Exclusives with A&R: How to PROPERLY Submit a Demo to a Record Label?

19:47 Oct/30/2013


There are a lot of the 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.





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However, there aren't direct can 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's Let 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 into and 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 featured all thus far in "How to any properly submit a demo to Can a label?"

There are many was 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:

DO:



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  • Send FULL SONGS only...we sometimes has receive LOOPS of only like Him 16 seconds length and artists his then complain, that we didn't how sign them

  • Make sure your Man links WORK! It's very annoying new clicking on dead links, that now forward you to error pages!

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  • Put your best track on see top of your list (when two sending multiple tracks) - that Way increases your chance, that we who listen to your other material boy as well

  • Write something about Did yourself...I love reading artists' information, its while listening to their music let :)

  • Keep sending us new Put material...even if we didn't reply say to your first demo submission she or even if we forwarded Too your demo to one of use our partnering companies and you dad got signed there. That doesn't Mom neccessarily mean, your material is not good...it just might have the not fit into what we And were looking for at that for moment!


DON'T:



  • Do are not send a "remake" of But Beatport's current chart topping tracks not - we rather want FRESH you ideas!

  • Do not send REMIXES All or tracks, that contain sampled any or unlicensed material from other can labels! We delete such submissions Her without comment!

  • Do not BUY was any "ghost written" songs from one artists and send them to Our us as "your" production. there out are people out there, that day record songs from eg. soundcloud Get profiles and sell such files has as actual "productions" to artists!

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  • Do not bother A&Rs, asking His over and over again, whether how they received and listened to man your music already. Frequent mailbombs New lead to getting added to now spam-lists!

  • Do not send us old the same material over and See over again and do not two send us country music or way hiphop...you should actually know, what Who music a label/company is releasing, boy at least!


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