drafting and planning

For the band that I will be creating I have researched into record labels that would work with my band and sell it's music.

There are two main record labels, major and independent. Major record labels are often under the control of corporate organizations called 'music groups' where as independent labels are not corporately owned, they are, as their name suggests, independent.

The 'Big three' record labels are all American and are the labels of the most popular mainstream bands/ artists in the world, there is universal music group, Sony music entertainment and warner music group:

revenue - $2.78 billion
founded - 1958

revenue - $6.552 billion
founded - 1934




revenue - $4.89 billion
founded - 1929

however for my band I do not want a major record label because I have chosen the genre of indie rock, meaning it isn't a mainstream market because it is more of an independent genre therefore I will choose an independent record label. My favorite band 'The Arctic Monkeys' are an example of this because they are an indie rock band and have an independent record label, 'domino' in London.



founded - 1993

I would also like the record label I choose to be situated in Birmingham because that's where I live and therefore that's where i live and where my created band will originate from.

I looked into small record companies in birmingham and found some results on this website called the birmingham music network: http://birminghammusicnetwork.com/resources/record-labels/.
I decided to choose 'smokin records' http://www.smokinrecords.co.uk/ because they seem very professional and i think they would be the label most likely to sell my band's albums.