Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Research - Record Label.

The band we chose is called Marianas Trench. They are a Canadian band who are signed to 604 Records.
I sourced my research from the record label's site (http://www.604records.com/home/about/604-records-biography) and the record label's wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/604_Records).


604 Records
was founded in 2002 and is the production company of Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger and the band's attorney Jonathan Simkin.
Their records are distributed by Universal Music Group and '604' refers to one of the area codes in the city of Vancouver where the company's main offices are located.


When talking about the record label one of the founders Jonathan Simkin makes it clear that they want to remain sucessful but also independent:

“We are definitely about artist development,” Simkin states. “Chad’s an artist and I spent most of my professional career advocating for artists, and that gave us a hell of a pro-artist perspective. It’s about patience. We don’t bail on our acts, we can afford to take our time, and we’re not reporting to a Board of Directors who wanna know what’s going on right now. And we’ve struggled at times, but it’s sure paid off on bands like Marianas.”
“In Canada, we’re a record label in the truest sense,” he says. “We own the recordings, we pay for the recordings, we have our own in house marketing department, and we have an enhanced P&D deal with Universal, which means we can opt in on various services on a band by band basis.” He also mentions that “staying independent” ranks as his and Kroeger’s greatest triumph, along with the shrewd and hard won decision to retain the label’s digital rights.

Artists signed to the label are:
* Jakalope
* Armchair Cynics
* George Canyon
* Faber Drive
* Jessie Farrell
* Marianas Trench
* My Darkest Days
* The Organ
* Aaron Pritchett
* The Solution
* Speed To Kill
* The Suits XL
* Theory of a Deadman
* Thornley
* Tin Foil Phoenix
* The Zolas
* Carly Rae Jepsen
* Jessica Lee

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