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Article: Flat Earth goes uphill
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- Indianapolis Business Journal
- Article date:
- August 30, 1999
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Although Flat Earth Records was conceived on the idea of building up the music community in Indiana, this label has successfully withstood five years of the here-today-gone-tomorrow music industry.
But President Kyle Jackson, 29, has done more than simply persevere. He has watched his $3,000 investment for one record in 1995 grow into $90,000 in sales from 10 records in 1998.
"We are planning to double that next year," said Brandon O'Leary, the label's 24-year-old manager and only full-time employee. The label has bumped up its production from an average of three to six records per year to a projected nine releases in 1999.
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