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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.

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.

A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to know how many records they've sold and where they've sold. I know that I have never been treated the way I'm supposed to be treated - like an artist. That's why I do things for myself. I feel like I'm a free man.

I just have so much love for my record label.

At first, I wanted to start my own label, but it was such a full-time job that it became too much.

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

You can now be a master of your own destiny. I'm not sure why you would sign up with a record label.

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.

Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.