May 26th, 2009
Metamorphosis
Big Arena Records is dead. Long live Big Arena Records. Record labels are dead. Major labels, independent labels, all labels. As dead as dinosaurs. Don’t worry, I haven’t lost my mind. Big Arena Records has morphed into a blog for independent musicians. A place where ideas can be shared and argued about with like minded individuals like [...]
May 25th, 2008
Spirit of Independence
Big Arena Records, an independent record company, was set up by musicians for musicians. I’m a singer-songwriter and guitarist and I formed my first band twenty-something years ago. That band went on to sign a recording contract with an independent record company. Back then, in the context of the music industry at least, the word ‘independent’ [...]
Apr 28th, 2008
The music industry dinosaurs get it wrong again
Sony BMG has joined the We7 band wagon, pushing the advertising driven music venture into the mainstream media spotlight.  Presumably the founders thought that the name We7 would make people think of community and openness.  Nothing could be further from the truth. In yet another desperate attempt to wrench every last drop of revenue away from the artist [...]
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