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testa
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what do you need to start your label

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hello subsekt

we make techno and think about making a label for friends too :?:

does anybody know about starting up a label and what do we need to do?

how is best way to approach when you are young and not too much money?

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I have no idea to tbh as I haven't ventured down this road yet but I know there are a couple of members that are doing this so hopefully they will come forward.
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The biggest issue with new labels is promotion.


Promote yourself and your label mates all the time. The great thing about this is that it has gotten so easy now with Facebook and Soundcloud and other websites that you can promote from.

We all know that there really isn't a ton of money into making tracks anymore with tons of illegal downloading and such as of late. That is why one must DJ or play live at shows/raves/gigs...w/e you wanna call it to promote your label.

Believe me when I say this, You have to play a ton of shows.

My advice, try finding a local bar that can hold a night for your crew to perform on a weekly basis. Ask your friends to invite friends and so on to come on out once a week to see you and your label mates perform. Get special guests to perform with you each week (this takes money). If the special guest likes what your label is doing each week, they will promote you to other DJ's and such. More people will hear about your special night each week at some bar.


To be honest and fair, really its all about promotion and networking. You won't get anywhere without making a few friends along the way. I live in southern california, where the big thing is Excision style dubstep. Guess what, I DJ dubstep to get my name out there, while I'm making techno tunes night and day. I'm making contacts daily in the business, sure its not for techno but I'm sure somewhere along the chain of people my skills will reach someone who is also into techno.

Promotion! Promotion! Promotion!

Hopefully this helps!

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Yeah the promotion is the bitch of the work, specially if you do it yourself (like me) but there are some good offers on promotional work so i might look into that later this year..

I'll post some links of were i got my inspiration from (in no particular order):
http://www.recorddigitallabel.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/feature ... label.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/feature ... art-2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (somehow part 3 was never posted)
http://blog.loopmasters.com/tutorials/p ... dium=email" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.label-worx.com/home" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.audiblehype.com/blogs/busine ... tion-plan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

this will give you something to read :)
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wow so much more infomations that i hoped would become of this. thanks you to walsh and wouter. we have a small club running in a night that is getting much bigger every time. we do some promotions but its more mouth to ear. i have much to read now and will tell how i progress!

enjoy your evening guys

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you can choose to have a Label or you can choose to be a Producer. You cant choose both . because it is hard to keep up with your Label . there is a chance that you will make money with having to invest so much money on Marketing and Promotional Campaigns ,ETC. also lots of time !!!!
IMO is really hard to work both .

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If your starting a label and your releasing other artists work make sure ya pay ur MCPS Liceinces you can find more info here.....
http://www.prsformusic.com/creators/mem ... /MCPS.aspx

I think it's 80p per digital download

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Aline N wrote:you can choose to have a Label or you can choose to be a Producer. You cant choose both . because it is hard to keep up with your Label . there is a chance that you will make money with having to invest so much money on Marketing and Promotional Campaigns ,ETC. also lots of time !!!!
IMO is really hard to work both .
personally i think one could be both, i mean look at the many big name artists and most of them are running their own labels: CLR, Bumload, Electric Deluxe, Ajunabeats, NightVision, Armada... just to name a few.... sure they have a ton of help now but when they first started I'm sure they had to work their way up to create their vision of the label and how it represents them and their labelmates. it definitely takes a ton of time though.


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