In this episode we chat with an music industry innovator. Around twenty years ago three young upstarts in Montreal, Canada (one is our guest, Gourmet Délice) looked around and saw that the artists they loved and worked with were not being properly served by the mainstream industry. Their record label, Bonsound, became a record label, music publisher, booking agency, concert producer, artist management and PR team.
Our next guest is Bonsound Co-founder and Managing director Gourmet Délice.
Understanding and planning for multiple angles in an artist’s career can be challenging. Today, full “services” for artists can mean many things. Twenty years ago one record label looked around and realised they might have to do more than just release recordings if their artists were to see any success. Marc is joined on this episode by Bonsound Co-founder and Managing director Gourmet Délice. Bonsound is a music company offering multiple types of services to artists. Established in a very unique marketplace: Quebec, Canada.
Bonsound is an organisation that works at the service of its artists and does not own their intellectual property. The company offers a full range of professional and personalised services to contribute to the sustainable development of the careers of its artists.
They are a record label, music publisher, booking agency, concert producer, artist management and PR team. They also run two sub-labels: Make It Rain and Blow the Fuse records.
“(Bounsound) came out of a necessity for me and my other 2 business partners, and also the needs of musicians in Montreal. It has snowballed into a 30-employee company doing all of these services in the music industry. It created a kind of movement. We looked around and we saw that there were no services that understood the philosophy of the underground bands we were working with and also offered services at a reasonable price.”
#HowWeListen Live: In Conversation
2:15 - Unison Fund
7:23 - Gourmet
9:19 - Montreal
12:40 - Dare To Care Records
19:31 - Malajube
19:35 - City Slang
19:40 - DJ Champion
22:07 - Pop Montreal
22:07 - Third Side Music
22:15 - Montreal -40
23:48 - SXSW
44:50 - Canada Council
44:55 - FACTOR
44:60 - CALQ
1:00:00 - Here To There
1:04:00 - Byta.com
Music by Fin Productions and Oliver Lyu