Poor, Proud, But Independent

"Now we're at the point where we're hooked into the Internet and ready to get a Web page and start to grow a little bit," Sean Kelly says. "So I'm actually going to go back to work again so we can have a little more seed money to get a little bit bigger."

In the end, even for the most non-commercial and obscure labels, sales have to play some role, and it's usually one of ensuring day-to-day survival.

"I'm not against selling records," admits Kelly. "There's people out there that like stuff that is a little different, and we fill that need. But any records that we can sell along the way is good, too.