Label Launch: A Guide to Independent Record Recording Promotion and Distribution

Whether youre in a band a business entrepreneur or just interested in the music business Label Launch will let you take your fantasies of holding the reigns at your own record label into reality. In fun easy-to-understand language Veronika Kalmar takes you step-by-step through the intricate process of running a label from the moment you think about entering the biz until your first CD vinyl single or demo tape rolls off the press. Topics covered include:. Funding your labelManeuvering through the legal mazeSelling your product online and offPicking and signing bandsPromotion and touringAvoiding the most common pitfalls of a new label. And even tells you when its time to sell out to the man.. Kalmer has culled information from the best in the independent record business interviewing heads of labels who have made a great success and those that almost didnt make it.