One Punk's Guide to Starting Your Own DIY Record Label by Kevin Dunn

Most DIY punk labels lose money regularly. There is a simple reason for that: their business model is not one defined by profit-maximization. In the simplest terms, they are intentionally bad capitalists.

Topics include:
Let's Start A Label
Formats: CD vs. Vinyl vs. Cassette vs. Digital Download
Distribution
Signing A Band
Challenges And Pay-Offs

Kevin Dunn teaches politics at a small college in New York state. He regularly publishes on various aspects of world politics, including global punk culture.

Illustrations by Craig Horky
Original article layout by Todd Taylor

Originally appeared in Razorcake #60, February/March 2011

5.5” x 8.5”
28pp