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Any Advice For Sending A Track to Labels?
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| Seandroid |
My track Seventeen is the first track I've done that I feel is solid enough to get released, I have a lot of faith in it. The problem I'm having is I don't really know where to start, what's the best method of action? I've read that sending tracks to labels via SoundCloud is rarely the best approach because they generally just get ignored, but I don't really know how to word an email to a label or what I should send them with the track.
You can listen to the track here if you like, I'm thinking about sending it to Size records, Play records and maybe a few others, if you have any suggestions for labels to send the track to please inform me, it's really appreciated.
http://soundcloud.com/seandroid/seventeen
I really appreciate any help, this is totally foreign territory to me.
Thanks! |
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| Omega_Blue |
| moved to production studio. |
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| alanzo |
Write a good track and you'll get a response, it's about as simple as that. Just a simple email and an mp3 link work. Don't link them to sound cloud or a file sharing service, direct links only to the full MP3, not a sample, of at least 192kbps.
But for the time being, I would work on that "write a good track" part. |
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| cryophonik |
| Check each label's website and see how they want you to submit it. *Most* of them make it pretty clear how they want demos submitted, format, etc. |
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| Kismet7 |
send them a couple of your best tunes. try to describe the music you are making. and i dont know, maybe tell them about yourself.
Aside from that, I don't think labels look at music objectively, there are so many other factors involved in why they seem to choose the music they do, or the producers they sign onto their label. some labels do go for the music, and what the music is doing, but a majority seem to be choosing music/artists based on completely unpredictable bulletpoints and interests outside of the music. make connections and network as much as you can, a lot of the reasoning behind the music released seems to be some sort of nepotism, so try to have some music based group of family/friends/acquaintances. |
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| Seandroid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kismet7
send them a couple of your best tunes. try to describe the music you are making. and i dont know, maybe tell them about yourself.
Aside from that, I don't think labels look at music objectively, there are so many other factors involved in why they seem to choose the music they do, or the producers they sign onto their label. some labels do go for the music, and what the music is doing, but a majority seem to be choosing music/artists based on completely unpredictable bulletpoints and interests outside of the music. make connections and network as much as you can, a lot of the reasoning behind the music released seems to be some sort of nepotism, so try to have some music based group of family/friends/acquaintances. |
Yeah, I actually do have some connections that way, my sister is a dance teacher but she used to be in a burlesque group called Sinfully Sweet and they opened for some major pop artists like Girlicious, but the more important thing is that she has connections in clubs. Her boyfriend is also a dance teacher and he's in a group called Blue Eyed Soul.
In fact my whole family is pretty music oriented.
And that's what I mean about what should I send them, you know? Because, like, I have an entire identity and logo and visual language to my music that I've created, should I send them the pieces or just the track? |
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| Andy28 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Seandroid
Because, like, I have an entire identity and logo and visual language to my music that I've created, should I send them the pieces or just the track? |
Just send the full track, forget about the rest. |
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