lol!@POP artist.. I've always wanted to try and put a label together.. It'll cost hella money..

Honestly putting a label together for the music is largely a losing business.

It's not worth it. Giants such as interscope exist because of the difficulty of putting together labels that are actually worth a shit.

No money in the music industry lol, Rappers don't even make money offa their album sales lol you gotta tour. Film industry is winning.

@Punk, thanks for the love @Marty McFly , I agree with your points about getting signed vs independent. The game has completely changed. A&R's are obsolete , majors no longer search underground clubs and listen to hundreds of demo's a day..they wait for artists to establish a huge sound cloud, reverb nation etc following. They look for artists that are regionally touring with success..and most importantly they look for artists who have all the business aspects covered.i.e. all instrumentals have proper SRC copywriter's from the library of congress, all lyrics and instrumentals are properly published via ascap or bmi..basically they want all the work done so they can come in and fuck you with a bap ass deal for the majority of your publishing rights in exchange for distribution. IMO if you have the right team around you , using the web and social media tools, it will def pay more in the long run to distribute yourself, own your masters, and tour your ass off..guys like macklemore and wiz khalifa really have laid the blueprint down to maximize financial gain w/o a majot

you don't have to put a label together just gather a group of friends or relatives
to shoot your videos upload them onto youtube like chief keef
until he fucked up and went major now he only seeing like 30% of his profits

its ironic because most people think major record labels will get you more money

Tyga been on young money for how many years? and he just made his first million not to long ago

3 albums and a dozen mixtapes only to just reach a million dollars?