One of the reasons that people release their own recordings is that they cannot, for whatever reasons, get record companies interested.

Another is that they don't care to deal with companies and want to maintain control themselves.

There are also now a lot of artists who have been through the record company mills who are now running their own labels. Tedham mentions the interview with Christine Lavin, she's a good example. Some others include Arlo Guthrie, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Judy Collins, David Grisman, Gillian Welch, James Talley, etc. I could go on and on.

Mike Regenstreif