Researching Existing Record Labels

Fueled By Ramen is an American record label founded by John Janick, the label is famed for being one of the innovators during the rise of the pop-emo genres, signing bands that were massively popular during this period such as Panic At The Disco, The Accademy Is... and have worked with bands such as Less Than Jake and Cobra Starship. They have offices in New York and have an active street team to promote new artists to the public using a variety of methods. We decided as a group that we would use this record label mainly due to the fact that we believe they represent similar bands to ours most of which have turned out be very successful. The name of the record label has been confirmed to be inspired by the copious amounts of quick to prepare 'Ramen' noodles that constituted the diets of the labels founders.

Founded by John Janick came up with foundations of an independent record label whilst studying in High School. The record label itself did not fully form until Janick met drummer for Punk-Ska band Less Than Jake, Vinnie Fiorrello at the University of Florida in 1996. From here the record label went on to release an EP for the Arizona based band Jimmy Eat World that flung both the label and the band into the limelight. The record label then went on to use it's links within the music industry to sign fresh and upcoming talent with what is mostly considered massive commercial success with artists Panic At The Disco and Paramore both releasing albums that made it into the top 20 spots of the Billboard 200 in the US.

Above: Paramore were signed to FueledByRamen

and Atlantic Records in 2005.

Below: Panic At The Disco are another massively

successful band signed to the label.

Warner Bros. Records

Founded towards the end of the silent film era as a way of obtaining the rights for music for the wave of cinema. Though considered quite a 'mainstream' record label they have signed a variety of very popular artists including the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, My Chemical Romance and Never Say Never, these are bands that may be considered to the Silent Sundays with fairly similar sounds and styles. The wide range of artists signed by the record label in, my opinion, only serves them as experience and provides the label with a rare depth of understanding of the different target audiences to target as well as what these target audiences are expecting from an album and what to avoid when producing it. The record label also signed rock/metal supergroup, Metallica, in my opinion this shows the tenacity of the brand and its ability to promote artists. 

Roadrunner records was founded in the Netherlands, 1980, the record label was primarily focused on the importation of North American metal recordings into the European market, this then led onto the opening of offices in major cities all over the world and advent of the metal only record label that we see today. Roadrunner has signed a variety of bands with a similar sound to that of the Silent Sundays, including Biffy Clyro, Alexisonfire and Billy Talent but are well known for the many other artist they have signed over time such as Slipknot, Trivium and Megadeth. I believe Roadrunner's rock and metal only policy ensures that fair coverage is given to more alternative bands and genres, I also believe that the 30 years that this policy has been in place will mean that Roadrunner has an established and effective formula for promoting lesser known bands and genres.