Chris Swanson is one of the founders of the Bloomington-based independent recording companies Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, artist-friendly labels known for coupling a fertile artistic environment with ambitious business plans.
Swanson works on developing over thirty musical artists, some of which have gone on to international acclaim, such as Antony & the Johnsons, Black Mountain, Magnolia Electric Co., and Okkervil River.
In addition to artist development, he co-runs SC Distribution, which exclusively distributes 18 record labels globally, and Bellwether Manufacturing, a media replication company, which works with over 200 record labels.