How to get signed

[Skepsis]

I like many have signable tracks i am asking for help how does a person like me get a track signed and lets make this a help center.Post and resources you know of.Thanks and hit me up if you want to hear my new tracks.

[joekool]

work hard and be friendly. there's really no other way.

[DZA]

1. Open up NI Massive
2. Load Brutal Electro patch
3. ??????
4. Profit

[yong]

[Ayatollah]

threadshit as much as you can with memes and tired in-jokes

[Visitor]

had to be done

[piranha]

1. Open up NI Massive
2. Load Brutal Electro patch
3. ??????
4. Profit

THIS

[boot]

50 burnouts, 80 barrel rolls and 37 backflips

[Diddley]

i jus went on facebook an posted a utube an tagged like 1,000 ppl that works like a charm. ppl love gittin tagged with some nasty brostep trust me on this 1..

[shaan]

facebook - create a profile called dubstep new zealand or something innocent like that, add EVERYONE you can find wait till you've got like 3,000 friends post a bunch of other ppl's tunes and shit then start posting your own, then blatantly out and out promowhore yourself.


true story.

[skotyb]

Pretend to be rusko.

I love rusko. Twice.

[brasco]

pick a track on youtube, then try to 'outfilth' it. dont add any melody as its not needed

[dj 2e]

dont add any melody as its not needed

[aleks zen]

its all a fuckin popularity contest really mate, if ur bangin the label owners sister or something thats always a positive. otherwise u just got make hot shit tracks and shamelessly promote urself all over the net. not too shamelessly though cos u dont want to seem "uncool" now do u? im still ballsing up to post a thread in the MAIN (good gosh) forum to promote an ep i want to get signed.. its hard body shit but no ones really gonna take notice cos they dont really know me.. life is pain, brutal and full of deceit.. as is the music industry. learn this now my young padwan

[infra]

no connections, no deals.

start doing a radio show or start off as a promoter and do parties with the big in the business ones to get them to know you. who knows maybe they like you and you start chatting about tunes and stuff…

but still just do it for the music.

[slugabed]

or maybe someone will sign you cos they hear your music and they like your music

[profound]

This thread is full of lolz!





in before epicthread!

[shredexx]

or maybe someone will sign you cos they hear your music and they like your music

this.


make music you like and hope others will like it. If its good, people will hear it, an theyll sign up your stuff.

[pkay]

There's no surefire way to get signed.... and there's no absolute requirements either.


Once you have some tunes you are satisfied with.....

- Pick your 3/4 best tracks currently in your arsenal and rip some 320's and prep them to be submitted Make sure to have either your AIM or Email contact in the tag

- Make yourself a soundcloud/facebook/and or myspace page as a quick reference to your tunes/contact info. (don't make your sole existance based off social networking sites, but they are a valuable tool)

- Identify some labels you could hear your tunes coming out on.... ie labels that reflect your style of producing. Find those labels myspace/facebook/soundcloud pages. They will usually have some information on how to submit your tracks to them. (Pick and choose who you submit your tracks to. If you're a more minimal, softer type of sound, submitting your tracks to Circus might not be the right move.... also flooding the scene with tunes isn't the best thing... pick and choose who you decide to submit to. Submit to labels that are relevant to your sound)

- Identify some fellow djs/producers that have a similar sound/style to you. Find a few (i mean a few... don't give your tunes out to half the internet or your chances of getting said tune signed decrease once it hits the torrents) of these djs/producers you feel you trust and send them a copy of your tunes and let them know to feel free to play your tunes out. Also let them know you're looking to have these tunes signed. If it's a hot tune your fellow producers will often times help your tunes get to the right people. If a tune is hot but not our thing, I'll often times steer the person submitting the demo to a label more up their alley. Be very careful here, if you think you have a release worthy tune don't offer it as a free download and don't give it to every dj in the world who asks for a 320.

- Get your name out there as much as possible in a positive light. Go support your local scene, put out a mix or two, network within the scene as much as possible, etc etc

[kontigobeats]

nice post pkay, some useful info in there for people like me starting out and not sure of the best way to go about getting out there!