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Spiral Galaxy Records is a record label very much in the same vein as Discipline Global Mobile (the company conceived of, and run by Robert Fripp). Therefore, a description of us would be almost identical to them... i'll try not to be too plagaristic. - : : : : : : : : - By virtue of various copyright control laws, and the willingness of industry tycoons to exploit musicians for their own captial gain, The music business (for most musicians involved) has become a situation that can only be described as criminal. We (along with a surprising number of other independents) hope to challenge the music industry's practices of greed, deceit, and exploitation; maybe we can help to draw some people's attention to what alternatives there are. - : : : : : : : : - All of the fine people we represent, own the copyright to their own material. We feel that there is really no legitimate reason for the copyright to belong to us. Our goal is to simply get good music where it belongs: in the ears and minds of music lovers (hopefully in their hands too, but we'll get to that in a minute).
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In light of this, it should not be surprising that SGR is entirely a nonprofit organization. Any and all profits resulting from the work of an artist here, go to that artist. This may seem an obvious idea to you (it certainly does to me...) but it's disgustingly not the way operations are generally handled. We help the artists on our label (in any way we can) to make their ideas a reality. We can record, produce, help in performing ourselves, solicit additional performances for, manufacture, design artwork for, and promote the music that is brought to our proverbial table. We recoup our expenses from the net profit, and this money immediately goes back into the company, to help in the production of future products. - : : : : : : : : - As per the aforementioned handling of our music: As you are currently staring at a machine of some power and possibility, i feel it necessary to discuss it's current employment in the music business. I think that the internet and all permutations of "napster-like" programs are (in the right hands) a tremendously beautiful thing. The incredible promotion and distribution possibilities of the internet makes for an exciting situation to find one's self in. It is now possible for a student in, say...in Australia to find and listen to a housewife in texas who just happens to be a song writer. It is also possible for somebody to search the web for music that sounds a certain way, and find something completely unheard of. They can listen to this new music, at length, and buy it (in a lot of cases) directly from the performer. I love this. |
It is also possible, however, that the music can be found in the same way, and subsequently stolen. I'm most certainly not concerned with this as a legal issue, just as a moral one. I find it cruel and disrespectful to get enjoyment from an artist's work and not thank them somehow. Monetarily or otherwise. Obviously in lots of cases where the musicians are involved with less than exemplary record companies, the money will never find it's way back to the creator. This is unfortunate, but luckily, it is not the case with us. Buying our recordings actually puts the money in the artists' pockets. Also are the issues of artwork, and sound quality to be considered in the purchasing of a recording. In short, i would hope that people buy records from us, rather than getting copies or mp3's of all our music. I think that, in the end, it benefits us all. -Thanks for reading Carlos
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