Music and Arts Programs of America
- is a new classical & jazz label on Emusic with 183 albums posted in the past week or so:
- Here's a few that caught my attention:"Independent labels are the soul and heart of the music industry, in many ways the pioneers, the original risk-takers. while big labels such as Warner Brothers and Atlantic are in the business of making hits (finding artists and musical styles that will appeal to the biggest audience), independent labels have quietly gone about the task of discovering and recording new talent and new musical genres. More often than not, the aim is quality-- the artistry and craftsmanship of marrying true musical talent with true recording and engineering talent. Never mind that most of these recordings are not big sellers. More than a few are, in fact, eventually recognized as leading-edge material, catapulting either the musicians or the genre of music into mainstream awareness. Major labels often clamor after these artists and sounds once they've proven themselves on the independents' cutting ground."
http://musicandarts.com/
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- Has anyone checked if it's under a different distributor ?
In fact, in a concert I helped produce in Houston in 1993 with Tim Berne/Hank Roberts, Rova, Splatter Trio, and Debris, one of the night's closers was Rova/Splatter/Debris all playing a Braxton medley. Fantastic.