The Beechfields Record Label is an independent not-for-profit musician's cooperative record label from Baltimore, Maryland-noted for an artist-centered approach to releasing records.The philosophy that defines the The Beechfields was developed by Michael Nestor at The University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2000 and the label was officially started in Baltimore in 2003 while Nestor was at The University of Maryland,School of Medicine.The Beechfields was designed as a reaction to the suppression of underground music by both major and independent labels.