FATCAT DIY RESOURCE

http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/DIY/

only just came across this gem, they have links to manufacturers, distro even interviews with independent record label heads such as skam, planet mu, irdial etc - if your interested in setting up your own label you need to check out this collection of information.

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fuck, that's fantastic

Some interesting stuff on here. From the Skam interview:

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With hindsight, what would you have changed / done differently?

 

non really, the only one I can think of, is our experiences with majors, very early on, things were agreed, and signed, then looking back on it, we were done up like kippers. They will take advantage of you! Otherwise, the path we have walked, has almost been a natural one, therefore can not really complain.

Surely this can only be a reference to Warp and Music Has The Right To Children? What other 'major' label have Skam dealt with?

warp are considered a major label?

As far as independent labels go, I would say yes

but a large independent is still independent

What's wrong with the idea of a major independent label? There are plenty.

Maybe you're right, it must have been when Universal wanted to license the last Mr. 76ix album for a worldwide release.

Seems like most of the URLs for a lot of the manufactures don't work any more. Managed to find a few cool companies that could be useful in the future though.

could be talking about Matador, another major indie