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Sending tracks to DJ's before the Labels
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| G-Con |
Hi there.
After finishing my latest track, I was thinking of sending it off to lots of DJ's to try and get it playlisted before sending it to labels.
Do labels mind if you have distributed your tune to lots of DJ's before signing it to the label?
If a label signs your tune, then do the DJ's who already have it, need to buy it officially to honour the rights of the label?
Not sure on what is the right way of approaching this so would love any advice and info anybody can give me
Cheers
Greg |
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| Pjotr G |
Big DJ's playing your track = good (free promotion)
Small DJ's playing your track = bad (little exposure, and possible buyer already has it) |
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| Luke Terry |
| quote: | Originally posted by G-Con
If a label signs your tune, then do the DJ's who already have it, need to buy it officially to honour the rights of the label? |
no as it is given as a gift
and some labels get wary quickly if you have support from djs as they presume you could have given it to anybody
it is a fine line to tread, so choose wisely
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| funkysouls |
I did a mistake by sending my track to Labels first and then Djs. But thats me.
Your track stands a good chance of getting signed if played by some big DJ. |
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| JohnWright |
Be very careful who you send it to. It's a balance - Obviously it'll be more appealing to labels when you've had a few big names supporting it, but you don't want to blow the whole promotion before the label has had a chance.
Best bet? Send it out to a very select few, then send the track plus all your awesome feedback along to all the major labels - If they sign it, they'll pimp it out to all the other big names as part of the main release. |
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| azndragon0613 |
| It depends on the DJ. Send it out to the ones that you think will promote you well i.e. DJs that get a lot of listeners. I personally think it might help to get your name out, but be careful because labels like exclusive stuff. |
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| zodiac9 |
I'm starting to realize that getting airplay from small time DJs isn't worth much. It's satisfying in a sense, getting heard by quite a bit of listeners on an internet radio station. The impact is small though, and certainly won't boost your sales. Go big name, or nothing. My delima is, I don't know any big name DJs that play the styles I produce. I have no idea who to send my tracks too. I mainly listen to small time DJs that play on internet radio stations. Maybe I'll figure it out when I'm ready to send.
One other thing, hopefully your label will take some initiative and hand your tracks out to some well known DJs. You can't count on them to do this of course.
There's no question though, the key to selling tracks is getting airplay from well known DJs. Several producers on the same label as I, got airplay by some of the major players. One guy sold 80 copies, the other sold 200. |
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| Storyteller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Pjotr G
Big DJ's playing your track = good (free promotion)
Small DJ's playing your track = bad (little exposure, and possible buyer already has it) |
:) |
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| soundrush |
| just make a good track. you wont have no problem getting it signed then ;) |
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| G-Con |
Thanks for all the replies. So the general rule seems to be to send it out to a fairly small number of high profile DJ's.
One more question...
When you send a track to a DJ do they
a)always contact you to let you know they are going to play it
b)50/50 whether they will contact you or not
c)more than likely wont contact you to say they will play it
Obviously its down to the individual DJ (or his team) but what in your experience is more likely to happen...
Cheers
Greg
Oh and is it alright to email them link to download or do DJ's want cds sent to them? |
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| Storyteller |
| There's probably a 90-50% chance they'll reply if they like it. Most dj's don't mind getting the tracks in mp3 format. Just as long as it's a high bitrate one (320kbps) and not too much effort to get the download (direct link preferred). |
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