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Article: Origin Records named JazzWeek's Label of the Year.(NWTicket)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2009
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Byline: Hugo Kugiya; Special to The Seattle Times
The offices of the thriving, local and independent record label Origin Records are in an upper bedroom in the Seward Park home of drummer John Bishop, who started the company 12 years ago with fellow drummer Matt Jorgensen.
Even as the traditional recording industry has contracted, as jazz has struggled to compete commercially with rock and popular music, Origin has succeeded by keeping its goals modest. The business that started in a ramshackle, rented apartment is still a home business. Very little is spent on marketing and advertising. Recording projects aim simply to break even financially and help ...