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Record Label

One day i really hope to have my own record label, With a few bands signed. The only problem is i have no idea where to begin, and not much to start with. Any advice? Even a shove in the right direction would be helpful.
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If you can relate to any of the above, then you are in good shape, if you can`t I would suggest hanging around recording studios. At one point in my life I was a producer, and produced my own beats and tracks. One of the categories that most record labels can`t be successful is the price of the equipment. you Need, Vocal Booths, MIDI Sequencers, Keyboards, Mixing Consoles, A-DAT`s, Multi-channel recorders, Quality Microphones (starting price is $1,245) for a good mic, Then if you are into electronica you need: Samplers, Beat Machines, Harmonizers, Digital Mixing Consoles, and the software!! You have Cubase VST, Cakewalk- Sonar, or Pro-tools for MAC, Pro-tools can run for about 5K for the software, not including the Console which is about 7K. Think about it before you decide to go into it..If you ever want to buy gear, I can walk you through...
the internet has spawned something called the `netlabel` which can operate for little or no overhead, cdr buisness model until you can get going.
netlabels.org
book: starting a record label by dd schwartz