The Major Label Debut podcast started out as a conversation with artists who had traversed the tricky, and often difficult, journey of releasing an album with a major label. Their first episode is with Rob Schnapf – producer of Elliott Smith’s XO, his Dreamworks debut. They also speak with Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, Mark Arm and Steve Turner of Mudhoney and so many more.
As the show progressed, they opened their conversations to a slightly wider variety of people but always kept the chat squarely at the intersection of art and commerce. There’s an episode with Brendan Bourke of PR firm The Syndicate, Lisa Fancher of Frontier Records, and music lawyer Randy Ojeda – all of which are equally as fascinating chats as musicians you recognize!
All that to say, I was quite flattered when they invited me to come on the show and chat about Independent Label Life. We cover the history of YK, the importance of community and remembering that The Internet and Social Media are not synonyms.
I’m grateful for the invite and hope you give it a listen. Find it streaming everywhere.
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