Why we decided to start our own record label
This is the first of what we hope will be many blog posts to come for Rob Vylan Records. Our philosophy is simple, DO IT YOURSELF.
About a year ago we came to a crossroads: go out and perform night in and night out in the hope that a label signs us, or stop waiting for the big opportunity and make our own way.
In this post we've put together a list of reasons why starting our own label just made sense for us.
Creative Control
Maybe the biggest reason we decided to start our label was for the creative control it allows us.
Nobody can tell us what to do, what to say, what to write, or how to perform. We are our own bosses and love the freedom to express ourselves in anyway we want.
Low overhead
Another big reason we decided to dive in the deep end was to save money.
When an artist signs with a label, the label provides services in exchange for a cut of royalties from the artist's work, and we decided we wanted to keep our royalties in the family. We want to make sure we get ours and that our friends and collaborators get theirs.
To lead by example
Our entire lives we've been told there's no point in pursuing music as a career and it's our mission to prove all of those people wrong. We also want to show our closest friends and collaborators that they can make a career of music too.
Life experience
We won't lie, a big reason for starting this label is just for the cool experience.
We didn't want to look back on our lives and say "what if?" We want to live life to the fullest, and what better way to do that than starting a new business and seeing where it leads?
At the end of the day it's up to us to shape our future. We hope you'll join us on this crazy ride as we attempt to chase our dream of building this label ground up.
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