3CG Records is an independent record label started by the pop/rock group Hanson. After huge success with Mercury Records, they were transferred to Island Def Jam due to music industry merger of PolyGram and Universal in 1998. With misunderstandings arising over their third release, the band created their own label. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Hanson is a pop band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1990s by brothers Clarke Isaac Hanson (born November 17, 1980), Jordan Taylor Hanson (born March 14, 1983) and Zachary Walker Zac Hanson (born October 22, 1985). ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label which started when Universal Music merged its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam. ... PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... Universal Music Group (UMG), formerly MCA Music Entertainment (see Music Corporation of America), is the largest major label in the record industry. ...
Once free from Island Def Jam, the band had control over their music. Hanson put together their third major album, Underneath, released April 20, 2004 on 3CG Records. The album went to #1 on the Billboard independent charts in April of 2004. Underneath is an album by American pop group Hanson. ...
Now, their third full-length release, "Underneath," is out on 3CGRecords (with major distribution), and the brothers Hanson are giving it a go not only as musicians, but as moguls as well.
The most obvious scapegoat is the Internet, but I think that's a byproduct of a bigger problem, which is that there is a lack of respect and attention given to the audience and their ability to discern quality records from not-as-quality records.
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