How is Thrill Jockey? Presumably decent?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, July 28, 2016 4:06 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Thrill Jockey is beyond decent. A musician I knew who had been recording for major and indie labels for nearly 50 years was stunned at a) the amount of his first Thrill Jockey check, and b) the swiftness with which it arrived.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 28 July 2016 22:50 (seven years ago) link
yeah think i read david byrne saying he made more on some random soundtrack released on thrill jockey than any of his major label solo records. TJ is just a straight 50/50 split operation right?
― tylerw, Thursday, 28 July 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
“As we’re leaving, Greg opens up the side door—he was there the whole time—and we look at him, he looks at us, and he slammed that door shut and we hauled ass,” said Weinrich. “I’ll tell it like is, I don’t give a fuck. That motherfucker is not cool.”
http://www.ahazeinthehollow.com/2016/07/02/doom-rock-legend-scott-wino-weinrich-obsessed/
― earlnash, Friday, 29 July 2016 05:20 (seven years ago) link
Ninja Tune is also a 50/50 split, and still going strong after 26 years (one year less than Warp, who nobody ever seems to have had a major beef w/?)
Half A Cow also started 1990 and basically scaled down to digital-only these days, but out of financial responsibility rather than earlier mismanagement
― Shakey δσς (sic), Friday, 29 July 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link