By Howard Campbell—- Top: Israel Vibration—  Bottom: (L) Macka B (R) Donovan Williams WITH music sales experiencing a global meltdown in the past decade, independent companies like VP Records sought different ways to make money. Six years ago, the Queens, New York label launched its VP Associated Label (VPAL) which distributes music by artists and producers looking to tap into mainstream and remote markets. Donovan Williams, label manager at VPAL, said 2015 has been its most productive year. “It has been a good year, we’ve seen substantial growth on the distribution and the production side and we’ve gotten inquiries from so many independent artists, producers & managers worldwide about our services,” Williams told the Sunday Observer. He said VPAL distributed over 50 digital albums, nearly 500 singles and six physical (compact discs) albums in 2015. The digital/CD albums … Read entire article »