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# Profile Of Indie Label Association Head Don Rose
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/profile_of_indi/
- Published: 2006-01-04T17:22:43.000Z
- Updated: 2006-01-04T17:22:43.000Z
- Description: One of our favorite music writers Steve Morse of the Boston Globe has profiled president and original Rykodisc founder Don Rose: ‘There is very little cultural diversity represented any more. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/01/profile_of_indi.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

One of our favorite music writers Steve Morse of the Boston Globe has profiled [![A2im060905_1](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/a2im060905_1.gif "A2im060905_1")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/a2im060905%5F1.gif?ref=hypebot.com) president and original Rykodisc founder Don Rose:

> ***‘There is very little cultural diversity represented any more by the four majors,"* says Rose. *”Their classical music departments have been marginalized. So have their jazz departments. There’s not a whole lot of fringe-type music being supported by the majors. Even an artist like Tom Waits has gone back to the independent sector."***

Sad but true. Read the full article [here](http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/12/28/hes%5Fhelping%5Findie%5Flabels%5Fband%5Ftogether/?ref=hypebot.com).