I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I started my own record label.
My real life helped me sell a lot of records.
I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.
I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.
I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.
I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.
I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.
I made this record without a record label.
The first record I made when I was 17. Labels merged and plans didn't work out, but plans never work out as planned. But I never stopped making music. I never had a backup plan. I never thought, 'Maybe I should just write, or maybe I should...' I just kept going.
We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.