90s Podcast Advertisement for Other Record Labels
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TRANSCRIPT:
When I first started my record label, we had something exciting happen to us almost every month — or at least with every new release we put out.  

There was one time when the local newspaper music writer emailed me and said he loved our latest release. I freaked out. I thought we had finally made it.

Or like anytime I got an email from a music blog, no matter the size, I was convinced that was the big break. 

And over time, these opportunités actually got bigger and cooler... iTunes featured one of our albums on the home page,  and we got a song placed on a major tv show. 

With each new opportunity, I naively thought this was the one that would make us go big.

But now, twelve years later, I realize it was never any one singular thing that blew us up. 

We never blew up, we just kept serving our artists and putting out great music.

It was those little wins that just kept piling up, the compound interest of staying consistent. 

If I were to start a record label today, I would remind myself that there isn’t any magic bullet out there; any social media hack, or any gatekeeper that I can gain access to.  It’s just diligence, patience, practice, and passion. 

Have you heard the quote, people overestimate what they can do in a year, but underestimate what they can do in ten years?

Every week I talk to a different record label about their own journey. Small labels who are just starting out, and big labels like sub pop and Warp. 

There’s so much we can learn from each other — not just for indie record labels — but folks dreaming about starting a record label, and even DIY artists!

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