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Do you aim for labels?

Hi fellow producers,

After producing for sometime and get sign in some labels.... sometime we will think to strive to higher/bigger label...

so i have a question that had been messing in my mind :P

A: i mean do you produce like example: "oh im striving for Anjuna" so i make something like anjuna release...

or...

B: "i produce what i want" then i search which label to give a shoot?

Lets Share? hehe

Peace!

I am in the "produce what I want" group, but right now I don't really aim for any labels, I just produce music for my own fun mainly, thinking that maybe some day I'd go for some label. I just don't set it as a goal for myself at all. I'm happy enough to be able to produce music I can listen to myself, and let my friends listen to it

@Ghost Raver: I totally agree with u... "is like doing music for passion n fun" i did that... but things go further... i mean produce link me to my DJ Career too

If u get what i mean :P

btw respect ur choice

cheers!

Probaby more in the "what I want" feeling right now. Although, after I finish a song, I tend to think if it could land a label. I still send them out. But at the end of the day, what matters most is I made something I enjoy. No one can take that feeling from you.

I make what I feel like. Problem is, I don't have a clue what I make.

It isn't trance, and it ain't progressive, and it ain't techno, or house, or IDM or psy or ???

I'm supposed to have some remixes of some techno artists/songs being released in the near future, plus another label wants three of my songs; mainly on the basis of seeing me play live.

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Originally posted by DJ Dinz A: i mean do you produce like example: "oh im striving for Anjuna" so i make something like anjuna release...

Have tried this recently, and ended up writing my own stuff again.

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Originally posted by DJ Dinz B: "i produce what i want" then i search which label to give a shoot?

Generally do this, without the searching for labels thing. Way too much hassle browsing around, listening to tracks, researching etc...

Re: Do you aim for labels?

so u like shemales? sorry thats all i can think about every time u post.

If someone seriously answers A they should reconsider why they are producing in the first place.

i only produce for the labels

get tracks signed before u make em

way of the champion

The day you start producing for $ is the day your music loses all its charm.

This is why I decided to go back to school and do something to make money that isn't music, I mean it would be nice to make a living off music, but I don't want to "have to" depend on it to make me a living.

If I do that, then instead of making music that just sounds good to me, I would be making what I thought would sell the best. I decided I didn't want that, so I'm going to work as an electronics engineer and
just make music I want, maybe start a label eventually and see where it goes from there. This way I stay true to myself which is the only way I'll ever really be happy.

~Airyck~

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Originally posted by funkysouls The day you start producing for $ is the day your music loses all its charm.

I disagree. I think it takes some real big talent to be able to perform no matter what. A true professional is able to set it's goals for a track before starting to write it and do it accordingly.

It is for those that haven't got their skills up to par that will lose that special feeling.

Please not that I'm not talking about myself here hehe. I'm not that good at making music based on goals/given information for a track.

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Originally posted by Storyteller I disagree. I think it takes some real big talent to be able to perform no matter what. A true profesional is able to set it's goals for a track before starting to write it and do it accordingly.

A true professional doesn't produce for money. A sellout does.

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Just to clarify, obviously one should have some sort of goals as a producer, but producing just to please a certain crowd or producing a certain sound just to sell shouldn't be that goal.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery A true professional doesn't produce for money. A sellout does. Edit: Just to clarify, obviously one should have some sort of goals as a producer, but producing just to please a certain crowd or producing a certain sound just to sell shouldn't be that goal.

What about doing your main love for fun. And doing side projects to pay the bills?

Professional? Sellout? Or Realist?

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Originally posted by Rusty O'Hara What about doing your main love for fun. And doing side projects to pay the bills? Professional? Sellout? Or Realist?

Ehh, whatever works for you, I guess. People who do that lose a lot of credibility in my eyes but that hardly matters to anyone... At the end of the day all that matters is that you're doing what you love.

Don't get me wrong. but isn't bein a professional about earning money with what you do? Of course you do it because you love it, that's always the primary thing (for me personally at least). I'm not saying a professional is only in it for the money, but a true professional in my eyes is capable of doing far more than just the music he likes himself.

A true professional is able to disregard it's own taste and make a product that's up to par anyway. Think about web designers, they don't always make a website they like, but what the client wants. Just as an audio engineer is supposed to record and mix a track as prefered by the one whose paying him.

I just made some crappy ass music in (literally) 10 min last week and know it will be on a nation wide tv-commercial for a dance event. Sometimes you work specific goals to reach a certain crowd. It could be because someone asked you to, or because you want to for certain reasons.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery A true professional doesn't produce for money. A sellout does.

I never said that. But I did say a truely talented producer is capable of doing exactly the thing he (or the one hiring him) aimed for.
Think soundtracks, tv-commercial background music, product presentations, game music. A lot of these things are actually produced to reach certain goals, moods, vibes. It's really hard to master that skill, and anything but being a sellout.

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Originally posted by Storyteller Don't get me wrong. but isn't bein a professional about earning money with what you do? Of course you do it because you love it, that's always the primary thing (for me personally at least). I'm not saying a professional is only in it for the money, but a true professional in my eyes is capable of doing far more than just the music he likes himself.

Of course, as I elaborated with my edit.

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A true professional is able to disregard it's own taste and make a product that's up to par anyway. Think about web designers, they don't always make a website they like, but what the client wants. Just as an audio engineer is supposed to record and mix a track as prefered by the one whose paying him. I just made some crappy ass music in (literally) 10 min last week and know it will be on a nation wide tv-commercial for a dance event. Sometimes you work specific goals to reach a certain crowd. It could be because someone asked you to, or because you want to for certain reasons.

Yes, but that's hardly artistic, is it? That's more or less being a musician-for-hire and doesn't really have much to do with achieving your goals (I mean really, who's goal is to become a writer of jingles? ). If stuff like that helps you pay for what you really want to do, go for it.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Of course, as I elaborated with my edit. Yes, but that's hardly artistic, is it?

[edit] Cut out a lot of content.
Music is always a creative process, no matter if you do what you like or dislike. Doing things you don't regularly do actually does broaden your view and knowledge about music in general. Take Boom Jinx for example and dare to call him not creative . He's originally from the sound design/commercial music industry.

All I'm saying is, for me a true professional is able to earn a living with his music primarily. It doesn't matter to me how he does it (project based/own music/studio recording engineering etcetera), as long as he's having fun in what he's doing. I personally prefer doing different things every once in a while. It's way more of a challenge (and harder) than just making music I like myself.

And to answer the topic question. I don't make music aimed for a specific label, but I do make music with a set of goals which are important to me at the given time. Setting goals and deadlines often stimulates my creative process.

Well, whatever works for you. I can't agree or even understand your logic but if it makes you happy...

I used to aim for labels, but I've since gotten over that idea. Now I just make music for fun.

If a label happens to like what I do. What the hell, a bit of pocket money!

i think producers should get the balance right. its all very well making music for yourself, but to see people spending money on your music makes it that much more worth while. i mean it shows that it aint just someone who sees 'free 320k' and then mindlessly downloads it.

i produce for myself. and release my music via my own label. if something doesnt fit the style of my own label then i send out to a few labels i deem suitable. if it aint a track good enough for the labels i respect then i dont bother.

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