Institutions - research

As with all music, the record label draws connections with the genre in hand so as to keep contiunity, and as to give the audiences a recognizable name to refer to and relate to when sampling other music surrounding that genre.
My genre is Folk/alternative rock/ Low Fi and so i need to to find a suitable label to reflect my music.

 I would preferably want an independent label, something a bit low key that fits with the vibe that comes with folk  and alternative music. Also I am in favour of supporting the smaller companies, even though isn’t a real release, the point still stands in terms of why.

I’ve come across a few labels I feel would be suitable, including one from Hampshire, UK.

-          Free spirit records is an independent label based in lately, Hampshire, United Kingdom. They formed in 2002 as an outlet for acoustic singer/songwriter sonny black.  It is a fair low key label, so this one is pretty tempting.

-          Fellside records, is a fairly congratulated label that has been recording and producing since ’76. ". In 2007, BBC radio celebrated the company with a program called "30 Years of Fellside.  Also Three of their acts, 'John Spiers & Jon Boden', 'Nancy Kerr & James Fagan', and 'Kirsty McGee' were nominated for BBC Folk Awards and two of the acts were winners on the night.

-          The Village Thing was an independent record label in the United Kingdom which published folk music, blues and acoustic music between 1970 and 1973, under the tag of "The Alternative Folk Label". Yet again this is a smaller label, something that I would prefer to use when considering the genre is folk.

-          Irregular Records is a British independent record label , which was established in 1985 by the singer Robb Johnson. In addition to Johnson's own recordings the label has also issued albums by artists such as Barb Jungr and Des de Moor. It has been runnning since 1985- onwards .

Although i would like to go for a more renound label, I think with my view of things I would opt for 'Free Spirit Records', just for the reason that even if the album didn't make , perhaps another record in the future would bossting this small companies revenue.