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Technology controls the way the music industry goes rather than it being the other way around. Even back then, we felt downloads wouldnвЂ™t exist forever.

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HeвЂ™s the co-founder of Duffnote Records, a label thatвЂ™s branched out in its own unique way as a music house that services the film and TV sector with scores, just as much as it serves the dancefloor with soulful tunes. Everyone was crying, saying it was the end of the industry,вЂќ explains artist, composer and label owner Richard Earnshaw. вЂњI remember back in 2003 when iTunes was just launching. ItвЂ™s important not to forget this and to stay connected to lifeВ as a whole within the context of how music can change and influence that experience.вЂќ вЂњPeople, politics, art, community, spirituality, life.

вЂњOther than the purists who constantly bellow вЂitвЂ™s all about the musicвЂ™, itвЂ™s actually about many other things,вЂќ he continues. But even at the base level of releasing music, Jimmy understands the label to be a much bigger vehicle. With multiple sub- labels, events, a record store and distribution service, AsquithвЂ™s Lobster bisque also bubbles with operative flavours.

Currently celebrating its fifth birthday, Lobster Theremin has become one of the most prominent underground indies to emerge in recent years. вЂњBut ultimately the entire premise is toВ release music,вЂќ adds Jimmy Asquith, the man behind Lobster Theremin, a label thatвЂ™s also adapted and thrived in recent times, albeit in a completely different way. вЂњEspecially in the nicheВ of electronic dance music in general, releasing records would yield no result at all without any of these parts of the equation,вЂќ Piron says. Founded in 2003, ArmadaВ is responsible for 11 sub-labels and manages various artists including co-founder Armin van Buuren, Andrew Rayel, Thomas Gold and Orjan Nilsen among others. If any brand represents how labels have adapted and thrived in the last 15 years, itвЂ™s Armada. вЂњA record label is many things: a talent agency, a tastemaker, a brand, a distributor, a trendsetter, an influencer - you name it,вЂќ lists MaykelВ Piron, co-founder of Dutch mega-indie Armada Music alongside trance don Armin van Buuren and David Lewis. Brands are no longer following the traditional label model and have branched out in a multitude of ways to stay relevant, prominent and afloat - ways such as publishing, syncing, clothing, events, label management, artist management, DJ schools, record shops, mastering services,В pressing services and distribution. But for many labels this is a sweet revenue stream cherry on top of an already multi-layered cake. Yes, streaming is beginning to rebalance things for labels and, in many cases, can account for upwards of 80В per cent of their income. It seems, after the most technologically turbo-charged 15-year period the music industry has ever faced, things are looking up for the sales of recorded music.Д«ut behind these feel-good stats lies a much more intriguing story. Internationally, things are looking relatively buoyant too, as both the IFPI and Worldwide Independent Network reported a near 6% rise in global sales in 2017. But could the tide be changing for this most vital, yet most financially tested sector? The numbers do look encouraging and have been rising for the last three years in the UK, the BPI has just revealed a 10 per cent rise in sales for record labels thanks to the rise in streaming, and reckons this is the most profitable time for labels since the Britpop boom 22 years ago. Few make a profit for the first few years of business, even fewer will reach their 10th release. Since the digital switch in the mid-2000s, indie labels have faced more challenges than you can shake a limited edition 10вЂќ hand- numbered picture disc at. If thereвЂ™s any sector in dance music that has had to be genuinely run вЂfor the loveвЂ™ and ferociously adapt to survive the music industryвЂ™s turbulent climate, itвЂ™s independent record labels.

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