In this episode, I speak with Egyptian-American artist, Yousef Hilmy from an amazing jazz label called, Minaret Records!

We talk about what the term DIY means in jazz music, and what makes an artist someone you'd want to have on your label!

This week, I chat about the history of music genres and what they mean today for music fans and indie record labels! I chat with the author Kelefa Sanneh who's book is called, "Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres."

Grab a copy of this amazing book here: http://geni.us/majorlabels

In this episode, I speak with a great little label from Spain called Lacreu Records who has released some incredibly great records. We talk about what it means to be an indie label with artists and members all around the globe.

We also talk about the challenge of promoting Spanish language artists to English-speaking press publications.

In this episode, I talk with UK label, Beth Shalom Records. We talk about their ambitious goal of becoming a carbon-neutral record label!

In this episode, I talk with Jude Gitamondoc, the founder of a great label from the Philippines called Kadasig. We talk about their goal of preserving a native language through pop music!

In this episode, I talk with Sam and Ximena of Lobby Art Editions. We talk about the relationship between visual art and music. We also chat about pricing vinyl and we talk an inappropriate amount about obi-strips!

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 artist photos. We talk the effects of streaming on instrumental music, how to market ambient music, and how they feel about sharing a name with a newly-popular drug company. 

In this episode, I talk the author of the book Work Hard Playlist Hard, Mike Warner. We talk all about best practices and how artists and labels can improve their chances for success on streaming platforms.

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

In this week’s episode, I go over some of my favorite books that I think can help you in your record label journey!

Some of the books I discuss in this episode are, Major Labels by Kelefa Sanneh, A Guide to Music Publishing by Randall D. Wixen, and User Friendly by Cliff Kuang.

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 nugget from a selection of this year's guests.

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 revenue streams, Spotify best practices, and more! 

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.

In this episode, I chat with Clyde, Darby, and Theo from Cruisin Records. We talk about the meaning and origins of this incredible label, a label created to support Queer artists.

In this episode, I chat with Jennifer from Kiam Records. We talk about getting sync placements on TV commercials and we chat about how awkward it is sometimes when your an artist on your own label!

In this episode, I chat with Josh from Refresh Records. One of the coolest things we talk about in this episode is how critical it is for labels to get out into their local communities. Like Refresh did by setting up shop as the only label at a comic book fair! 

In this episode, I interview Alyssa Mark, the Senior Director of Label Member Relations of A2IM (The American Association of Independent Music). We talk about their work in advocating for independent record labels as well as the community and resources they've built to support independent music. We also talk about how the improvements that effect larger indies can also have a positive impact on smaller independent labels.

In this episode, I chat with Cathy Pellow about the family-like community they've created with their label headquarters. We also chat about the dire condition of vinyl pressing wait times and how it's affecting artists.

This week’s interview episode features a label that was founded by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National and their co-founder, Alec Bemis.

I chat with Alec about the past 20 years of Brassland including working with Bartees Strange, Doveman, and those early National records...