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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
Regardless of what label releases the track or who did it, great music tends to filter its way up to the top. |
+1
And labels have numerous ways of hearing new talent that doesn't require a demo from a schmuck. Bejesus! Go to SoundCloud, among other places and root through the stuff people have put up there. A lot of it's very, very good. Some of it needs finesse. There is also a great deal of rubbish - but hey, what are you complaining about, now?
If you're willing to put effort into finding good talent, the means are available; are they not? |
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| who needs labels anymore anyway? |
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| DJ Robby Rox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sonic_c
Ok dude so when you have a year under your belt, and are starting to make albeit bad but finished tracks nevertheless you shouldn't send them out?
I say thats wrong because before I got to where I am now (which isn't far but further than the demos stage) I sent demos off. You know what I learned from it! Sometimes the label would take me under their wing and give me some pointers, or other times they would refer me to other labels (more contacts). I now know through sending demos out a well known producer from the uk and have developed a friendship with him and his family who has helped me no end in my music.
I sent a demo when I made electro house a few years back called "Sticky Electro - Party time" that was so it got played on a few pirate stations here in the UK and was distorting because I didnt know what 0db meant thats how it was. Anyway the label signed it, got me to remix it, had some others remix it and at one point (nearly a week) the original,remix,and other remix were top 10 beatport,djdownload,beatsdigital etc and was beating the chemical brothers in the dance charts.
I'd put the screenshot up that I kept but its on my slave drive which when I reinstalled seems to think its unpartitioned raw data ??
Would that have happened if I listened to you? |
Hey I'm actually really curious to hear that "Sticky Electro" myself, I know you already said it was but I just wanna see how far from the demo level I am myself.. or maybe even I'm passed that point I don't know.
I would very much like to hear it though if you could pm me a link or something I'd appreciate it. I'm not even thinking about labels yet but it is def a possibility in a couple more years. I'm more curious about the production quality though really then the musical structure. |
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| Sonic_c |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
Hey I'm actually really curious to hear that "Sticky Electro" myself, I know you already said it was but I just wanna see how far from the demo level I am myself.. or maybe even I'm passed that point I don't know.
I would very much like to hear it though if you could pm me a link or something I'd appreciate it. I'm not even thinking about labels yet but it is def a possibility in a couple more years. I'm more curious about the production quality though really then the musical structure. |
http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/pr.../1280992-02.htm
Bear in mind this is mastered by the label but still its awful. The original demo was shocking but I dont have it anymore. Think this was 2007 if I remember right, almost cringe worthy if it hadn't done so well. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sonic_c
http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/pr.../1280992-02.htm
Bear in mind this is mastered by the label but still its awful. The original demo was shocking but I dont have it anymore. Think this was 2007 if I remember right, almost cringe worthy if it hadn't done so well. |
Damn, you've come a long way. I hope that's not taken the wrong way, since I don't think I was capable of turning out a track that good when I first started out. It's just that your newer stuff I've heard is like nine or ten evolutions beyond that. |
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| eh....I don't see anything wrong with the original mix. I think as artists, we tend to be critical of our work more than others. Definitely not something to cringe over. I actually like it. |
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| Sonic_c |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
Damn, you've come a long way. I hope that's not taken the wrong way, since I don't think I was capable of turning out a track that good when I first started out. It's just that your newer stuff I've heard is like nine or ten evolutions beyond that. |
Of course its not taken the wrong way, thanks :) I havent posted anything new in a few months but im about to post a great remix I just finished comparing that to the sticky electro track is just worlds apart :)
Isn't it ironic though that in terms of downloads alone that old electro track was my biggest track selling a few hundred copies per site. Now I had a trance track played by judge jules on BBC radio one even a youtube video of people raving to it in the ministry of sound in london absolutely huge track for me hasnt sold enough to get a payout from the download stores :(
mind you the track was torrented the day after release.. |
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| DJ Robby Rox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sonic_c
http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/pr.../1280992-02.htm
Bear in mind this is mastered by the label but still its awful. The original demo was shocking but I dont have it anymore. Think this was 2007 if I remember right, almost cringe worthy if it hadn't done so well. |
I guess you gotta join right? I'm not getting an option to view my shipping car after I click buy.
I just want that one song I don't wanna join. Thanks. |
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| Sonic_c |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
I guess you gotta join right? I'm not getting an option to view my shipping car after I click buy.
I just want that one song I don't wanna join. Thanks. |
Lol dude i'm not trying to get you to buy it. I'm not even in touch with the label anymore. Try clicking the headphone icon to preview it ;) |
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| DJ Robby Rox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sonic_c
Lol dude i'm not trying to get you to buy it. I'm not even in touch with the label anymore. Try clicking the headphone icon to preview it ;) |
Yeh but its like the cost of 2 snickers bars and I wanna open it up in Fruity and look at it a little closer. Plus I kinda wanted to hear the entire mix.
A couple of dollars really is nothing. Also, I have seen for a while certain people on this forum who *seem to be working very deliberately to improve themselves and its extremely motivating for ME to see how they have changed in specific time intervals. Its not the hugest deal but it is just something I enjoy seeing.
I'm ok with the minute 30 though no big deal. |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sonic_c
mind you the track was torrented the day after release.. |
Get used to it man, its not like it was back in the vinyl days anymore. Now a days, every time I have a release, I spend the next couple of days googling to see how many 0day sites my track(s) show up on and emailing them to take it down. That can get quite time consuming when you have 2 or 3 tracks released in a month.
Really frustrating, but I guess we're stuck with it until something changes. I think what really gets me is that you can have an entire EP for the price of a pack of cigarettes these days. No more of this "I gotta buy this $25 triple vinyl to get the one song I want to play" stuff either. I remember going to the record store every week and dropping $100 easily on 9 or 10 new records. Now that same $100 gets me like 50 tracks. Is it really that hard to shell out $2 for a track? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eric J
I think what really gets me is that you can have an entire EP for the price of a pack of cigarettes these days. No more of this "I gotta buy this $25 triple vinyl to get the one song I want to play" stuff either. I remember going to the record store every week and dropping $100 easily on 9 or 10 new records. Now that same $100 gets me like 50 tracks. Is it really that hard to shell out $2 for a track? |
Really shows how many people value the music these days.
They have hundreds of gigabytes of it on giant hard drives, but how much do they really care about any of it? |
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