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1 demo sent, 1 response. negative. the guy enjoyed it and thought it was worth getting signed but didnt feel it was completley suited to the label he ran, he suggested places to send it off to but i never bothered, and that was about a year ago. |
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you're the one proclaiming the age ranges on music making, so YOU prove me wrong. |
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the "sound on sound" magazine is kind of fun to read if you want to send out demos. they have a "demo doctor" section, in which a few people from "the industry" say what they think of demos readers can send in. they're mostly not people who are in that part of the record industry that does a lot with electronica, but they still have some good things to say. one of the things they say in the last issue is how they like it more when a demo looks as simple as possible - no fancy homemade covers, just a slip of paper with your personal info. they say that when the cover looks good the music has a higher chance of being relatively disappointing and they'd also rather have the feeling the musician spent most of his time on his music rather than on the look of the demo. |
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cdr demo. contact information. nothing more. thats all thats necessary. there are definitely labels out there that want a bio or other releases that youve done or anything like that. they want to know, without listening to your music, that you are good. not all are like this though, and id advise against it. it just looks pompous. just send some cdrs out and hope for the best. if no dice, keep at it. little more to it than that. |
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I have mentioned no age ranges. you've gone insane. |
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exactly true |
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i sent 1 demo a couple of years ago. no replies. i have gotten some offers from people at small "labels" that have discovered my music via the web. |
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Nice one mate. Cheers :D |
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Donna Summer's advice was to send out as many demos as possible - he says that people tend to give eachother demos, as in: this is not exactly right for my label, but maybe that other label might like it. he said you'd be surprised how much gets passed along. |
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"17-year-olds really can't produce good music." -- qrter have you been drinking? |
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oh please say you're joking. |
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THIS IS ALL VERY SERIOS OK? i'm always 100% serious in every single post i make every single time it's never ever a joke are youcherios? |
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have you voted on ice cream yet? now THAT's business! |
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I'm preparing one :) Do I have to give some kind of a comprehensive list of the equipment used or are they interested in just hearin the fucking music? And I'm not referring to FM magazine. |
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I sent out a batch of demos to lables a couple of years back. I got a few responses, people asked to hear more, recommended other labels to send it to, etc. I'll probably pic the 4 strongest tracks off my next full cd and send them out as a demo. My new music is sooooo much better than my old stuff IMO. |
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Have you got any of your new tracks online? I would like to hear them :) |
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i have sent zero demos out. |
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where can all these tracks be heard? would be interested in hearing them. have some rather demented hip hop in the works here. |
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They're quite old tracks (about 1 year old), but you can hear Green Numeral (I'm not keen on) and Solitaire (Which I like) . Don't bother with "Soar", the UL messed up and it's only the first 50 seconds or so (bloody zebox won't let me delete it either!) No home net access and the way work have the network set up, I can't UL my new tracks :-( I'm going to have to take some to a mates house and UL some new ones. I also need to get round to sorting out a real page, rather than that zebox one. |
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None of those tracks were on the first demo. You should be able to find some of my older stuff on Soulseek if you're interested. |
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incidentally, hrvatski is selling bundles of demos that were sent to him (and mostly never listened to i think) at his site: wouldn't it be fun to buy your very own demo back from hrvatski? |
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I'd love to upload some music, but I don't know any sites where I can upload more than a few short mp3s for free. Can anyone help? I know, 1000 cds sounded way to much to me, but my friend (who is basically doing everything for me apart from the music or album cover) seemed to think it was best. Considering he has been involved with releases in the past, I just go along with it. The album is going to be a mixture between dark ambient music and somewhat Plaid like melodically-driven tracks. I make sure all sounds/beats are designed from the ground up-no presets here...I imagine it's the same for the rest of you who make music! |
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I always keep saying to myself that I should send out demos. and I'm always planning on sending demos. but I just can't be arsed really. I've thought allot about sending demos the last couple of months or so. because I'm more confident about my music now. and lots of people tell me that I should send out a couple of demos. I really want to, but I'm very lazy :-) I'd rather link them to my mp3 page but most labels don't accept that. and I honestly don't understand why. it's so much easier I think. |
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as controversial as your avatar is, i must mention that it just synched up incredibly well to the outro to dr. geek by the melvins. |
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The fact that it's a hassle and cost for you to burn them to CD and then mail it out, shows you have some faith in the music and that there is some (however slight) chance of getting signed. With mp3 sites, they'd probably be inundated with demos. That said, there are some labels that will listen to online mp3s, like . |
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I also remember you throwing one at Richard D James :) |
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I actually hit V/vm in the stomach with one too. |
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