Seems I have started a boutique vinyl label.
Spiritual_Chaos
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So with Pearl Jam not touring and me not caring about the new generation of videogames I have a small bit of money saved. And I know of some relatively well known Swedish artists who are stuck with albums never been released on vinyl (mid to late 90s and early 00s) and today do not have the funds or a label believing it to be worthwhile endeavour for a pressing.
So been thinking for a while as a "project" to persuade one of these artists to have me go in with the finances for a small print run. With me not really taking any profits, but hopefully being able top recoup my investment (financial, not for the time invested). But also be ready to loose the money and be stuck with boxes of unsold vinyl...
I would invest enough for the pressing (high quality in a Jurrasic Park "we spared no expense"-way), a vinyl master of the album (that the artist will oversee and be responsible for) and will take responsibility for the distribution.
Sweden is a small country and there aren't that many different places people buy vinyl from (with Amazon and such I would imagine it being the same in other countries too) so I'm thinking the distribution part wouldn't be that difficult to straighten out. I mean, people do not "stumble upon an album" in a store and pick it up by chance anymore, people who would want to buy an 180 gram audiophile album actively look for it. I have some ideas on how to try to benefit independent record stores and such over the Amazon-esque places. Also thinking a bit about doing it like Pearl Jam and some artists going through kickstarter - printsize depending on amount of preorders.
Anyone in here have a label, or have pressed vinyl or just have some tips and pointers and stuff to think about etc?
So been thinking for a while as a "project" to persuade one of these artists to have me go in with the finances for a small print run. With me not really taking any profits, but hopefully being able top recoup my investment (financial, not for the time invested). But also be ready to loose the money and be stuck with boxes of unsold vinyl...
I would invest enough for the pressing (high quality in a Jurrasic Park "we spared no expense"-way), a vinyl master of the album (that the artist will oversee and be responsible for) and will take responsibility for the distribution.
Sweden is a small country and there aren't that many different places people buy vinyl from (with Amazon and such I would imagine it being the same in other countries too) so I'm thinking the distribution part wouldn't be that difficult to straighten out. I mean, people do not "stumble upon an album" in a store and pick it up by chance anymore, people who would want to buy an 180 gram audiophile album actively look for it. I have some ideas on how to try to benefit independent record stores and such over the Amazon-esque places. Also thinking a bit about doing it like Pearl Jam and some artists going through kickstarter - printsize depending on amount of preorders.
Anyone in here have a label, or have pressed vinyl or just have some tips and pointers and stuff to think about etc?
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The thing I would be worried about is the handling of any master tapes. Lose those and it's donesville.
Good luck in this.
My idea was to not handle the master tapes. Have the artist(s) take responsibility for getting a proper vinyl master done they are happy with.
Might be a one-off type of thing though. Something new to put into a Tinder profile or have something to bring up at parties "Do you know, that I one summer ran a vinyl label and released one record?"
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