Major/Minor Labels . . . DIY

["Liebig, Steuart A." <LiebigSA@Maritz.com>]

>       I think that Tim Berne's Screw Gun label is a good example of
> someone who's gone through both the major (Columbia) and indie (JMT, 
>which
> got bought up by Polygram) label wars and decided to go back to doing his
> own label. It's mostly gigs and mail-order, no internet sales yet, tho' 
>he
> does have an internet site.
> 
>       He has a lot of pretty good stuff out (even sold 2,500+ of a 3-CD
> live set of avant jazz-which I figure is pretty damn good).
> 
>       'Course, it helped that he already had a good profile for that sort
> of music.
> 
>       stig
> 
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