FILMguerrero is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 based in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. It was founded in 1998 by John Askew as a way to release Ames, the debut album by Askew's studio project Tracker

Tracker (band)

Tracker is an American indie rock ensemble from Portland, Oregon. The act was founded in 1998 by John Askew, a freelance audio engineer and writer for Tape Op magazine.-Background:...

. Since then, the label (also known as "Film G"http://www.indiemusicportland.com/category/podcasts/, or simply "Fg"http://www.sctas.com/21/MENOMENA.html) has gone on to release CDs, LPs and EPs by a number of different artists http://www.filmg.com/?cat=10. Askew describes the label as "a collective" or, "...an artist-run label, to make sure that the bands get a fair deal and a good representation of what their overall vision is"http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/58h06.html.

Notable artists

• Adam Selzer
  Adam Selzer
  Adam Selzer is an author, primarily of young adult and middle grade novels. His first novel was How To Get Suspended and Influence People, a 2007 Random House novel which was included on the Chicago Public Schools 2007 Summer Reading List...
  
  
• Gabriel “Naim” Amor
• Graves
  Graves (band)
  Graves is the band that Michale Graves and Dr. Chud formed after they left the Misfits. Graves recorded and released one album, Web of Dharma....
  
  
• Holy Sons
• Lackthereof
  Lackthereof
  Lackthereof is the solo project of Danny Seim, a founding member of the Portland, Oregon-based band Menomena.-History:The first six Lackthereof albums were recorded at home and given out to Seim's friends on cassettes and CD-R's...
  
  
• Laura Veirs
  Laura Veirs
  Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter.Veirs was raised in Colorado, studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China, and now lives in Portland, Oregon.While growing up, she heard folk-country, classical, and pop...
  
  
• Manta Ray (band)
• Menomena
  Menomena
  Menomena are an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States; currently made up of Justin Harris, Danny Seim and more recently Joe Haege of 31Knots and Tu Fawning...
  
  
• Mount Analog
• Norfolk & Western (band)
  Norfolk & Western (band)
  Norfolk & Western is an indie rock and folk/rock band from Portland, Oregon. An essential part of their stage set-up and sound is a turn-of-the-century Victrola Grammaphone. Norfolk and Western began as the recording project of Adam Selzer with friends, including M. Ward, playing various...
  
  
• Tracker (band)
  Tracker (band)
  Tracker is an American indie rock ensemble from Portland, Oregon. The act was founded in 1998 by John Askew, a freelance audio engineer and writer for Tape Op magazine.-Background:...
  
  
• Transmissionary Six
  Transmissionary Six
  The Transmissionary Six is actually the songwriting team of Terri Moeller and Paul Austin, the former a longtime drummer of The Walkabouts, the latter a founding member of the Willard Grant Conspiracy. Since 2002 the band has released five albums, and toured worldwide....
  
  
• Wasted Tape