![]() ![]() John: I would say pretty much the same thing. Working on the label is something that I do outside of my full-time job, and there are more times than I’d like to admit where the two things find themselves in conflict with one another. For me, the most difficult part is definitely balancing my outside life with keeping things for the label rolling. And along with that, we learn a whole bunch of new skillsets that we didn’t have before (ie graphic design, video editing, advertising, etc) I kind of get bored if I’m not trying new things out, so that part is nice. “Hey, we should try making a how-to series” “ok, let’s do it” and then we try it out. A lot of our “side projects” have developed that way. We have ideas, we try stuff out for a while, and see what works and what doesn’t. A lot of what we do/have done is an experiment. Shane: My favorite part of the job is probably seeing the stuff we’re trying out come together and have (even mild) success with it. What is your favorite part of your job? What is the most difficult part? We all talk in group chats and stuff haha. I apologize bc there are more I didn’t mention but there’s so many awesome labels who get along and help each other out and they have taught us a lot. We teamed up with a UK DIY label called Hunkofplastic to do the Hey, ily vinyl run. We also love our fellow DIY labels like Chillwavve, Solidarity Club, Knifepunch, Sleepy Clown, Sun Eater, Chirp, Open Door. There are a ton that we look up to and respect. John: Yeah! The first 3 that come to mind are Topshelf, Counter Intuitive and Run for Cover. We eventually settled on Lonely Ghost because it sounded cool, and there wasn’t already a registered label with the same name. Iterations of phantoms, specters, poltergeists, etc were all on the table. We came up with the ghost idea pretty quickly to go along with the general feeling of barely being real, lol, and went from there. Shane: The naming of the label was one of those things that we had a vague idea of a theme, and we started throwing things out there to see what stuck or didn’t. How did you come up with the name? It was the first thing that made me want to find out about your label. It’s still wild to see how different we are now as a label than what we had originally intended. When we started we thought it would be like a distrokid accounts and some emails but we were super wrong haha. We all made experimental music and we all were friends through music. We started with 5 artists, me, Shane (Father of the Year), Funeral Homes, Haxxer, and Leave Nelson B. We realized that things are more accessible if we’re working together so we did. ![]() We had been ripped off and wanted to help our friends not get ripped off. John: We became friends with other artists and wanted to pool our interests and help each other out. What made you want to start a label? Who was your first signing? I spoke to John and Shane about what they love about running Lonely Ghost Records and what they have learned in the process. ![]() They are artist owned and describe themselves as a post-genre label, which is reflected in their diverse roster. Since its inception in 2018, Lonely Ghost has focused on creating a community. Lonely Ghost Records started out as a way for John and Shane to protect their friends from getting ripped off. Home > Your New Favorite Label: Lonely Ghost Records Your New Favorite Label: Lonely Ghost Recordsįirst Releases: Father of the Year, Funeral Homes, Haxxer, Leave Nelson B, SuperdestroyerĪrtists with recent releases: Superdestroyer, Nanl, (leave) nelson b, Hey, ily!,
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