Greetings, I started a record label/live event company about a year ago and it has gotten huge. It’s multiple record labels under one corporation and we’re kicking off the big launch with single releases from each of our signed artists.

Looking for vocal mixes I found this today and enjoyed it so much I couldn't help but post it. Kudo's to the Canadian sound.
There are beautiful flavours of vocals and reverb in this.

I could not find local talent to record with, but lots of people are in other countries with talent and who want to record. This is just hip hop sort of recording.

Anyhow, there is one artist I'm interested in.. I would like to make a whole mixtape with her, but in her city it's expected she pay for studio time and we both can't afford that.

I do not own one, but I see guitar looping stations are quite popular today. These devices allow one to create rhythm loops, which one then plays over. I am curious, are any guitar players walking into the studio with these, for use on recordings?

What's your favorite piece of equipment and why?

I have a good home studio where I produce my music.
Since '96 after countless demo submissions etc I am yet to earn any income from my work.
I persist, it being my passion and I believe, my calling in life.
Yesterday I was contacted by a past aquintance.

It sounds funny I know, but does anyone know of any labels that cater to artists who don't perform live. For example an electronica artist that is signed, but that may not perform live (really it could be any genre, but that first comes to mind because of a lot of that music is programmed/sequenced).

Firstly, I own a small recording company. I have made a CD with artists songs that I have licensed. When I pay the artists they will recieve 20% total for the CD. how to exatly calculate how much percentage each artist will make and the breakdown of all the costs

I just recently this past weekend started a new company online where underground artists can get their albums heard and possible sold at a central location or store. Its at http://www.underground-albums.com and I started it to see how good it will do. Its still in very basic mode but already had 2 people sign up besides my own album being there.

Well, along the lines of a couple of other posts here (like Don's "top 3 recordings"), I'd be interested in starting a post on the "Most Influential Artists" of our era.