This past spring Georgetown University formally recognized Prospect Records as an official campus organization. The first of its kind, Prospect Records is the student run record label on Georgetown’s campus. The label aims to create space for its aspiring artists and musicians to record, perform, and promote their music locally and in Washington D.C.
As the student run record label, Prospect Records provides the University’s student musicians with the resources and opportunity to share their creativity. The organization is composed of ‘departments’, ranging from management to recording, with each department led by its own chair. Each department aims to cater to the artists’ needs and encourage student musicians to emerge into the spotlight. Through its structure and support system Prospect Records has bolstered the music scene on Georgetown’s campus.
On account of the pandemic, Prospect Records has shifted its focus to virtually supporting its artists at home. “Right now [we] continue to support our artists by promoting their music on social media. We also held an online virtual concert where we had artists perform their music in order to help fundraise for Jammin Java, a local music venue,” said Fabiola Castro Jimenez, the president of Prospect Records.
Since its inception, Prospect Records has been at the forefront of cultivating and placing the arts in a more prominent role at Georgetown University. As a student run record label, Prospect fosters a community of collaboration and musical diversity. The student artists signed to Prospect Records range from solo to group acts with each artist releasing their music on their own platforms. As an expanding force on campus, Prospect Records hopes to utilize its new influence for the benefit of its musicians, according to Jimenez.
“[As a label] we want to make it about the artist. We want to promote our student musicians and their music in order to help them reach a broader audience on campus. We want the artists to have [this] knowledge [of the music industry]…to know how to record and how to use the software. So that’s a big thing, we want to make it about [them],” Jimenez said in an interview with Sheesh! Magazine.
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