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I've been thinking of starting a DIY label.... I'm unemployed at the time, and I'd like something that will get me just enough money to get by, but I want it to be something I like doing. I'm thinking of finding musicians online, and making some compilations at first, 20 track comps for sale at about 5 to 7 bucks, and sell them on cdvalue online, since they only add 1$ to the asking price. It would be a rough start, but i think with patience and a little help i could pull it off. any suggestions or points? |
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this has some nice tips - its on the old Fat Cat site, so some info could be out of date. you need the d.i.y. resource. |
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Make sure you work with people who won't bail on you. |
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true clic, true. i have a few people already i know personally that would help out. by the way, thanks for the link qrter! the stuff actually isn't too out of date. i'll be looking over this. |
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I run this (tiny) label: . Since the music we put out is extremely obscure and has a very small audience, we release limited quantities of the albums. We also only make cd-r's and sell those. The good thing is that the cost of the materials needed to make these cdrs with the artwork and everything is so low, we make the money back rather quickly. We can't afford to give advances to artists yet, but we split the profits 50/50 with the bands. Is there anything specific you had a question about? Maybe I could help a bit. |
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also, as an artist, I would be into being on one of your comps. |
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your link isn't working. |
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yeah it didn;t work for me... i thought it was just my shitty isp |
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just my luck. of course as soon as i post the link, the server goes down! i'll post again when it starts working. sorry for the inconvenience. |
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the only thing i'm really worried about is funding. i think i can score online distribution. i just want to make enough money to survive.... and buy survive, i simply mean food. :-) |
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doesn't asking for help contradict the idea of "do it yourself" |
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p.s. calculated sound ownz joo |
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no one can ever completely do it by themself, but i think he means he wants to be able to make the kind of decisions and strategems that only a smaller label can make, whilst being able to eat. |
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we're making our own cd's my melting pebbles together and taping foil to it |
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A cool way to do it is to collect dole payments while you run the label. ;) |
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bob dole payments? |
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that's quite true, tibbar. i think i could make a bit of money for it by buying cds wholesale and then selling them to people at lower prices... someone was telling me that with some indie labels you can send them something like 50 bucks and they'll send you 20 cds. |
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