Laura Ballance
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 6, 2021 by Laura Ballance · across every show →
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Dec 6, 2021 positive
Ballance: Vinyl resurgence heavily supports artists, labels, and record stores
“But, you know, I think something else that has helped in the last seven to 10 years has been vinyl coming back. I wonder how many of these vinyl records are actually being listened to sometimes, but like, that is helping a lot to support artists and record lab…”
Dec 6, 2021 positive
Dec 6, 2021
Dec 6, 2021 positive
Ballance: Merge and Superchunk were bigger than their founders' romantic relationship
“I felt like what we had built with Superchunk and Merge was larger than us at the, at this moment when we were splitting up personally. You know, like, it was, it felt like it had, Merge and Superchunk both had a life of their own in a way, and like, us not be…”
Dec 6, 2021 neutral
Dec 6, 2021 neutral
Dec 6, 2021
Ballance: Naming a band or new project always sounds stupid initially
“Naming anything is terrible. It's hard, and when you first name it has the meaning of the word, and then over time, it loses the meaning of the word, and becomes just a word. It's the same with naming your band. Anything you say for a name for your band sounds…”
Dec 6, 2021 positive
Ballance: Merge Records survived by growing slowly and avoiding big goals
“I think that our strategy has always been to be careful and grow slowly, and we've never had big goals on the long term, and I think that has served us well in a way, because we, we've been cautious enough to avoid, in general, overextending ourselves.”