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Snow Patrol, Elbow label boss: 'Guitar-based music is struggling'
Published Thursday, Jan 12 2012, 16:13 GMT | By Lewis Corner | 6 comments
Fiction Records boss Jim Chancellor has raised concerns about the limited opportunities for guitar bands to get signed.
The music executive - who has Snow Patrol, Elbow and The Maccabees on Fiction's roster - claimed that his competitors are investing less money in rock music.
Chancellor insisted that labels are hesitant to sign new rock talent "because not much of it is succeeding".
He told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat: "The problem is everyone is looking for instant results from a new signing. What we've tried to do at Fiction is help bands through those phases.
"We try and nurture talent. Television is very limited. For guitar bands it's Channel 4 and Later… With Jools Holland. There are very few other outlets."
He added: "As much as it is difficult to get heard, the White Lies record sold really well and so has the Snow Patrol record in a climate where it's been tricky."
Chancellor recently signed two new guitar acts who will be pushed in 2012, including Spector who appeared in the BBC's Sound of 2012 shortlist.
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Watch Spector perform their new single 'Chevy Thunder' below:
The music executive - who has Snow Patrol, Elbow and The Maccabees on Fiction's roster - claimed that his competitors are investing less money in rock music.
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Chancellor insisted that labels are hesitant to sign new rock talent "because not much of it is succeeding".
He told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat: "The problem is everyone is looking for instant results from a new signing. What we've tried to do at Fiction is help bands through those phases.
"We try and nurture talent. Television is very limited. For guitar bands it's Channel 4 and Later… With Jools Holland. There are very few other outlets."
He added: "As much as it is difficult to get heard, the White Lies record sold really well and so has the Snow Patrol record in a climate where it's been tricky."
Chancellor recently signed two new guitar acts who will be pushed in 2012, including Spector who appeared in the BBC's Sound of 2012 shortlist.
> Kasabian: 'There's a rock'n'roll drought'
> Noel Gallagher: 'Rock 'n' roll is f**king bad at the moment'
Watch Spector perform their new single 'Chevy Thunder' below:
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