Our mission:

(((belle sound))) is a walking contradiction of a label.  Partly fact and mostly friction.

There's always been a huge discrepancy between what's out there and what's actually filtered down to the people.  What's new?  Start a label?  Are you crazy?  Start a label NOW?  Why shake your fist at the monolith in protest, it's always been there.

Then again, why not?  This isn't about who's indier than thou.  This isn't about sides.  This isn't about MySpace friends or enemies, this is about the relationship between art and commerce we navigate daily in all our lives.  We're all artists rubbing up against each other like so many molecules-- like magnetic fields corkscrewwing into a great void out of the recording studio's, into your homes, into your dashboards, in your ear and into your fragile psyche.

We've heard it said, Art can be defined as the simple act of taking your life and making it better.

Amen.

Yes it's true, things are bleak out there.  Major labels are utilizing technologies to copy-protect their disks.  (We won't be doing that any time soon.  Even if we had the technology.  We promise).

My goodness, Tower Records.  Always right there on the corner. Open til Midnight, 365  days a year.  The store that in the back-in-the-day days stocked every obscure west coast 7".

We would stand in front of that rack in awe.

One more sign of the apocalypse?

Media conglomerates are in a merger frenzy.  Copy protection on the rise.  Why?  Because they know that we're all thieves.  Who wants to be treated like a thief?  The entertainment drug cartel isn't all bad.  Lots of good folks started off with good intentions.  But they all want more.  That's all they know.  Like HP sitting up there above the world like a god, they all want more.

And so do we.

And so it goes.  We were once a one man show, but just look how we've grown. We've brought some fine folks on board we'd like to introduce to you:

Sonny Smith.  He's our first signing and is the sole reason why we're cleaning our selves up for a real church wedding.

Redeye distribution presses and distributes the records.  We make them together and we sell them.

Kara Johnson does the website design and overseas the mail order.

Robert Vickers is our house publicist.  Well not in OUR house, he's actually in his house. proxymedia@frontier.net

Chuck Prophet does other stuff. prophet6@mindspring.com

Be true to your school,

Your friends at (((belle sound))) music and apparel.

P.S.  About the apparel bit.  I think it was Quincy Jones who said, "try to imagine a day without music".  We at (((belle sound))) ask you to try to imagine a day without clothes.  Okay scratch that bit-- to be honest, life threw some curve balls.  Kara who designed this site had a baby this year put the business on hold.  We're hoping as soon as baby Cash can fend for himself we'll get him into the (((belle sound))) sweat shop and put the kid to work.

How to order:

Payments by Paypal only.  (If you'd like to pay by check or money order send us an e-mail and we'll let you know how to proceed).

Just click on "add to cart" on the individual product page, & use "view cart" to change or update your order.  The cart will take you to Paypal.com, where you can pay with your credit card or checking account.  You probably know what Paypal is, but if not, it's a safe & secure site widely used for web payments, & you don't need to open an account to use it.

The "view cart" button can be found on the individual product page, or you can go back to the home page & click on the "cart" link.

Shipping:

Shipping and handling within the US:

$4.00 for purchases up to $25.00 
$5.95 for purchases from $25.01 to $75.00
$7.95 for purchases from $75.01 to $99.99
$9.95 for purchases from $100.00 to $149.99
$11.95 for $150.00 and over

Ordering more? e-mail us, we'll let you know.
Outside the US? e-mail us, we'll let you know.

Returns:

Sorry, we don't accept returns, so please ask any questions before buying.  We feel that we only sell unique exceptional stuff that we put alot of care & attention into, so we are pretty sure you're gonna love your order.

Questions? Comments?

e-mail us!  info@bellesound.com