One thing that I think a lot of bands struggle with is identifying an appropriate label to work with. Very frequently you see people reaching out to labels and finding themselves incapable of actually bringing anything of value to the table. They are reaching out to labels that don’t match their profile or who have values that are very different from their own. I think that it’s not even a question of doing research, but a question of being thoughtful about how you filter through the morass of labels out there. However, this can actually be a fairly easy thing to do. It’s simply a question of looking at you would-be peers on the label, identifying the labels values, understanding what you bring to the table and then using that to identify a solid and realistic partner.