Iain’s post on G7 [G7MP3] last week reminded me about this interview conducted by the fine folks at IndieHQ

While there are a number of great interviews [see below for a listing], this one was of particular interest to me as G7 is a Canadian label and one of high standing reputation that I have been aware of for many years before pursuing the idea of starting my own label. [Trivia Question: Which G7 act played an all ages show at my jam space late last year [shit time flies]? answer at end of post]. But Virgil from IndieHQ also had this to say:

I think if you are going to read one interview on IndieHQ, this should be the one you read. Derek has very intelligent, honest answers about the future of music sales, their decision to stop producing/distributing CDs, and you will not believe what release G7 almost put out.

And besides the album they almost put out but missed out on – more news to me:

We’re based out of Winnipeg, MB – though we are now expanding to Halifax, NS as well so I can run our East Coast operations.

This interview is just one in an ongoing series of label interviews:
Interview with Greg Ross from Go Kart Records
Interview with Darren Walters of Jade Tree Records
Interview with Seth Hyman of Negative Progression Records
Interview with Derek Hogue of G7 Welcoming Committee
Interview with Chris Wrenn of Bridge Nine
Interview with Ross Siegel of Reignition Recordings
Intervew with Ray Harkins of Abacus Recordings
10 Questions with Virgil from Suburban Home Records
Interview with Craig Ericson of Rise Records
Interview with Sonny Kay of G.S.L.
Interview with Dr Strange Records
Interview with Mike Park on 10 Years of Asian Man Records
Interview with Equal Vision’s Dan Sandshaw

Indie record label turns its back on CDs | An article regarding their [G7] dropping of CDs

And in other IndieHQ news, apparently some people don’t even want sales that are happening shared. Things are just getting ridiculous now.

Trivia answer: GFK

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