Meet the Austin nonprofit rethinking how record labels work: Spaceflight Records. | via pauseplaypod
Releasing music is a daunting task. It can be hard to make money on recorded music, both for record labels and for artists. Sales of physical products are down. Streaming music pays, on average, half a penny per stream.Spaceflight Records was founded by Brett Orrison, a long-time sound engineer who sometimes tours with Jack White. He had seen a lot of Austin records go nowhere because the artists didn’t have label support.
“At that time, my business plan was not what it is today. You know, it was … full of dreams and aspirations,” Orrison said.Most record labels pay for the manufacture, distribution and marketing of records. They then try to make back their investment in an album through sales — be those physical sales, digital sales or streams. But as a nonprofit, Spaceflight is not dependent on sales to recoup the money it invests. Instead, it gets funding from donations and grants.
Spaceflight started out as an all-volunteer-run organization. The money it’s received this year has enabled it to hire Samara Simpson as director of public relations and artist development. It was also able to establish a second tier to its approach, the Fellowship Program.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Spaceflight Companies Promised to Do Science—So How’s It Going?“There’s a quantifiable explosion of commercial spaceflight that’s happening, and concomitant with that is an opportunity to understand the body’s response to spaceflight.”
Read more »
Salute Apollo 17's 50th anniversary with freshly restored moon mission shotsRestoration expert Andy Saunders' 'Apollo Remastered' is a time capsule of human spaceflight
Read more »
'Adventurous' dog rescued from Austin garbage truckAn ‘adventurous’ dog named Reba went for the ride of her life on board an Austin Recycles garbage truck.
Read more »
Top 10 Noodle Soups in AustinAs the temperatures threaten to dip here are a few options to warm yourself. These tasty noodle bowls will please the palate and fend off the freeze a bit.
Read more »
Top 10 Austin Nonprofits Working to End Food InsecurityBecause everyone needs and deserves access to food.
Read more »