
Four Advantages For Songwriters Starting Their Own Record Labels
Above and beyond the wailing and gnashing of teeth that accompanies most conversations about the changes in the music industry, it’s worth mentioning that it has never been easier to make and distribute your own recordings. Choosing the glass half full perspective, I’ve decided to focus on some of the exceptional advantages available to you songwriters who choose to start your own labels to represent either your own catalog — if you’re the artist — or the recordings made by your collaborator who is the artist. There’s no reason to wait around for a major label to sign you or the artist you’re writing with. You can do it yourself.