These Philly teens wanted in on the music business. Now, they have their own record label

Caleb Autry started playing drums when he was in third grade, and by age 13 had moved onto piano and music production.

When he enrolled at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Autry was a little wistful: if only the school offered opportunities to continue down the melodic road he’d found, in music production or audio engineering.

And then, this past winter, lightening struck when Autry was a senior at the magnet school in North Philadelphia. What, his teacher asked, if Carver students had the chance to launch their own record label?

“I thought, ‘This is something we need,’” said Autry, who has just graduated from Carver and is headed to Drexel University to study music business on a full scholarship. “I know a lot of artists at school, and the music industry is such an experience-driven industry. We need opportunities to get our feet wet.”

Now, only a few months later, Carver Records has dropped its first single,…

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