Joshua Smith
College Park, MD (USA)
Role(s):
lessthanthree Records
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Location:
College Park
Industry:
Media
Year Founded:
2006
Number Employees:
INVALID
Description:
lessthanthree Records is an independent record label start-up in the local Washington, D.C. music scene. We are preparing to sign a band and produce its first album. Most independent record labels begin this process by purchasing studio time for recording (including an engineer and producer), post-production mastering and EQ, pressing of the record for purchase (including spine labels, UPC code inclusion, design of packaging, and internet distribution), and preparations for marketing the band in the local scene (which includes radio marketing, posters, postcards, shipping of promotional albums, various merchandise, and street teams). For a 5,000 record run in a local scene, the costs average out around a little less than $10,000. The band that we are preparing to sign has a well-establishe