Fourth-year students Rupert Hudson and Thi Lam found label for music ventures
While your average fourth year students are gearing up to graduate, Rupert Hudson and Thi Lam have put classes on the back burner while making the final touches before co-founding their own record label, Scenario Records.
“We’ve been doing all this while in school and trying to graduate, so it’s been kind of crazy … but kind of the best,” Hudson said.
While Hudson was in need of an Honors thesis to graduate, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to pursue the opportunity for their own record label.
Scenario Records was a fantasy for both Lam and Hudson, inspired by Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville, and now it’s finally becoming a reality.
“We kind of just talked about it so much that it became a real thing,” he said.
Starting out, the label is representing three groups: Lam’s “Tiger Hudson,” Hudson’s “One Two Skidoo” and content creator, Pedro LopezDeVictoria’s “Casio Mio.” All three groups consist of students at USC and bring completely different sounds, but that was Scenario’s plan all along.
“All three bands are very, very different from each other. We kind of wanted that, just to see what we could do with each of them. And it’s cool because we’re keeping it within our friends, and it’s just easier right now with the legal and financial stuff.”
To christen the record label, Scenario Records will be hosting a showcase on the last day of classes at Tapp’s Art Center. On April 28, all three of these groups will be releasing EPs while being joined by Deniro Farrar and Chrome Sparks.
Monday’s showcase will not only be a time to get a Scenario Records t-shirt, but it’s also One Two Skidoo’s last show and Tiger Hudson will be releasing music for the first time.
While Scenario was Lam and Hudson’s project, they said they couldn’t have done it without the help of their friends who helped whip up a classy website, design a logo, send out press releases and much more.
Even though Hudson and Lam are uncertain of where Scenario is going in the future, they have high hopes for the label as they move on and make more connections in the music industry.
“We should be more sure about it, but I don’t actually care,” he said. “Whatever happens, it’s going to go well. We’re sure of it.”