We consult on an hourly or per-project basis. Areas include most label-related topics:

Starting a record label: How to go about doing it, legal issues, advice on general artistic direction, priorities of where to spend or not spend money, keeping overhead low, financial planning, marketing plan.

Distribution: How to obtain it, deciding on regional vs. national distribution, exclusive versus non-exclusive agreements, offline and online channels, pricing.

Manufacturing: Where to get the best prices on CDs, promotional items (posters, stickers, flyers, postcards, matchbooks), we can help you find a designer, and oversee production from beginning to end.

Touring: Advice on booking tours, choosing the venues, negotiating the deals, keeping costs low, promoting the tour dates.

Press: Providing comprehensive press lists, putting together a press kit, how to promote to the press.

Radio: Providing radio lists, strategizing radio campaigns (college, triple a, rock, alternative), and how to promote to radio.

Retail: Providing lists of record stores, putting together a sales sheet, how to promote to retail.

Internet promotion: Building a website and deciding what needs to be on it, taking advantage of other music websites, creating on-line promotions, e-mail campaigns, mailing lists.

TV & Film Placement / Music Publishing: Providing lists of television and film music supervisors, how to promote to them and place your music. Advice on registering your songs, and getting a publishing deal.

E-mail us at: consulting at messengerrecords dot com