Ropeadope, a seven-year-strong record label that has released albums from DJ Logic, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Medeski, Martin, & Wood, King Britt, Jazzanova, the Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet (my guess is that their sound is “neither here nor there”), and more, has announced that it is going 100% pure digital. Every release will be available on ropeadope.com in the MP3 format, as well as the major online music retailers. - [wired blogs]
Ropeadope found Any Hurwitz says “Advantages? We now make money on every single project from record one. We don’t have to deal with returns and reserves, we can sign and release a new band in a matter of weeks, and it helps bring traffic to our website.” - [wired blogs]
Posted on their website you’ll find this snippet of info on the news:
” ROPEADOPE DIGITAL IS COMING …
for those keeping track and waiting, the launch of our online only label, ropeadope digital, got pushed back until february 6th b/c it’s shaping up to be so dope, that we wanted to do it right. and it right it shall be. we’ll be debuting with the inaugural class of 7 artists including electric city, joshua abrams, aunt jessica, the frequency, dj klock, and larval. also in the mix, mister skip heller. stay tuned for much more from ropeadope digital, including the free holiday sampler coming next month.”
A sign of things to come? Yes, I would say so.
