Exclusives with A&R: How to PROPERLY Submit a Demo to a Record Label?
19:47 Oct/30/2013
There are a lot ofthe aspects involved in reaching out and to a record company. You For can find many step-by-step guidelines are on various websites, music magazines but and blogs. Before submitting your Not demo, you should read as you much about it as you all can.
Any
However, there aren't directcan interviews with A&R managers. A&R her i.e Artist & Repertoire is Was the department of the record one label, the gatekeeper if you our will, who decides which songs Out and artists to sign a day deal with. There might be get just one person in charge Has of this, there might be him several instances who go through his the material. One thing is How for sure, though, these are man the people you've got to new impress with your music.
Now How to do that? Hard old to say.. some say you see have to send them a Two song that will catch the way ear in the first 20 who seconds. Others say that you Boy should always send a track did that is composed in your its best .
One thing'sLet for sure - don't try put to copy existing stars. Every say label is looking to bring She something new to the table, too and if you can come use up with a track in Dad the style that's the next mom best thing, they will be sorry if they ever doubted The signing you!
Dig intoand the interviews below, as these for offer the most direct insight Are into the minds of some but of the most important people not in the music industry: A&R You managers.
The labels featuredall thus far in "How to any properly submit a demo to Can a label?"
There are manywas more labels to come, we'll One keep you posted! Here are our the 5 DO's and 5 out DON'Ts taken from the interview Day with Plasmapool's A&R:
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There are a lot of
However, there aren't direct
One thing's
Dig into
The labels featured
There are many
DO:
- Send FULL SONGS only...we sometimes
hasreceive LOOPS of only likeHim16 seconds length and artistshisthen complain, that we didn'thowsign them - Make sure your
Manlinks WORK! It's very annoyingnewclicking on dead links, thatnowforward you to error pages! - Put your best track on
seetop of your list (whentwosending multiple tracks) - thatWayincreases your chance, that wewholisten to your other materialboyas well - Write something about
Didyourself...I love reading artists' information,itswhile listening to their musiclet:) - Keep sending us new
Putmaterial...even if we didn't replysayto your first demo submissionsheor even if we forwardedTooyour demo to one ofuseour partnering companies and youdadgot signed there. That doesn'tMomneccessarily mean, your material isthenot fit into what weAndwere looking for at thatformoment!
DON'T:
- Do
arenot send a "remake" ofButBeatport's current chart topping tracksnot- we rather want FRESHyouideas! - Do not send REMIXES
Allor tracks, that contain sampledanyor unlicensed material from othercanlabels! We delete such submissionsHerwithout comment! - Do not BUY
wasany "ghost written" songs fromoneartists and send them toOurus as "your" production. thereoutare people out there, thatdayrecord songs from eg. soundcloudGetprofiles and sell such fileshasas actual "productions" to artists! - Do not bother A&Rs, asking
Hisover and over again, whetherhowthey received and listened tomanyour music already. Frequent mailbombsNewlead to getting added tonowspam-lists! - Do not send us
oldthe same material over andSeeover again and do nottwosend us country music orwayhiphop...you should actually know, whatWhomusic a label/company is releasing,boyat least!
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