Thursday, September 16, 2010

17. Record Label research

Good life recordings - Good Life Recordings is a record label based in Belgium. The label specializes in hardcore bands as it was founded by the lead vocalist 'Edward Verhaeghe' from Nations on Fire. It was founded in 1996 and it has released many highly significant bands of the second and third wave of hardcore, as well as the majority of the signed bands that are part of H8000. Between 2000 and 2003 Good Life made a deal with Trustkill Records to release limited Picture discs and compilations of some of its bands. Bands signed with the label at the moment are A Traitor Like Judas, Angel Crew, As We Fight, Congress.













Another label that deals with Rock is Hopeless Records. It is an independent record label founded in 1993 which is located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. The other genres of music they use are punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, or alternative rock, but some also include elements of various genres of metal. The label was founded by Louis Posen. Bands signed to this label are Thrice, Anarbor, All Time Low, There For Tomorrow, and The Human Abstract.





The major record company that deals with some Rock music is Warner music group. It is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies. Warner Music is one of the major companies that cannot trace its ancestry to either Columbia Phonograph Company or Berliner Gramophone. The roots back date to the founding of Warner Bros many years ago. The headquarters for the company is in New York, United States. It includes bands like Avenged Sevenfolds, The Darkness, and DevilDriver

1 comment:

  1. Excellent synopsis of the labels, particularly Good Life Records. Could you find a logo for Good Life Records?

    The reason we're asking you to investigate these labels is to see which label your artist would sign with. Normally smaller labels cater to particular genres - as you found with Good Life. The big labels like Warners will often have sub-labels or imprints which do the same sort of thing. Such as WBR Nashville http://www.warnermusicnashville.com/ which focuses specifically on a one genre of music. Can you tell which one?

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