Interviews and insights from independent record labels. A podcast for the people who run indie record labels and for DIY musicians who self-release music. Hosted by Scott Orr.
In this episode, I chat with Nick Hyatt of Moderna Records. A Montreal-based label who focuses on modern classical, instrumental, neo-classical music with a strong emphasis on stunning artwork, and a…
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Let's talk about some best practices that we can implement as record labels (and DIY artists) to h…
In this episode, I talk with Mike Warner of Work Hard Playlist Hard and Chartmetric. We talk all about best practices when it comes to playlisting and getting our label's music heard on streaming pla…
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Let’s talk about multiple revenue streams and why they’re so essenti…
In this episode, I chat with Erin of This Could Go Boom, a record label that is an official not-for-profit charitable organization. We talk all about the application process and why they decided to c…
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Vinyl pressing is expensive and stressful but super rewarding when done well! Let's talk about the 5 cool things y…
In this episode, I chat with Dan of Exploding in Sound Records starting out as a music blog and then finding ways to converting their built-in audience into an audience for his record label.
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Here are 3 great books that I read this year that should help you on your record label journey!
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Thank you for an incredibly inspiring and encouraging year!
This episode we are recapping some really important and amazing things that happened this year and make sure that you heard every wise nug…
Let's talk about 3 things we can do to help us be strategic in picking a release date for our new release!
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Very excited to launch a super helpful tool for indie record label managers and owners to help you stay organized and on-track throughout the year.
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Let's talk about three main ways that we can help ourselves avoid burning out while running our record label!
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In this episode, I chat with Trevor of Fire Talk Records. Make sure you grab a pen and paper, because there are some incredibly valuable nuggets of wisdom in this episode. We talk about multiple reve…
Let's talk about the ways we can work together with our local record stores and what we need to do in order to get our record label's releases on their shelves!
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In this episode, I talk with Brad Germain who owns an indie record store called, Into the Abyss. I ask Brad all about how indie record labels can best support their local record stores.
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Let's talk about why I think artists need to be more prolific and how we as record labels can help encourage and coach them!
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In this episode, I chat with Theo, Darby, and Clyde about their incredible record label Cruisin Records, a label created to support Queer artists.
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Welcome to our monthly series called, Record Label Case Studies, where we take a look at indie record labels who are doing inspiring things, and what we can learn from them!
Our third Case Study is w…
Let's talk about why some of us get the Release Day blues... Instead of feeling like we’ve crossed a finish line it feels like we’ve run out of gas in the middle of nowhere.
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