The idea of this part of our site is to document the evolution of Pith as an independent record label, from the very conception of the first ideas through to... well - whatever happens next - we don't know what that's going to be yet...
Below is a big fat list of all the entries in the 'pith diaries' which kinda tell the story of where Pith came from and where it's hopefully going. Have a read, hopefully it will answer some questions you might have. Of course if you've any more do get in touch.
So, it’s actually been a whole … no, wait, two years. Almost two years since the last time I posted in these diaries. Christ, that’s terrifying.
I turned 23 a month ago, and looking back at what’s happened over the past few years it’s weird to see where the successes and failures have been. I’m going […]
It’s been a long while since I’ve posted in these diaries, mostly because I’ve been incredibly busy. Pithrecords.com is moving to a new system and layout and everything very soon, in fact I’m writing this entry on the new system.
Anyway, this one is about people, and business mans with their business plans. It’s amazing how […]
I’ve slowly noticed that the more I become a part of it, the music industry is just as a lot of the stereotypes portray it - insofar as “it’s not what you know it’s who you know”.
As I’ve been digging my heels in with this all and making contacts across Australia and the world […]
Right, about time I posted about how we’re managing this stuff. We’ve been terribly unorganised with this… really, really unorganised. However, we got our shit together and we’ve got stuff figured now.
I’m not sure if our method would work for other people - there are probably a billion ways of doing this - but […]
Right… a little while ago we got the Innocent Cabbage CD pressed, and the Sacre Bleu! CD is at the pressers at the moment. If you’ve never had a CD pressed before you’re probably wondering what happens when a CD is pressed.
There are two different kinds of ‘pressing’ for CDs, duplication and replication.
Duplication
This […]
A few people have asked about the ‘theory’ behind Pith, and a post in one of the threads over in the new politics+activism forum at SBM has finally convinced me to get off my ass and write a bit about this stuff. This stuff changes continually and I’m terribly bad at explaining it, however the […]
Okay, so it’s been an interesting time over the past while, with a few good things and few not so great things. First off, we’ve finished the artwork for the Cabbage s/t release, so it’ll be sent to the pressers we hope early this week.
Money is such a pain in the arse with all […]
We’ve floundered a little bit in getting this whole thing going but recently we’ve rallied the troops somewhat and are actually getting organised. On the 19th of February, 2005 we held a meeting on some outdoor furniture at my house, now known as Pith Headquarters.
Joe kept ‘minutes’ of the meeting, excerpt as follows:
Pith Records […]
I kinda get the feeling I haven’t don’t enough over the past year with Pith, and I’m not really sure what’s been holding me back… Lack of funds? Lack of time? Laziness?
Either way, I keep thinking there’s more I can be doing with all of this. I’m not really sure where to concentrate energies […]
Okay… a few bits and bobs have happened in the past while, with a bit of a scare of She Spits Macabre breaking up, they now have a new bassist and minus one singer, but they’re developing a new set and stuff so it’s all ‘phew’!
Otherwise, I’ve got somewhat of an ‘office’ for Pith. […]
kay it’s been 4 months since I did a diary entry.. bugger… a fair bit has happened so far.
First off, I got back to Australia about a month and a half ago, and it seems since then everything has been going rather crazy. The She Spits Macabre CD got recorded and pressed.
Dave recorded […]
Yes, branding branding branding.. it’s all in the name of branding!
We FINALLY got our logo finished just yesterday. It’s taken a while and quite a few people have had a go at it, in fact the amount of people that offered to give it a burl for free was mega impressive. We went through […]
Okay, this is the first ‘real’ entry in the diaries, and I’m going to try and sum up all the stuff that’s happened to get us where we are right now. There’s been a fair bit so this might seem a little.. uhhh… sparse.
Late 2002/early 2003
I finish high school. I decide I should work […]
Or so says Lao Tse…
I’d be inclined to believe him but I bet he’s never started an indie record label.
Well - here it is, the beginning of the Pith diaries.
As you can probably guess I’m (’I’ being Will) the one that’s going to be writing most of these diaries, though I imagine a few […]
