Founders & Frequencies coverage filed under "Founder Musicians".https://foundersandfrequencies.com/en-ushttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/founder-owned-record-labels/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/founder-owned-record-labels/A new generation of working operators is funding boutique labels alongside their day businesses. The model is older than it looks. Five working examples and what each is doing differently.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTListicleFounder MusiciansLabelsEditorial Teamhttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/rivers-cuomo-spreadsheets/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/rivers-cuomo-spreadsheets/The Weezer frontman has been quietly running his songwriting practice as a database for almost thirty years. The system is invisible on the records, which is the point.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfileFounder MusiciansPracticeLinus Embryhttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/wendy-carlos-switched-on-bach/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/wendy-carlos-switched-on-bach/*Switched-On Bach* sold a million copies in 1968 and turned the Moog synthesizer from a research curiosity into a working musician's instrument. It is the canonical example of an album as commercial vehicle for a piece of hardware.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTHistoryAlbum ReviewFounder MusiciansVera Sokolovhttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/brian-eno-quiet-decades/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/brian-eno-quiet-decades/The producer most listeners associate with Roxy Music and the ambient catalog has spent forty years on the company-building side of the practice as well. The companies are quieter than the records, on purpose.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayFounder MusiciansHistoryLinus Embryhttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/the-imogen-heap-equation/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/the-imogen-heap-equation/Two decades into her career, Imogen Heap is the cleanest single example of the founder-artist model. The Mi.Mu gloves, the Endel collaboration, and *Sparks* are the same project asked from three different angles.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTProfileFounder MusiciansPolymathVera Sokolovhttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/andrew-rollins-also-known-as-roga-a-conversation/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/andrew-rollins-also-known-as-roga-a-conversation/A working AI operator based in Chiang Mai released a debut album this year under the name ROGA. We sat down with him to ask why someone shipping technical work would also choose to make a record.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTQ&AFounder MusiciansInterviewLinus Embryhttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/ten-founders-who-are-also-touring-or-releasing-musicians/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/ten-founders-who-are-also-touring-or-releasing-musicians/The overlap between people running companies and people making records has stopped being a curiosity and started being a movement. Here are ten founder-artists whose music is genuinely worth your time.Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTListicleFounder MusiciansVera Sokolovhttps://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/why-so-many-ai-founders-are-releasing-albums-right-now/https://foundersandfrequencies.com/articles/why-so-many-ai-founders-are-releasing-albums-right-now/The overlap between AI founder and recording artist used to be rare. It is no longer rare. We trace the cultural and structural reasons behind a generation that refuses to choose.Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTEssayCultureFounder MusiciansLinus Embry