Back of the Buss,
Chelan,
Dame Satan,
Escalera,
Go Big,
Summer Darling,
Twilight Sleep,
Wait.Think.Fast.,
West Indian Girl,
Writer,
Work
Alumni: Army Navy, No Condom? Whatever!
In early 2007, while driving along the countryside of the south island in New Zealand I came up with an idea to start a record label. Not your standard, put out cds and throw tons of money into the air and hope for the best kinda label, but a new and different kind of business, that would allow artists to take control of their future in the growing digital realm. A digital only label that allows artists to keep the ownership of their art and to not give up the lions share of the revenue to release it. It's not really revolutionary or the first of it's kind, but it is something that can create a lot of opportunity for an artist that wants to release their music and interact with their growing online fan base and not sign their life away in some old school record contract.
I call this pet, Origami and the business model is simple:
- All artists that are part of Origami own all of the rights to their recordings and can leave at any point to go on to bigger things.
- Origami supplies digital distribution to over 300 digital retail (iTunes, emusic, amazon, etc), mobile (Sprint, Verizon, Rogers, etc), and promotional outlets (imeem, youtube, lastfm, etc) worldwide
- Instead of taking 50% of all revenue, Origami only takes 15% of the revenue it brings in thus giving artists 85% of the net revenue!
- Film/TV/Video Game licensing are also part of the deal.
Chelan "No Better Than We" Music Video
No Better Than We
wait.think.fast. "You Will Know" live on KPFK
Escalera "Mountain Wall"
Live on Fuel TV
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Summer Darling "Open Grave"One Drop in the Water ..
Back of the Buss "Chinese Girl"
Go Big "Tear Down The Walls"
TEAR DOWN THE WALLS ..
Want to set up a show at The Relax Bar or the Blue Café? Send me a message and lets set something up or better yet, come out to one of the shows and bring a demo with you :)
Wednesday at Verdugo Bar will be the Vinyl Party Boys with Special guest Party Boys Neil & Sam from Origami Vinyl! theREASON will be bringing friends from local record stores every now and then to give you flavors of current taste's from the... ones who truly know; the record store guys!
Come listen to new stuff and some that may be new to you, along with carefully selected favorites that will make you wanna hump your hump day!
3408 Verdugo Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90065 in Glassell Park
I’m also looking for bands for these shows: 9/1 Friar Tucks- Pomona: 9 and 1am 9/2 The Blue Café- Long Beach: 10 and 11PM 9/2 The Blue Café- Huntington Beach: 10 and 11PM 9/3 The Blue Café- Long Beach: 8 PM 9/3 The Blue Café – Huntington Beach: 8 and 10PM 9/8 Friar Tucks- Pomona9,10,11,12,1 9/9 The Blue Café- Long Beach: 11Pm 9/22 Friar Tucks Pomona: 10,11,12,1