they should be able to provide a contract within 24hrs of asking you to sign your record. usually they need things from you like address, name, tax payer id, etc

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Originally posted by themonkeylover hi to everyone, just a quick question about the above. they've asked me to send them both sample packs of my 2 tracks ive finished so that they can remix them. but i was wondering was it safe to do this, should i just take their word for it and send them, or should i first be signing up to them, then sending the tracks how does everyone else do this? yeah i might sound a little paranoid but a few mates have told me a few storys that all. thanks for your time.

Congrats for the request, but if you don't have a written agreement with them of some sort protecting the use of your material, then don't send them the remix pack.

Ideally, Get them to sign the track and make it so the original goes on the release as well.

But whatever you decide to do, don't give up the pack without an agreement in place.

thanks for getting back to us guys.

yeah they said they liked the tracks but they wanna do 2 remixs etc, and i should send them the packs...so no they havent said anything about siging to them...BUMMA : (

im really new to getting signed, and ive asked a few questions which has probably made me come across as that, so maybe they thought they could shaft me right up the batty : (

oh well, fingers crossed about the other 999 labels i sent my stuff to ; )

thanks

dont get conned brother.

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if u want, send me a private email and I can try to answer some more specific questions and get you familiar with some of the commonly used acronyms and contract stipulations. I've ran a label for a year now, fooled on the business side of things for a few, and been a listener and DJ for a decade now (lord that sounds scary.) But yea, my email is below, just email me. I'd like to hear the track too.



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hi thanks for the offer, yeah ill be sending you an email with the tracks : )

Is it a well-known label or one of these fly-by-night digitals with 12 tracks signed?

I'd be suspicious of any label asking for any material other than the track you originally sent them without some kind of contract. (Some are idiots and insist on wave files so they can be sure of the "quality", but track parts or "sample packs" are pushing it)

Sounds to me like they either have ulterior motives or just don't know what the hell they're doing. Neither are good.

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yeah its a big techno label, they've got stuff on beatport, trackitdown etc. loads of releases...id say their name but i dont wanna show them in a bad light.

yeah they asked for the whole tracks cus ov wanting to remix them, so after asking advise on here, i put the question to them.

'hi im just wondering if there some sort of agreement i need to sign before handing my tracks over?' plus i asked 'where should i send my tracks too?'

and the response i got was 'upload them to sendspace then contact us when there uploaded.

they didnt even reply to the agreement question!

so its looking very dodgy indeed : (

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Originally posted by DigiNut I'd be suspicious of any label asking for any material other than the track you originally sent them without some kind of contract. (Some are idiots and insist on wave files so they can be sure of the "quality", but track parts or "sample packs" are pushing it)

Who cares, music doesnt sell shit anyways.. people should stop acting like their music is something special (omg i have to make sure someone doesnt abuse my music or make profit of it)
If someone wants to remix your track, send them the parts and see what happens.

Although, i can understand the suspicion as it seems like they did not sign the original track.

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