Other Record Labels Blog
Weekly episodes to help you build and grow your record label.
Our record label blog features podcast interviews with some of the best independent record labels, quick tips for record labels, and other helpful resources to help you make your record label more effective and efficient!
How to Get Your Music in Record Stores
Let's talk about the 3 things you can do that will help you get your music and releases into your local indie record stores!
Interview with a Record Store Owner
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.
Helping Artists Be More Prolific
Let's talk about why I think artists need to be more prolific and how we as record labels can help encourage and coach them!
Interview with Cruisin Records
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.
Why Release Day Sucks! (and what to do about it)
Tell me if you relate to this…
Just a few weeks ago I had my own release day… I’ve been a musician for awhile so I was able to prepare myself for the inevitable release day blues…
That feeling of 2-3 years of work all released on one single day…
Release days can feel anticlimactic.
Why You Should Invest In Your Record Label
It's risky to invest actual explicit money into any business, let alone a record label. But there are a few great reasons why we should... Let's discuss!
Interview with Kiam Records
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!
Interview with Refresh Records
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!
Interview with A2IM
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.
Why Your Record Label Isn’t Growing.
I've always expected growth in life to be linear, predictable. But the reality is that it comes in fits and spurts, non-linear. And then comes an unexplained plateau...
Let’s explore the idea of why it may feel like your record label isn't growing (when it probably is).
Interview with Cathy Pellow of Sargent House
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.
How to Keep Your Record Label Organized.
Let’s make sure we make our lives as easy as possible by learning how to keep our record labels organized. Here’s 4 simple things you can do to help you stay more organized while running a record label…
Interview with the Record Label, Brassland.
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...
Are you annoying your audience?
Do you ever feel like you’re annoying your audience with your emails or social media posts? Let’s discuss why you shouldn’t be worried, and why you should keep doing what you’re doing!
Interview: Secret Songs
In this week’s episode, I chat with Alex Lichtenauer of Get Better Records!
We talk about how they believe their label is just getting started, even after a decade of being in operation.
We also talk about vinyl pressing delays, adapting to new social media, and why labels should have their own set of values!
How to review vinyl test pressings?
Let's talk about what you should be listening for when reviewing your test pressings… Ironically, I got some test pressings in the mail the day before I recorded this episode…
Here are 3 things I listened for when I reviewed my test pressings…
Industry Insiders: Women in Vinyl
In this episode I interview the founder of Women in Vinyl, Jenn D’Eugenio.
Email Marketing for Record Labels
I’m often amazed at how overlooked email is in our industry…
It’s such an old technology, but it is still remarkably effective…
We’re going to talk about the “how-to” in a few weeks, but this week I want to talk about why email is great, and why your label should consider building and nurturing an email list.
