MPR’s Beth Friend talks with numerous individuals in the local music industry about the active record label scene in the Twin Cities and how they survive in a tough music market.

Interviewees include Tom Hazelmyer, founder and owner of Amphetamine Reptile Records; Peter Jesperson, managing director of Medium Cool Records; Jake Wisely, president of Red Decibel Inc.; Bill Flanagan, editor of Musician magazine; Rob Simons, chief financial officer of Rykodisc; Bob Feldman, president of Red House Records; and Paul Stark, president of Twin/Tone Records.