15 Most Recent Articles
Written By: Ty Cohen

1	9 Extremely Easy Ways to Make Your Indie Record Label's Sales SIZZLE! Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-06-14 | - Word Count: 746 | Viewed: 1632 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.58 Today, record labels that have consistently been successful face a serious challenge in maintaining the value of their brand name. Your reputation is everything in this business. You cannot become complacent. I have developed ten ways to help you improve your Indie record label company so that you will not become a "has been".
2	Why Starting Your Own Small Indie Record Label Can Be More Profitable Than Signing With One of Their Big Brothers? Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-06-06 | - Word Count: 650 | Viewed: 3199 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 2.33 Many years ago people believed that the only way you could make money in the music business was to sign up with a big record label. The major label treated many of their artists like slaves and barely gave them enough of the money to survive. They really didn't have a lot of choice if they wanted to get their music recorded.
3	Beside Making Truckloads of Money... Who Else Wants to Discover Why They Should Start Their Own Record Label? Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-05-31 | - Word Count: 884 | Viewed: 1322 | Votes: 8 | Rating: 2.88 Don't tell me you never thought about owning your own Indie record label company. I guess the real question is, what has been stopping you? Unfortunately, I know too well the answer to this question. There are many reasons why people tell themselves why they can't have their own Indie record label company.
4	Here Is How Others, Just Like You, Have Made a Lot of Money By Starting A Record Label Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-05-23 | - Word Count: 672 | Viewed: 1072 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 3.00 A virtual Renaissance is going on right now in the record label industry, because space, volume and distance are no longer obstacles. Recent changes in technology have opened the playing field to Indies.
5	Discover Why Starting Your Own Record Company Could be 10 Times Better Then Signing With a Major Record Label!!! Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-05-19 | - Word Count: 601 | Viewed: 2672 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 2.43 One of the greatest changes to take place in the music business over the past 20 years has been the ease with which an individual artist can start their own independent (indie) record label. You do not need to sign with any official organization to start a record label.
6	How to Start Your Own Indie Record Label In Just a Few Simple Steps! Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-05-03 | Since it is so difficult to get a contract with a big label and the competition for jobs at the big labels is brutal, you may be better off starting your own record label. However, before you even begin your career in the music business, you need to answer several questions.
7	Who Else Wants to Learn How to Start A World Wide, Profit Pulling Record Label? Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-04-18 | Virtually every recording artist, started out on a small independent label. They recorded their own music, started their own publishing companies, produced their own masters, did their own promotions until they landed their first major label recording contract.
8	So, You Finally Decided To Start Your Own Record Label? Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-04-11 | That's the spirit. You are going to have to take some of that spirit and channel it into many directions, in order to develop a lucrative, Indie record label company. Not to worry it can be done and is easier than you think.
9	SORRY, You Are Way Off If You Think An Independent Record Label Can't Be Super Profitable!!! Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-03-31 | Independent records labels are usually more profitable for the owner of the label than being allied with a major label because the artist gets to keep 100% of the profit. So if money is the only measure of profitably, independence puts more money in the artist's pocket.
10	You Would Be Absolutely Crazy Not to Start Your Own Record Label... Or Would You Be? Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2006-03-23 | A business that produces and releasing original music CDs is called a record label. Many artists dream about having their own record label.
11	Getting On the Music Industry Radar Screen Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2005-05-16 | How to Get Noticed By Those Who Can REALLY Help Your Music Career!
12	Who Else Wants to Receive A BIG FAT Royalty Check for Their Music? Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2005-05-11 | The thing we like most about the music industry is also the thing that is most confusing and frustrating. It just doesn’t work like every other job in the country.
13	The Money Trail - The REAL Secret to Making and KEEPING Money In the Music Industry Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2005-04-28 | The time to research how the money flows in the music business is not after your first big hit and in the middle of your first big tour. No, even though you may not yet be a huge star, now is the time to get an understanding of the nuts and bolts of the business side of the music business.
14	Who Else Wants to Get Screwed When Signing a Recording or Songwriting Deal?!?! Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2005-03-04 | You*ve got your recording (or songwriting) contract in hand and everything*s coming up roses, right? You get your check, finally, but it*s not quite what you expected.
15	5 Sure Fire Ways to Get Radio Play for Your “Independent” Music! Written by: Ty Cohen | Distributed: 2005-02-24 | You have to find radio airplay time if you’re going to be heard and we’re not just talking the local college campus. The trick is called promotion. Now that doesn’t mean you just put your press kit in an envelope with a demo and hope they take pity on you.