Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
First Interview for Incubator Records
Incubator Records asked me to submit a demo to them a few months ago, and tonight was my first phone interview with them.
So far, so good-- although I was a little skeptical of their label at first, I pretty sure they're the real deal. I'm encouraged by the things their company stands for, particularly:
- setting an environment of trust and vulnerability between themselves and the musician
- being up front and honest from the start-- both sides,
- and understanding this is going to take a lot of personal effort as well as a financial commitment to work.
Speaking of finances, they warned me that my financial investment would be in the neighbourhood of $400 a month. This is for things like travel expenses to gigs, buying miscellaneous equipment, making phone calls, etc. So if you're interested in sponsoring me because you believe in my music and support the part I'm to play in this regard, that would be terrific.
As I know more, I'll be sure to post it here, so stay tuned.
~Jason
Update:
Well today I received three cassette tapes-- THAT'S RIGHT, CASSETTE TAPES from Incubator, with four or five hours of talking that they wanted Joanne and I to listen to. This is OLD material, with references to movies and TV shows from the mid eighties! Some of the material was good, but they have an image problem, I'd say. Here's an interesting link that says you have to pay them $300-$500 per month!
Incubator Records Asks for Money
There are other links I've found through Google that don't sounds good:
Message Board Conversation About Them
Some Insights Into Their System
Another Message Board Conversation About Incubator
Pretty much everyone says "Stay Away," so that's probably the direction I'll take. I'll hang in there for a bit more to see what they say, but it sounds suspicious. At my next interview in a couple of nights I'll just come out and ask what the deal is.
~Jason
Another Update:
After almost finishing the cassettes, he's finally getting into some good meaty suggestions and advice, and it's excellent. Apparently he says they put money up for a new album if they feel it's a good investment. I'm curious to see where this goes.
~Jason
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