1.0alt.cardiffhttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiffaltcardiffhttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/author/altcardiff/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jh0zrp0xEm"><a href="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2011/12/14/in-depth-local-bands-launch-labels/">In-depth: Local bands launch labels</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2011/12/14/in-depth-local-bands-launch-labels/embed/#?secret=jh0zrp0xEm" width="600" height="338" title="“In-depth: Local bands launch labels” — alt.cardiff" data-secret="jh0zrp0xEm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2011/12/Feature_Record-Labels_Small_MB.jpg200130Why is Cardiff’s music scene so conducive to starting record labels? You’re in a popular local band who want to record music professionally and release it to the world but feel unconfident about major label interest, especially in today’s musical climate. So what do you do? If you reside in Cardiff, you start your own record label. Barely Regal, Shape and Bubblewrap Collective are record labels founded in Cardiff over the last five years and all were established partly because […]