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DFTBA Records

2008-11-24 · announcement · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, community lore

Hank announces that he and Alan are starting DFTBA Records, a label to help YouTube musicians produce and distribute music; its first release is Hank's own album So Jokes, now on digital sale and pre-order.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting; self-promotion joke; wall of CDs to pre-order; the tour was fantastic, Nerdfighteria is home

00:00:53 — Starting a record label; first release is Hank's album; digital now, physical in December

  • ★★★ Hank announces that he and Alan are starting a record label. — 00:00:53 · Alan Lastufka, DFTBA Records
  • ★★★ Hank says the label's first release is his own album (joking about a 'promising young artist' with songs about Harry Potter, Barack Obama and Helen Hunt); the digital version is on sale now. — 00:00:53 · Harry Potter (book series), Barack Obama
  • ★★ Hank says the physical disc goes on sale in December (he says 2009) and has intros and outros missing from the digital version; the first 100 pre-orders get autographed copies. — 00:00:53

00:01:22 — Autographed pre-orders; the name DFTBA Records and its purpose; signed artists; DFTBA.com and newsletter

  • ★ Hank jokingly claims DFTBA stands for 'digital furry thimble-sized barking animals'. (joke, hedged) — 00:01:22 · DFTBA, DFTBA Records
  • ★★★ Hank says the label, called DFTBA Records, exists to give YouTube-related musicians a way to produce and distribute their music. — 00:01:22 · DFTBA Records, YouTube
  • ★★★ Hank says the label signed him first and has also signed CharlieIsSoCoolLike, Chameleon Circuit (a band singing only about Doctor Who) and Dave Days; it is working on an album by a musician he admires. — 00:01:22
  • ★★ Hank says the label plans to make life as a YouTube musician easier, more fun and more lucrative, and connect these musicians with a bigger audience. — 00:02:04 · DFTBA Records, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank tells viewers to go to DFTBA.com for more and to sign up for the newsletter to hear about new things. — 00:02:04 · DFTBA Records

00:02:34 — Free extras, buttons, digital pricing; YouTube channel, tutorials, weekly podcast; So Jokes for those who missed it on tour

  • ★★ Hank plans free extras with the album, like digital liner notes and maybe a fake book, and probably free buttons with physical CDs; the digital version costs less. (hedged) — 00:02:34
  • ★★ Hank says the label has a YouTube channel with planned song tutorials, music videos and a weekly podcast about DFTBA Records and its artists. — 00:02:34 · DFTBA Records, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says people who could not buy So Jokes on the tour can now get it digitally, and a physical copy hopefully by mid-December. (hedged) — 00:03:03 · Tour de Nerdfighting
  • ★★ Hank thanks viewers for supporting his music, saying without them he would have no reason to write songs. — 00:03:03 · Nerdfighteria

00:03:32 — Thanks to viewers for supporting his music

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Mentioned

Central: DFTBA Records · So Jokes

Also: People: Abby · Barack Obama · Charlie McDonnell · Dave Days · Helen Hunt (actor)

Projects: Tour de Nerdfighting

Works: Doctor Who · Harry Potter (book series)

Organizations: YouTube

Groups: Chameleon Circuit

Terms: DFTBA · link in the sidebar

Only in the description or credits: Alan Lastufka

Also centred on So Jokes: Hank and John from the Road · Comment Haters and Christmas · Hank Green: Behind the Music

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