{"id":19662,"date":"2026-09-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/mark-kitcatt-on-independent-music-digital-market-collaboration\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:00:00","slug":"mark-kitcatt-on-independent-music-digital-market-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/mark-kitcatt-on-independent-music-digital-market-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Kitcatt on Independent Music Digital Market Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mark Kitcatt<\/strong>, co-owner of <strong>Everlasting Records<\/strong> and <strong>Popstock Distribuciones<\/strong>, has outlined how independence and cross-sector collaboration can shape the digital music market in the latest instalment of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independent_Music_Companies_Association\"><strong>IMPALA<\/strong><\/a> (Independent Music Companies Association)&#8217;s \u201cFaces of the Independent Sector\u201d series. The interview, published as part of the European Union co-funded series marking IMPALA&#8217;s 25th anniversary, is the eighth in the storytelling project.<\/p>\n<h2>Roles and digital market recommendations<\/h2>\n<p>Kitcatt co-owns and directs Everlasting Records and Popstock Distribuciones, Spanish music companies established in 1991. The companies handle recording, publishing, marketing, promotion, and physical and digital distribution. They represent artists and labels from around the world in Portugal and Spain, and they sign and record Spanish-language artists for global representation.<\/p>\n<p>Kitcatt also chairs <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/aldisco-joins-worldwide-independent-network-win\/\"><strong>WIN<\/strong> (Worldwide Independent Network)<\/a> and co-chairs <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/impala-outlines-streaming-reform-financial-needs-report-at-indieweek-2026\/\">IMPALA&#8217;s streaming working group<\/a>. IMPALA has issued three streaming plans since 2021; its <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/impala-proposes-digital-music-market-overhaul-as-streaming-nears-1-billion-subscribers\/\">latest Digital Music Plan recommendations<\/a> cover the entire digital market.<\/p>\n<h2>Entry into music and the meaning of independence<\/h2>\n<p>Kitcatt began his career at age 21 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\">Rough Trade<\/a> warehouse in London in the mid-1980s after leaving university. He described himself as a \u201cmusic nut\u201d whose formative labels included Stiff, Small Wonder, Beggars Banquet, Factory and Rough Trade.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI moved from London to Spain in 1990 and set up the companies serving said community over the next few years.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBeing independent is about making your own calls and decisions successively, probably various times, daily, and doing it with artists, creators, collaborators and colleagues who are all in the same boat, with the same inclination.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that artists need space and support, and that managers and other figures can deliver most when they team up with a \u201csimp\u00e1tico\u201d label partner.<\/p>\n<h2>Opportunities and challenges in the independent sector<\/h2>\n<p>Asked about opportunities, Kitcatt said the independent sector attracts \u201cbright and fidgety people, agitators\u201d and that its strength is community. He noted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winformusic.org\/\">WIN<\/a> board adds new creative cohorts from new countries and continents each year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur opportunity is that community, it\u2019s a spirit that all the fencers-in and definers and dominators never will be able to snuff out. Our opportunity is just to keep listening.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On challenges, he said recorded music, especially longer-form work, needs to recover economic value and occupy a more central place. He described concentration at distribution, platform and live circuit levels as \u201clethal\u201d and said the digital market is central to both issues.<\/p>\n<p>When IMPALA adopted its new recommendations early this summer, Kitcatt said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCollaborating on these proposals from the independent sector will stimulate new investment in groundbreaking new music and support for the artists who create it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Desired change and advice<\/h2>\n<p>Kitcatt said he would like the music industry to acknowledge that it serves something bigger than individual companies or profits. He described music as a universal language that nobody owns.<\/p>\n<p>His advice for newcomers: \u201cYour whole career is going to be about trying to listen better, start now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming projects<\/h2>\n<p>Over the next 12 months, Kitcatt highlighted new album projects from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Le Parody<\/li>\n<li>Cryymm<\/li>\n<li>Guadalupe Plata<\/li>\n<li>Vacaciones Permanentes<\/li>\n<li>Xenia Rubinos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Kitcatt, co-owner of Everlasting Records and Popstock Distribuciones, outlines his views on independence, collaboration and digital market reform in IMPALA&#8217;s interview 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