I'm soon gonna send my latest effort off to some labels to see what might happen. I remember from a previous thread that I shouldn't email them my tune as an attachment but rather email them a link to where they can hear my tune.
To those of you who've had some experience of this should I
a)use a site like myspace where by my tune will start playing automatically but I am relying on the myspace page loading correctly. Do labels have any negative views towards myspace?
b)use an upload site like yousendit where by the label can download the tune and play it on their own preferred music player. Does having to download the track become an extra step that some labels wont be bothered to do?
c)set up my own site where my tune can be downloaded. looks more proffessional but again, does the "having to download" part seem like hassle to the labels.
Sorry if this seems like a silly thread but I wanna make sure that my track stands the best possible chance of being listened to. I'd hate to think that some labels weren't even giving it a chance due to the way I have uploaded it.
Any experience or inside knowledge would be great. Or even just other sites that I might not be aware of...
Cheers
Greg
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May-21-2007 14:57
B_man
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Don't send them a link to myspace. It's totally unprofessional. Even when people do it here in the promotion section, or friends send me their track "links" on MSN, it makes me cringe.
Just pay the 10 bucks to get yourself proper hosting and set up a quick web page with a download link. Something like YSI might be okay, but... I wouldn't recommend it.
And yes, it's "more work" for them to click a link and download, about 3 seconds more work, but a lot of people don't want to receive 10 MB attachments in their e-mail (many mail servers disallow that completely). Best thing to do is put a direct download link to the MP3 in your e-mail, with a link to your "site" just below if you want.
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May-21-2007 15:22
sterilis
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i upload to speedyshare 320 kbps versions and that seems to be fine for labels.
I have a small webspace that comes with my internet connection, i upload my stuff there and give the labels a direct link to the .mp3, it works fine. One click, they download it and do whatever they want with it.
Don't use myspace.
May-21-2007 16:39
flutlicht junky
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Location: Bournemouth, UK
Perhaps link to myspace to show genral promotional stuff but not the tunes.
And def do not send the files as an attachment. If your sending t a big label they will delete the file to make space. Read a discussion with someone from Anjuna and thats what he said.
Also said that don't use place where downloads time out as it can take them a few weeks to go through and listen to tracks and that so many times they go to listen and they cannot download as a link has expired.
Myspace is more about promoting yourself to the general public. I would think it's not a good place to present yourself to labels. Some labels have websites and FTP servers that you can upload your tracks to. Fiberline has a website you can directly upload to, and then you check their forums for comments on your tracks. Maybe there are more labels like that?
Good point about not using file sharing sites where files expire. Might be good to get a premium account so your files remain forever.
