Greetings, a friend of mine from Michigan (not Detroit, but west side, Grand Rapids) is restarting his house label. I am assisting him and planning to do the first release, which will be a vinyl 12". For what it is worth, right now my sound is oriented toward Detroit influenced house, with a bit of Chicago jack, Detroit techno, and minimal influence in there as well.
There will surely be digital version of the tracks out as well at some point, including, perhaps, supplemental remixes, but my friend and I agree that you just can't beat vinyl for the sound, and also because making a record today simply means a lot more than dumping tracks onto Beatport. I would greatly appreciate any kind of advice on the whole aspect of releasing VINYL in 2010, from length of record and type of cut (track per side @ 45 with the hotter pressing?), pressing, distribution, networking and promotion... as he has been out of the scene a while and I've never been involved in actually getting a record made, we could both use help. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. ~David
