Shur has since established his own artist development and production company.

And with the record industry in turmoil, the burden of artist development has fallen more heavily on the touring business.

In addition to producing and mixing, Robert is actively involved in artist development.

"It was one of the only labels left that still did an "old school" kind of artist development."

He started a new company called Destiny Collective to focus on artist development, record production, and merchandising.

The lack of any distribution structure means that there is little to no incentive for capital investment in artist development or music sales.

Dedicated to the creation of new music through structured access and artist development.

"He'll need to do real artist development to ensure these guys have actual long-lasting careers."

By artist development, we mean running promotions in towns where you will be touring and making sure the local record stores have your music.

The label is known for their focus on artist development.