Category Archives: Industry Trends

Where we’ve been, where we’re headed.

Frenchkiss Records on SonicScoop

This week, I interviewed Frenchkiss Records founder Syd Butler for SonicScoop. It’s fascinating to see how the art and economics of a label can work on their scale. They release about 8 records each year – essentially 2 per season. Based on their budgets, as long as a record sells 5,000 copies, they can consider […]

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True Indie Labels

This morning, Chad Clark of Beauty Pill, the excellent Dischord Records post-rock band, tweeted: “[W]ondering about budgets behind entirely electronic records in 2012. The economic framework has to be different than rock music.” and “If Tape Op hasn’t done a piece on this topic, they should. Or maybe a cool topic for @TrustMeScience? Get on […]

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