Basecamp Productions

{{Short description|American record label}}

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{{infobox record label

|founded={{start date and age|2004}}

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• Joshua James
• Brett Eliason}}

|parent=Warner Music Group (as of 2009)

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Basecamp Productions is an American record label. It was founded in 2004 by Joshua James{{cite news |first=J. Scott |last=Orr |agency=Newhouse News Service |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2003638511_official28.html |department=Music & nightlife |title=Bands beating bootleggers at their own game |work=Seattle Times |accessdate=2008-12-04 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011110019/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2003638511_official28.html |archivedate=2008-10-11 }} and Brett Eliason (Eliason apparently{{weasel word|date=July 2024}} sold his share of the company sometime in 2007 and is no longer involved{{as of when?|date=July 2024}}) with the idea of releasing "Official Bootlegs" online.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Beginning with Pearl Jam’s groundbreaking “Official Bootlegs” series,{{cite news |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9073077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050905214913/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9073077/|url-status=live|archive-date=2005-09-05|title=Pearl Jam goes digital for live bootleg series |work=MSNBC |access-date=2016-07-26}} artists who have appeared on recordings distributed exclusively by Basecamp include: Pearl Jam, Linkin Park,{{cite web |url=http://downloads.linkinpark.com/ |title=Downloads |website=Linkin Park |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129092139/http://downloads.linkinpark.com/ |archive-date=29 January 2008 |url-status=dead}} Jay-Z, U2, Disturbed{{Cite web |url=http://bootlegs.disturbed1.com/ |title=Container |access-date=2009-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321001847/http://bootlegs.disturbed1.com/ |archive-date=2009-03-21 |url-status=dead}} Chris Cornell, Tori Amos,{{cite web|url=http://toribootlegs.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050810025013/http://www.toribootlegs.com/|archive-date=2005-08-10|url-status=dead|title=Tori Amos Legs and Boots|accessdate=2016-07-26}} Ben Harper, The Black Crowes, The Cult, Busta Rhymes, Sleater-Kinney, Kings of Leon, Mudhoney, My Morning Jacket, Sonic Youth, Dispatch, Third Day and Wolfmother.

Basecamp works with artists who sell their shows through their own web sites. Shows are typically available anywhere from 30 minutes to a few days following the performance. Basecamp handles the whole process from recording the show, mixing it and then releases it through their own software package which is installed on the artists site. Basecamp also has partnerships with both Ticketmaster and Live Nation to sell the live recordings at the point of ticket purchase.

Basecamp was acquired by Warner Music Group in 2009 and Mr. James is now{{when?|date=July 2024}} the CEO of Zig Media.{{Cite web |title=Graydon Carter, Ex-editor of Vanity Fair Invests |url=https://zig.com/thenewyorktimes/slideshows/graydon-carter-ex-editor-of-vanity-fair-invests-113432 |website=zig.com}}{{failed verification|date=July 2024}}