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# Pharrell on record labels: ‘No one should own you’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/pharrell-on-record-labels-no-one-should-own-you/
- Published: 2021-05-03T15:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-03T13:33:48.000Z
- Description: “You shouldn’t walk into a company and say, ‘I’m gonna make this record,’ said Pharrell speaking at last week’s United Master SelectCom music conference. “They give you an advance then. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/05/pharrell-on-record-labels-no-one-should-own-you.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, Major Labels, Music Business, record label, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

“You shouldn’t walk into a company and say, ‘I’m gonna make this record,’ said Pharrell speaking at last week’s United Master SelectCom music conference.

#### “They give you an advance then for the tenure of that, the entire time you’re album’s out you’re working to pay back that advance***”***

#### “No bank gives a company a loan to start a company and walks away with the trademarks.”