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Invisible Records does a nice deal of 5 CDs for $20, with prices per CD dropping away as you buy more. It goes up to 40 CDs for $100 - which is a pretty good per CD price.

They do have quite a number of good (though alternative) bands signed, so why not at least check them out. I'm sure the RIAA would hate you for it - but isn't that part of the point?

Jedidiah

I don't think the music labels are big on making themselves a brand identity.

That might be the case for bigger labels (Motown ain't what it used to be), but most small labels (many of which have deals with bigger companies) are big on creating that identity.

Def Jux. Kill Rock Stars. Blue Note. Ninja Tune. Invisible. Fat Possum. Tooth & Nail. Trojan. Moon. Death Row. Every one of these labels has a very distinct brand identity, and, as a result, devotees generally have a very good idea what they're getting.

The whole music industry needs to learn from Invisible Records. 40 cd's for $100 + free t-shirt and DJ bag. People would buy a lot of cd's at $2.50 each. This is a record label with artists that deserve to be supported. Check it out Here

see there is a small problem with this. people won't boycott anything, they might say they will but in reality they'll follow along with the norm to fit in with society.

i personally try not to buy stuff from major labels and go see movies for several reasons:

1. i don't like most of the music made by the mainstream/riaa member labels, there are a few exceptions to that rule.

2. the bands and music i do like aren't on riaa member labels.

3. indie movies for the most part are well crap, once again a few exceptions to the rule but those are usually picked up by large studios.

4. all the mainstream music sounds the same, well with in the genre it is particular to. all rap sounds the same, all alternative/punk/grunge/college sounds the same, all metal sounds the same and well rap is just rehashing lots of old stuff and has repeated itself for years.

for the most part i listen to stuff from:
metropolis records

projekt records

ipecac records

soliel moon records

invisible records

not for the sole purpose that they are not members of the riaa, tho that helps, but because i like the music and also for the most part they all give away free mp3s for you to listen to.

the majority of the people on slashdot tho won't take the bold step to listen to something that deviates from the norm. tho they are big proponents of saying "down with the riaa/mpaa"

the movie thing i'm guilty of cause well i like eye candy and good stories, however i rarely go to the movie theatre, the last few movies i went to are lotr:fotr, spider-man and attack of the clones. before that i think it was maybe episode 1 or a movie i took a date to, but the point is it was a while since i went to the movies.

everyone here can talk the talk but frankly most aren't willing to walk the walk.

i kinda do both but it's not because it's to be cool, it's cause i like that thing better than what is considered "popular" or the "in thing".

however if the music i liked was part of the riaa i'd probly still listen to it no matter what cause i genuinely like the music and unfortunately that's the boat most people are stuck in. that and a lot of them are unwilling to take a step and be a bit different than the rest of us. that and we have all this pop-culture crap shoved down our throats constantly it's hard to ignore, tho i can do it because of choices i've made and my personal preferences, when there's "no market" aka no payola from the label to play the music then it's not on the radio so when i do listen to the "radio" it's via netcast most of the time.

all people really need to do is get some balls and take a step and be different but they won't and will say stuff on here and yet go out and by the latest snoop dogg or britney spears cds and watch survivor and take what ever the riaa/mpaa dish out.

Ehem! And Invisible records home of Pigface, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Psychic TV, Damage Manual, Scorn, Swans, Test Department and^^^^^. Well, you know..artists.

well personally i've burned a couple hundred cdr's this year, mostly iso images and other files here and there.

i won't say i haven't burnt music onto cdr cause i'd be lying however i have only burnt music that i either owned and here's a list of what i DID burn that was music:

ltd cds i didn't want to ruin or lose the original cd cause it's worth money

music i downloaded that was allowed to be downloaded by the artists themselve, such as live performance of the legendary pink dots, edward ka-spel, dj lithium's sets, another dj friend's sets and other music the artists released to the general public

mixed cds i've made as a gift or just for my listening pleasure cause i wanted a few songs on one cd

i'd say all those are fair use of my own personal property as i've not sold ANY to anyone nor made any money off of them. however i am in canada and we are allowed to burn a cd we burn off of a friend cause we pay a levy on all recordable media that goes back to both the music industry and i think the software industry (don't quote me on the second part but i know about the music industry)

however on the flipside i can count on one hand how many cds i've boughten from the big record labels this year and need my second hand and maybe a foot to count the amount of cds i've gotten from the big labels in the past 2 years. i tend to only buy music from the "independant" record labels, such as:

ipecac records

metropolis records

projekt records

soleilmoon records

invisible records

beta-lactum ring records

most have either partial or full mp3's or other audio formats you can listen to their artists from, in projekt's case each artist has their own mp3.com site and you can download several full songs from each artist and distribute them, the owner loves mp3s and knows that they help the music industry and doesn't hurt it.

...or see if invisible is up to distributing another band.

Yes, yes, it's old-school. But, believe it or not, people still do hear a good band perform, and then ask about it at record stores. And, believe it or not, some of these stores are actually very tiny, local enterprises that would gladly try to find any music you might like, and then happily sell it to you for ~$5 less than the Place At The Mall would if they were willing to order it in the first place.