I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Starting my own label was more out of necessity. I'm not going to sit around and wait for labels to come screaming.
I think any label is bad. I'm more than a label.
Putting out the things that I like best hasn't been the easiest way to run a label, and it still isn't because it requires finding an audience for each record.
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.
As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.
I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.
I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do.
Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.
I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.
At first, I wanted to start my own label, but it was such a full-time job that it became too much.