RM64 Q&A: Bill Armstrong & Joe Sib / SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records Founders Joe Sib & Bill Armstrong
There are a handful of independent record labels out there today that are filling the gap between mom and pop operation and major label behemoth. Home to platinum sellers and international touring artists, these indie-ecosystems provide a place where music, community and commerce combine in a way rarely seen in the confines of corporate entertainment companies. SideOneDummy Records is one of those labels and over the past 14 years they have grown from two friends in a Hollywood apartment, to a business with worldwide presence, hundreds of releases and an impressive roster of artists including: Flogging Molly, The Gaslight Anthem, Gogol Bordello, Fake Problems, Dusty Rhodes, Bedouin Soundclash, The Casualties and many others.
RM64 dimwits Rodel Delfin and Scott Sheldon sat down with SideOne head honchos Bill Armstrong and Joe Sib at their Hollywood office.
RM64: When you started the label over a decade ago, did you have a specific plan or goal in mind?
BA: When we started, the goal was to see if we could do this and not have a real job. And to not have to report to anybody or answer to anyone. That was really it. As long as we could get a cup of coffee and a bagel in the morning, we were good.
01.22.09RM64 Q&A WITH ANDREW BRIGHTMAN
Andrew Brightman
Interview by: Scott Sheldon & Rodel Delfin
A lot has happened in the music industry since Andrew Brightman started his career in the biz twenty years ago. Successfully navigating through the landscape changes is key to survival and prosperity in the ever-changing talent business. For Brightman, that career route started as a vinyl buyer for Tower Records, while DJing at downtown clubs in New York City. Looking for new opportunities outside of the Big Apple, Brightman relocated to Los Angeles in the early 90s.
With Tinseltown as his new home, Brightman immersed himself in various music projects doing independent marketing, music supervision and artist management. He would later land A&R and Creative executive positions at A&M Records and PolyGram Music Publishing, respectively. After PolyGram was sold to Universal, Brightman further honed his creative skills by developing and managing new artists as well as consulting for major labels.
In 2004, he started Brightman Music, a producer management company. Many of Brightman’s clients (past and present) have been involved with this decade’s biggest selling acts including The Killers, Nickelback, OneRepublic, Daughtry, Hinder, Katy Perry, Metro Station, Iglu & Hartly, and Shooter Jennings, among many others.
He recently stopped by the RM 64 offices with coffee and donuts to give us the latest on his clients/projects and to get his take on the current music landscape.
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