As the label keeps growing, the project ideas, as well as the method of coming up with them, are taking on a more unique and bizarre shape. While most bands come to the studio with song ideas in mind, Warner, along with fellow members of The Terry Beard Band, visited Ringing Rocks Park in Berks County for inspiration. They began banging on some rocks, exploring musical possibilities, and are now at work creating music using the rocks as a percussional theme. But Splash Records, like any independent label, requires more work than meets the eye. Many young bands who produce their own music do so simply to get an album onto the market quickly, and the labels quickly become defunct.
Some bands just like to make a label with a cool name to put on their record.
One stumbling block for young groups is advertising. Splash provides all the advertising and distribution for its roster. You have to be able to coordinate radio play with live playing, along with promotion and distribution. Cover art is another area where many bands decide not to get involved. Bands such as The Dirges, Queen Bee and the Blue Hornet Band, and John Cunningham have all come to Fusco for professional-looking artwork at minimum expense.