It wasn't that long ago in time, but in terms of technology it was a different age. A small press getting into sound recording on any level should know something about the music business, if only to avoid hassles with artists, understand differences between book and music copyrights, and understand what a publisher's rights are in terms of performance income and other considerations. If a press is only putting out spoken word recordings this won't be a concern, but if there is original music involved, possible airplay on college stations, public radio, or live performance with music, there could be opportunities missed in not knowing the business. A Three-LP set of Poetry and Music . This is an example of a small magazine working with a small music company and may be a good example of projects we're going to see more of.
Variety keeps small press alive.
The more means of expression we can use, the more people we can reach. The way I got into this was through a song contest. The grand and first prizes included a publishing contract. I thought this meant having a song printed, which didn't seem like such a big deal, so I looked into it. It turned out a music publisher hasn't got anything to do with printing sheet music.