She herself approaches record companies to distribute her music to audience's across the world, rather than being signed to one main distributer who undertakes everything for her. This is also shown through her website, on a link to part of her page where she designs album artwork for other independent groups and artists and her own. This way, she has complete control over all decisions, from creative to financial.
Some of the record labels she has distributed music with are:
2nd Records - Germany
Immigrant Sun Records - Brooklyn in New York
Make My Day Records - Europe
Do it Together records - USA
Immigrant Sun Records:
An Independent record label from New York (USA) that began in 1996 and disappeared in 2003. For this reason, not a lot is known about the company.
2nd Records:
This is a record label within Germany, they have been publishing music since 2000. In 2005, Amanda Rogers was touring as a support act, and heard about this record label as they were releasing her albums 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue' and 'Daily News'. This was so that her music can be broadened to a wider audience.
Make My Day Records:
Founded in 2002, they distribute from Europe, something that counts towards widening Amandas audience range.
"Hope From the Forgotten Woods, is a 16 track album that was conceived of and written 3 years ago, during which time Amanda explored other musical ventures, and while these songs sat and simmered in her heart and mind, the story began to unfold - revealing more to Ms. Rogers about herself than she ever expected. Amanda is always sure to let the creative process happen to her rather than to make it happen, and so once this story unravelled, she spent night and day alone in the studio and recorded every spark just as it flowed into her, creating a dark and intimate sound scape that supports the confessions of a would-be serial killer full of pain, passion, vengeance, and liberation. Can you dream up an alternative ending to the story to help mend your broken soul and seek revenge on a wicked world without leaving the confines of your mind? Well, yes, with songs like "Get Your Heart", and "Ms. X" , Amanda's Hope From The Forgotten Woods has done just that."
- From Make My Day Records Website
Do It Together Records:
Many of this record label's artists are self reliant and produce their own music independently. It consists of a promotional team and an industry network to help promote the artists and distribute the artists' music. This is the record label that the album 'Heartwood' was released with and therefore the company that had the most influence over our chosen track, "This Beauty".
