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Becoming a successful producer... (pg. 2)
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| DJ Chrono |
who is Jon O'Bir?
a DJ on these boards? |
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| SgtFoo |
SOme of my tracks are bad as crappy ... some of them a really quite great. As you progress with making more music, you'll get to a point where you know your own song structure and style. Try to even imitate some things you've heard from top-sellers/spinners (not cheese), then go on and as others have said...make a demoCD and give it out!!! pressing vinyl is a great idea, but costly atm, imo.
One of my personal mottows for producing trance is, ``Trance music made by one who loves it``.
But mainly, if you can see yourself making trance professionally in your 20s and 30s, then by all means, keep going, if you have other ambitions, take those, and be prepared to make producing a lesser thing in your life.
And yes, it really helps to be successful if you produce and DJ together. |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Chrono
who is Jon O'Bir?
a DJ on these boards? |
yeah...lets just say that he was one of the quest dj's on ASOT 100...he's quite popular with the board because he was a TA first, but has a residency at Godskitchen and plays other big clubs too... |
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| Robert |
i wasn't really worried about signing stuff when i started. over the years i built up a lot of contacts. last summer i started visiting some labels, meeting more people. going to the asot episodes during the xxl's was very handy for meeting people. that's when i gave armin 5th dimension, in december last year.
he first played in at gods kitchen on the 27th december. jon o'bir played it on radio 1 early january. after that more labels were interested. at one point 3 labels phoned me in 1 afternoon. in the end me and dave chose for armada.
once we decided it took about 5 months to get everything sorted. we had to register with buma stemra/mcps (mechanical copyright) and stuff like that.
at asot100 we got our first whitelabels. asot100 was also great for meeting lots of other 'bedroom producers'.
just over a week ago during the xxl with lemon8 i got the proper release. it's currently #2 on the daily sales chart at only-djs.com and extra vinyls have been pressed allready.
what i'm saying is just do your stuff and don't worry about labels too much. just get some contacts and get some people to play it. but also remember that just because someone played it once doesn't mean it will get signed. don't expect too much and above all have patience. i'm sure most people on here will get something signed sooner or later.
just my thoughts anyway. |
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| DJ Chrono |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
yeah...lets just say that he was one of the quest dj's on ASOT 100...he's quite popular with the board because he was a TA first, but has a residency at Godskitchen and plays other big clubs too... |
On his site's mainpage there is something that says "The Producers link to upload page" and it directs you to this page.
what is this for? |
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| seldor |
| i think one good ideas is to make friends who are dj-s and let them to listen your traxx, maybe they like these traxx and play them at partys.... |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Chrono
On his site's mainpage there is something that says "The Producers link to upload page" and it directs you to this page.
what is this for? |
i never looked at his site before, but i'm assuming that its so that you can upload your tune to him so he can here it... |
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| DJ Chrono |
| that's what I figured.. I just thought it was strange that there is no other information givin about it on the site. |
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| dj_revive_ |
If you want to be serious with your music, don't try to become a good electronic producer, try to be a good musician. Practise your instrument for hours every day, not because it will make you sucessful, but because it's fun. Also try to produce all the music you have the chance to: Metal, pop, jazz or whatever. I can guarantee you that you will learn.
Start out by getting together a decent homestudio. Take all the DJ gigs/pizza delivery jobs you could get and work your ass of. In time you wil get enough stuff to produce, not only your own trance/club music, but other bands stuff. Begin with helping friends produce their demos and after a while, when you get skilled, take charge.... especially if you don't have much competition in the area...
Now you will have more experience to produce whatever music you want to.
Another aspect is the contacts with the local DJs, producers and labels. This should perhaps be the most important part. The more people you know in the industry, the bigger chance you have to relese anything. The most important thing isn't the sound or the quality of the production, it actually seems to be the quality and quantity of your contacts.
Never trust anyone in the business.. Not until you have a good contract in you hand atleast.
I'm not the most educated in this area but this is what I have learned during the time I've been working.
/ Revive |
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| Soundream |
Great words Robert!
That's true.  |
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| Robert |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Chrono
that's what I figured.. I just thought it was strange that there is no other information givin about it on the site. |
there is, in the forums |
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| Incantation_UK |
| Often it can be just down to getting a lucky break. Being at the right place at the right time, meeting the right people. You obviously need good tracks though to be able to make the break. |
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