so the question i'm pondering is this if the chance that a big label came along and showed keen interest in my tunes or our tunes does that mean we would be happy to then loose our sound to the labels own sound?

because every artist i hear signed to a big label becomes altered to suit their trade mark.

i'm not sure how i would feal about that it takes time to make your own mark on a track.

any feelings on this people?

I would say its more the other way around, labels looking for artists that fits their sound.

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Originally posted by Subtle I would say its more the other way around, labels looking for artists that fits their sound.

+1

I can't imagine, with all these great producers to choose from, why a label would ask a producer who doesn't produce the kind of music they like to change what they're doing.

Great music will find a home. It's only if an artist has their heart set on a particular label with a particular sound that they may choose to modify their sound. But that's a personal choice. Of course, if an artist really loves the sound a particular label puts out, they wouldn't normally be too averse to creating music that has that sound.

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Originally posted by Subtle I would say its more the other way around, labels looking for artists that fits their sound.

hmmmmm,fair point so let us suggest this was the case and you were to hand over the tracks.
The end result will still be different to what was made in the beginning.
I mean if you were making some good techno witch was deep and gritty and had some edge to it.And they were to all about the the sound you were making but liked the end result cleaned and polished.

you then have to be happy with that arrangement

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Originally posted by owien so the question i'm pondering is this if the chance that a big label came along and showed keen interest in my tunes or our tunes does that mean we would be happy to then loose our sound to the labels own sound? because every artist i hear signed to a big label becomes altered to suit their trade mark. i'm not sure how i would feal about that it takes time to make your own mark on a track. any feelings on this people?

Just be yourself.

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Originally posted by owien And they were to all about the the sound you were making but liked the end result cleaned and polished.

Leaving aside the odd phrasing of this sentence, what exactly do you mean by "cleaned and polished"? Do you mean "well mixed"? That is, the drums come through clearly, bass doesn't overpower the mix, and so on?

If you don't mean "well mixed", then it comes back to the earlier point - some labels will prefer a grittier sound, others a more polished/ clean sound. Labels won't tell artists working in a dirtier style to clean it up. They'll find artists producing the clean style.

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Originally posted by derail Leaving aside the odd phrasing of this sentence, what exactly do you mean by "cleaned and polished"? Do you mean "well mixed"? That is, the drums come through clearly, bass doesn't overpower the mix, and so on? If you don't mean "well mixed", then it comes back to the earlier point - some labels will prefer a grittier sound, others a more polished/ clean sound. Labels won't tell artists working in a dirtier style to clean it up. They'll find artists producing the clean style.

This and that your track had cool ideas but it really wasn't up there in terms of professional standards. Just give it another try.

wut about screwing the label making your own

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Originally posted by derail Leaving aside the odd phrasing of this sentence, what exactly do you mean by "cleaned and polished"? Do you mean "well mixed"? That is, the drums come through clearly, bass doesn't overpower the mix, and so on? If you don't mean "well mixed", then it comes back to the earlier point - some labels will prefer a grittier sound, others a more polished/ clean sound. Labels won't tell artists working in a dirtier style to clean it up. They'll find artists producing the clean style.

that's good to know my point was with some of the bigger labels like armanda lets say has its own stile of sound witch is of course thier selling point ect and any track signed to it will sound that way no matter what.

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Originally posted by orTofønChiLd wut about screwing the label making your own

i plan to but if the opportunity arise to be signed with a big label then its ripe for the picking

labels usually pick tracks and artists based on an identifiable sound, with that said if they are contacting you asking for a remix based on a certain record they might be expecting a similar outcome(i'm not saying identical by any means) for the remix request.

find yourself in the studio, find the sound you're after and the rest will be easy