record label
also referred to as: record labels
3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 12, 2019 by Troy Carter · across every show →
Everything said about record label, oldest first
Dec 12, 2019 negative
Carter: Record labels have 'screwed over artists for generations'
“Record income traditionally has been your smallest piece of the pie because record labels have screwed over artists for generations. So you're always forced to go on the road and sell merchandise and do all of these other things to subsidize the income essenti…”
Dec 12, 2019 positive
Carter: Independent artists get better label terms by building audiences first
“We're starting to see a generation of independent artists now that have broken that barrier that are starting to make money off of music as well, because they're putting out this music. The record labels are discovering them because they've already blown up es…”
Dec 6, 2021 neutral
McCaughan: Mainstream music listeners do not care about record labels
“When a record gets as big as, or a band gets as big as Arcade Fire, there's a percentage of people that know what label that record is on, but there's a much bigger percentage of people that don't know and don't care, like, even what a record label is.”