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Any signed producers out there? Questions about getting signed to a label.
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| Luke Linear |
Hey guys, I'm new to this forum, and to forums in general. I've been producing Electronic Music for about a year and a half now, and I think I've finally gotten good enough to think about demo submission/getting signed to a label. I was hoping that anyone on here who has been signed, or any label reps, could give me advice about getting signed, such as;
How to prepare a demo,
What to feature on a demo (song length, number of songs, types of songs, variety),
What labels are good for trance music (and progressive house music for my other project),
How to submit a demo to a label,
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What kind of deal could I expect if I were to get signed to a label. Also, I'll link my two newest songs on this thread, so if you listen to them, and have any advice, I'd appreciate that too. They are trance, Most of my friends that are into EDM only listen to house music.
Thanks guys, I look forward to your responses/discussion!
-LL
https://soundcloud.com/luke-linear/...near-rain-dance
https://soundcloud.com/luke-linear/...-beast-original |
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| Sushipunk |
| Welcome to TA. The Chill Out Room isn't really the place for this kind of thing, so I'm going to move this thread to the Production Studio section. |
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| tehlord |
If you've been producing for 18 months or so, it's likely that putting tracks up to labels is probably a waste of time. It's most likely that your tracks aren't really that good.
Not a troll, just facts. |
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| jayxthekoolest |
your tracks sound very distorted
perhaps you should focus on production quality before thinking about getting signed |
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| Juan Paulino |
| Is this a joke? No offense. |
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| mnw479 |
hey dude,
don't worry about all these posts. it's obvious that you're not ready to be signed to a label but since you have a somewhat humble and positive attitude just keep working at it and you might get there |
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| derail |
Keep working at it. Maybe around the 5-6 year mark you'll be creating songs which people other than your friends will want to listen to.
Currently, in those two examples, there's not really much of a song there - no melody, I just didn't get a sense that you were trying to say anything meaningful. The first song actually has some clashing notes in there - I'd recommend working on songwriting for a while, using really basic sounds - just focus on writing songs which sound good on their own, then make the production bring those to life.
A much more secondary consideration is the mixing (you can get by with a great song terribly mixed, but a terrible song fantastically mixed is just pointless) - the mix in these songs is muddy - a lot of midrange content, sounds haven't had non-essential content filtered away. There's too much low end in the mix, which will limit how loud you can make it - it sounds like you've tried to raise the level with a limiter, and ended up distorting the mix.
Keep at it, keep refining what you do every day. In a few years you'll be making much better music and think back to these songs and be aware of how far you've come. |
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| Storyteller |
| Not signing your tracks is the new being signed. Just start by building a fanbase on FB and soundcloud. As soon as the feedback and number of followers start growing and the feedback is nothing but goodnes you might want to consider a record label. Fans are worth more than a label generally. You really don't need a label to build a solid fanbase these days. |
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| Deillon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Luke Linear
I think I've finally gotten good enough to think about demo submission/getting signed to a label. |
You're either a troll or you really have problems with judging yourself. |
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| lentej |
| The 1 year mark of producing electronic music is the year a producer thinks he knows it all but has absolutely no idea how many more hours he has to put in :D |
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