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By Luke du Preez
Monstercat the record label
 Mike Darlington,CEO
Ari Paunonen,COO
 Monstercat Mediawasfoundedon1 July2011 by Mike DarlingtonandAri Paunonen,two
college studentsoutof Waterloo,Ontario.The label'sYouTube channel,whichservedasa
mediumto promote theirfriendsandtheirmusic,wascreatedthe same day.
 Today,the label signsartistsona single-trackbasis,allowingthemtomove betweenlabels
and brandswithoutanexclusive contract. DarlingtonandPaunonenwere laterresponsible
for the creationof the label'suniformcompilationalbums.Theyhave signedpeople like
Marshmellow, Slushii,AeroChordandVicetone.
 It isan independentelectronicdance musicrecordlabel based inVancouver,British
Columbia
 Whentheywere askedtocommentaboutthe label theysaid‘People don’tneedrecord
labelsanymore.Artistscandoeverythingontheirown.Sowe eitherhadto do itfor them
betteror provide aplatformandmarketingtool theycan’tfindontheirown.That’s where
the communityconceptcame for Monstercat.We createda brandthat fans can use to
discovermusicand[that] artistscan use as a platformforgettingtheirmusicoutthere’.
 In December2014, Monstercat launchedMonstercatFMas part of live-streamingservice
Twitch'sstart in musicbroadcasting. MonstercatFMisa 24/7 radiostation-likeTwitch
streamfeaturingalot of Monstercat's releasesfromsome of theirhistoryasalabel.The
launcheventof the streamwas a DJ setby Monstercat artistStephenWalking.Monstercat
FM waseventuallyaddedtoYouTube andMicrosoft-ownedlive-streamingwebsite Mixer.
Theyhave alsobeenat manymusicfestivalsthroughoutthe yearsandare lovedbymany
people worldwide.

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Monstercat research

  • 1. By Luke du Preez Monstercat the record label  Mike Darlington,CEO Ari Paunonen,COO  Monstercat Mediawasfoundedon1 July2011 by Mike DarlingtonandAri Paunonen,two college studentsoutof Waterloo,Ontario.The label'sYouTube channel,whichservedasa mediumto promote theirfriendsandtheirmusic,wascreatedthe same day.  Today,the label signsartistsona single-trackbasis,allowingthemtomove betweenlabels and brandswithoutanexclusive contract. DarlingtonandPaunonenwere laterresponsible for the creationof the label'suniformcompilationalbums.Theyhave signedpeople like Marshmellow, Slushii,AeroChordandVicetone.  It isan independentelectronicdance musicrecordlabel based inVancouver,British Columbia  Whentheywere askedtocommentaboutthe label theysaid‘People don’tneedrecord labelsanymore.Artistscandoeverythingontheirown.Sowe eitherhadto do itfor them betteror provide aplatformandmarketingtool theycan’tfindontheirown.That’s where the communityconceptcame for Monstercat.We createda brandthat fans can use to discovermusicand[that] artistscan use as a platformforgettingtheirmusicoutthere’.  In December2014, Monstercat launchedMonstercatFMas part of live-streamingservice Twitch'sstart in musicbroadcasting. MonstercatFMisa 24/7 radiostation-likeTwitch streamfeaturingalot of Monstercat's releasesfromsome of theirhistoryasalabel.The launcheventof the streamwas a DJ setby Monstercat artistStephenWalking.Monstercat FM waseventuallyaddedtoYouTube andMicrosoft-ownedlive-streamingwebsite Mixer. Theyhave alsobeenat manymusicfestivalsthroughoutthe yearsandare lovedbymany people worldwide.