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# Disc Makers Elite’s Concierge For Label Refugees
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/discmakers-elit/
- Published: 2008-08-25T08:03:52.000Z
- Updated: 2008-08-25T08:03:52.000Z
- Description: Disc Makers has launched Elite Artist Services, a new division aimed at major artists who want to go independent. It will offer manufacturing, distribution via Sony RED, download distribution, promotion. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/08/discmakers-elit.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

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Disc Makers has launched [Elite Artist Services](http://www.eliteartistservices.com/?ref=hypebot.com), a new division aimed at major artists who want to go independent. It will offer manufacturing, distribution via Sony RED, download distribution, promotion and e-commerce infrastructure..

With artists like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Tori Amos leaving their labels in increasing numbers, going independent has shed any stigma and is now seen as a major profit opportunity for established artists. Elite is designed to serve artists that have already sold 100,000 records,and there’s a calculator that compares the revenue potential of going independent versus staying on a label. But don’t forget to add in the cost of marketing