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Discipline Global Mobile (DGM, or Discipline GM) is an independent record label founded in 1992 by Robert Fripp (best known as guitarist and main composer for the band King Crimson) and producer/online content developer David Singleton. DGM has released solo music by Fripp as well as work by various affiliated musicians and bands including King Crimson, The Vicar, the California Guitar Trio and others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statement at foot of homepage )〕 The label has offices in Salisbury, England, and Los Angeles, California;〔Billboard, 1998〕 According to Fripp, DGM has aimed to be "a model of ethical business in an industry founded on exploitation, oiled by deceit, riven with theft and fueled by greed," according to Fripp.〔 according to 〕 Its policy is that its artists retain all copyrights; consequently, even DGM's corporate logo is owned by its designer.〔 The label was an early adopter of the digital download system. DGM's aims have been hailed as "exemplary", and the label has been credited with having expanded "the possibilities of experimental music" and having improved the environment for King Crimson.〔 The DGM label name is derived from the title of a 1981 King Crimson album (''Discipline'') and from the name of Singleton’s previous recording business (The Mobile). The label logo also partly reflects the artwork for the ''Discipline'' album (featuring a new but similar knotwork commissioned from the artist Steve Ball).〔Discipline Global Mobile - Ball Diary 13〕 ==Foundation and business aims== Having been a professional musician since the mid-'60s (and the guitarist for King Crimson since 1969), by the late 1980s Robert Fripp found himself in conflict with his longtime record label E.G. Records and management company (E.G. Management) over royalties allegedly owed by E.G. to himself and to other band members. During this period, Fripp met and began working with producer and online developer David Singleton, initially on a Guitar Craft tour in 1990 and subsequently on the production of two albums - the League of Crafty Guitarists' ''Show of Hands'' and the eponymous album for the Fripp-and-Toyah-fronted group Sunday All Over the World. Fripp and Singleton's production partnership was sealed by work on two King Crimson boxed sets (1991's ''Frame by Frame'' and 1992's ''The Great Deceiver'') and continues to the present day under the name of TonProb. After seven years, Fripp and E.G. reached a settlement〔〔 〕 but the experience left Fripp determined to take control of his own work and financial affairs wherever possible. As part of this aim, he founded Discipline Global Mobile (DGM) as an independent music label in 1992, as a fifty-fifty partnership with Singleton.〔, 〕〔 〕 DGM's mission statement consists of five "DGM business aims", as follows: * "The first aim of DGM is to help bring music into the world which would otherwise be unlikely to do so, or under conditions prejudicial to the music and / or musicians.",〔 〕 * "The second aim of DGM is to operate in the market place, while being free of the values of the market place." * "The third aim of DGM is to help the artists and staff of DGM achieve what they wish for themselves." * "The fourth aim of DGM is to find its audience." * "The fifth aim of DGM is to be a model of ethical business in an industry founded on exploitation, oiled by deceit, riven with theft and fueled by greed."〔〔 These aims were called "exemplary" by Bill Martin, who wrote that "Fripp has done something very important for the possibilities of experimental music" in creating DGM, and that DGM "has played a major role in creating favorable conditions for" King Crimson. Since at least the early 1960s, the recording industry has required artists to sign over copyrights and moral rights to their cover art, music, and lyrics. DGM rejects this practice, and since its 1992 founding has maintained its policy that its artists retain the copyrights and the moral rights to their works,〔〔 be those works musical or visual art.〔 Fripp wrote,
This extends even to DGM's knotwork corporate logo, the copyright of which is owned not by the company, but by its designer, Steve Ball.〔 cites as the original inspiration for the first cover for ''Discipline'' a design by : 〕〔Robert Fripp wrote, "Steve Ball is ... designer of the (of Crafty Guitarists ) & Discipline knotworks (among others & in which he holds the copyright)."
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