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Ryan Catbird, Catbird Records and Art21 Blog

Recently Ryan Catbird sat down with Art:21 and had an interview regarding his mindset on the Catbird Records project. Aside from hearing insight into the actual production process of each of the releases it's always refreshing to hear Ryan's take on releasing records in general. His insight on why he took on the Unbunny vinyl project is dead on:

...when I really love an album (as I do Black Strawberries), I always want it on vinyl. We listen to a lot of records in my house, and certainly not for any sort of "indie hipness" reasons, and not necessarily for nostalgia’s sake, but because I really like to sit down and actively listen to albums—as opposed to them just being background noise while I do something else—and the LP format really lends itself to that.

There are more insights into Catbird Records in general - such as his shift from hand-screened sleeves to On Demand production and remembering that your time and labor are worth $0 when it's something you're passionate about.

Overall, a fine read. I can only hope that yk records establishes itself as worthwhile as Catbird Records some day..