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| CandyRaver666 |
Those of you lucky enough to have been rejected from labels would usually have been given some tips as to what you could have improved.
Post some of your rejection tips and share with us some inside advice.
Cheers |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by CandyRaver666
Those of you lucky enough to have been rejected from labels |
Lucky? |
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| alanzo |
| I havn't sent anything to any labels.. I'm way to critical of my music.. so I can rarely finish a track... but maybe when I get out of college and (hopefully) get a nice job, I'll put a couple thousand towards a nice studio and do trance or whatever when I'm not working.. and maybe after spending thousands on a studio and producing for 8 years, I'll have a chance at getting signed :D |
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| Limit |
| It doesn't matter what you have...it's just how you use what you have. Even though I've spent thousand on a a studio i shouldn't talk but if one thing is true it's that hardware doesn't make the music it's the man who makes it...and I know you'll probaably say "ya but only if I had the hardware I'd be making hit records left and right" probaly not very likely...well nowadays you can get by with stricly software and produce good results. So don't give up because you don't have the hardware..be creative and think outside the box..don't do what everyone else is doing...do what you want to do and be different, thats what makes a hit record!! |
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| Tranc3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by CandyRaver666
Those of you lucky enough to have been rejected from labels would usually have been given some tips as to what you could have improved.
Post some of your rejection tips and share with us some inside advice.
Cheers |
HAHAHA:stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
I'd be interested in knowing what your definition of "lucky" is. |
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| CandyRaver666 |
| lucky = believe they had a work worth publishing |
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| FuzzyGreen |
Here are a few that I've been told:
"your track is good, but it doesn't flow well"
"The bass is too muddy"
"Sorry, we aren't interested in this type of track at this time"
Those are just the ones that I can remember.
Usually, they are quite polite and ask for more tracks, but when you've given one track 100% it's quite disheartening. |
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| Sean Walsh |
"Excellent track especially the bassline, but it's too hard to get trance played at the clubs these days." (This was funny coming from a trance label, lol).
"Great tune, please send me a copy on CD so I can play it out a few times. As you know I run ______ records and we're always looking for quality material." (Sent CD, never got another reply despite follow-ups)
"Cool tune, really enjoyed it." (No more replies despite asking about signing the track or suggesting improvements).
"Excellent remix... bit on the trancey tip though." (Most recent one when I did the Pedro Delgardo remix competition).
And then a few like this:
"Thank you for submitting your tune. We are not interested in signing it but please continue to send us future works."
If I've learned anything from all of this it's how to listen to my tunes with an objective, intensely critical ear. I remember the first time I made a track that I thought was the and after getting a little positive feedback from people who mattered I thought I'd have record companies lining up to sign it. After facing rejection on several fronts thereafter my pride was wounded quite a bit, but I learned an invaluable lesson. When I listen to that same track now I know that it could be improved upon, and I think I knew that at the time too but was harbouring a mentality of: "well it's good enough and they'll recognize the potential." Now, I don't send off anything unless I listen to it full way through and am thoroughly convinced that it's 100% perfect as is with the exception of perhaps mastering details. Needless to say, I haven't sent many tracks off recently; but I do have several in the works that I think have a lot of potential =) |
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| CynepMeH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sean Walsh
"Excellent track especially the bassline, but it's too hard to get trance played at the clubs these days." (This was funny coming from a trance label, lol).
"Great tune, please send me a copy on CD so I can play it out a few times. As you know I run ______ records and we're always looking for quality material." (Sent CD, never got another reply despite follow-ups)
"Cool tune, really enjoyed it." (No more replies despite asking about signing the track or suggesting improvements).
"Excellent remix... bit on the trancey tip though." (Most recent one when I did the Pedro Delgardo remix competition).
And then a few like this:
"Thank you for submitting your tune. We are not interested in signing it but please continue to send us future works."
If I've learned anything from all of this it's how to listen to my tunes with an objective, intensely critical ear. I remember the first time I made a track that I thought was the and after getting a little positive feedback from people who mattered I thought I'd have record companies lining up to sign it. After facing rejection on several fronts thereafter my pride was wounded quite a bit, but I learned an invaluable lesson. When I listen to that same track now I know that it could be improved upon, and I think I knew that at the time too but was harbouring a mentality of: "well it's good enough and they'll recognize the potential." Now, I don't send off anything unless I listen to it full way through and am thoroughly convinced that it's 100% perfect as is with the exception of perhaps mastering details. Needless to say, I haven't sent many tracks off recently; but I do have several in the works that I think have a lot of potential =) |
Oh, that was your CD??? Ooops.... sorry, we left a piping-hot coffee mug on it and it totally disintegrated. Woudja mind sending a barber shop quartet to do an inperson rendition of your tune? :D
J/K... keep it up - you'll break through if you persevere |
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| Psy-T |
the most hated reply: 'prog isnt going so well nowadays...' (from labels who keep putting out prog)
oh, and how can one forget the end of every msg from labels 'please send more' |
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| Mossy |
| No I agree, prog isn't selling well currently. They will continue to put out music on their label from artists that are established but if the economy is not there to break new artists then fair play if they wont take the risk. I think artists should take a firm look at the situation currently and realise that right now Prog is in recession, trance is just recovering from the dip after 1999 and if you want to make music that is popular currently, your going to have to make urban . |
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| breakaholic |
Got one from Amato in 2001:
"At present, cant help you with the dream of becoming the next BT or Darude!" :tongue2 |
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