0, the financial risk is too. You can just put out all the crap you have and perhaps you'll earn some!
| quote: | | So, in conclusion, I think you should try to get tracks signed at a 'established' label instead of setting up your own! If you really want to sell you tracks (because you think they should be heard), on Audiojelly there is a unsigned artist section. I don't have any experience with that but maybe it's worth it to check it out. |
My conclusion is just the opposite. Do it.
By setting up your own label you'll earn double as much on the sales (or more depending on the contract) than you would with a label. Promotion these days is neglible and returns are too.
The only problem is it takes time, dedication and effort to run it all yourself. The only reason I haven't done this myself is because I don't have enough time to run a little label on the side. I already work late pretty much every day.
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Last edited by Storyteller on Mar-31-2009 at 10:40
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for his entire life. On top of that no royalties over the first 500 vinyl sales (and of course it won't make the 500 mark) and just 15% royalties on digital sales. That's just crazy. Oh and they starting making trouble on publishing too because he has a different publisher than the in-house publishing of Armada.
