According to most artists I follow, I’ve been hearing a lot of “Trust no one”.
A label has it’s own goals, be it the sound they sign & promote, a certain number of sales, etc, etc. If you really want to be able to trust your label, start your own.
Most artists from what I’ve seen just sign Singles and maybe an EP or an album if the relationship is good to amazing, but keep as many rights as they can to their songs. That way, if the label folds or whatever, they still keep the rights to the music they made and can possibly put it on an album or ep on a different label. On the flip, maybe a label only wants to sign a single to see how well your sound is received by it’s fans before they decide whether or not to add you to their roster.
It’s the state of the music industry as a whole if you’re in electronic music unless you get lucky and get with a label who wants to support you. Even then, you have to fit a certain sound & sometimes use the same software as everyone else. I’ve heard one label that won’t sign anyone who doesn’t use a certain DAW.
As for a list, there isn’t one and probably never will be. It’s the nature of dealing with humans who made the creative arts their life. One person might not like one person and therefore never sign anything to a label they run. Whereas someone else might love that person like a brother and won’t sign to any other label except theirs.
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