I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.
I need to reach a lot of people to sell records.
I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records.
Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You're writing for the public.
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
I pretty much just focus on making the records - unless I'm self-releasing them; then I do my own thing. But at some point, you have to stop worrying about chains of distribution, or it takes out of your time to write.
We have meetings with our record label to tell them how to market us.
When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to make records for big labels. I was waiting for a new kind of record label to emerge.
I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.
So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped.