Events › Be Your Own Record Label

Learn how to record, produce and distribute original music to a variety of audiences. Presented on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month - from 6:30 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. - by the Digital Media Lab in a Zoom meeting, this forum is dedicated to independent artists: musicians, vocalists and performers who are ready to make their voice known in the music & entertainment industry.

Be Your Own Record Label covers the basics of setting up and acoustically treating a home studio space. It addresses the technical side of studio recording: including tried-and-true production techniques to add punch and sparkle to your mixes. We discuss the many aspects of networking online and presenting your music to other artists, producers and engineers. We challenge each other to stretch our skill sets and redefine our market constantly. Emphasis is placed on low-cost, free and open-source software options, and how to procure the equipment and software you'll need to take your music to the next level.

Each participant is encouraged (but not required) to share their latest musical creation with the class, based on specific challenge activities issued by the instructor at the preceding gathering. Producers will then have opportunity to receive first-hand reaction and comments about their work.

To review the previous challenges, click here.

Your one-time registration applies to each event in this series, which spans from Tuesday, September 5, 2023 until Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Students can register/join us at any time midway through the series. 

Be Your Own Record Label covers the basics of setting up and acoustically treating a home studio space. It addresses the technical side of studio recording: including tried-and-true production techniques to add punch and sparkle to your mixes. We discuss the many do's and don'ts of networking online and presenting your electronic press kit. We challenge each other to stretch our skill sets and redefine our market constantly. Emphasis is placed on low-cost, free and open-source software options, and how to procure the equipment and software you'll need to take your music to the next level.

Each week there will be a different topic of discussion posed by Digital Media Instructor John Hargis along with occasional surprise visits from professionals in the music industry. Following a lively conversation about tried-and-true practices for independent labels will come an opportunity for artists to share their latest musical creations with the class.

A Zoom link will be sent approximately 1 hour prior to the start of each event.