Sending demos

[serox]

You can get 300 pressed for £300 including mastering. I know this as someone I speak to did it just before xmas. Just need distribution then

Could you pm me some details please?

[Pedro Sánchez]

You can get 300 pressed for £300 including mastering. I know this as someone I speak to did it just before xmas. Just need distribution then

You got details on that mate?

[webstarr]

will ask him where again when he's online

[dom]

As some one who runs a label, (Clandestine) I get a fair few demos sent my way. To be honest I dont get round to checking them all. Most that we receive from complete strangers are by email and are often either below the standard that we want or are stylistically not what we want. That said, some are really good.
On a personal level, I am much more likely to listen to stuff I get sent on aim or msn (or even better in person) after some sort of chat rather than an email clearly sent to 50 other labels.
I would encourage people to keep on sending stuff out even if they dont get positive feedback immediately. Most labels are looking for new artists, its just a big job to weed out the few good tracks from the rest.

[knell]

off-topic from the OP, but this is called "Sending Demos" and i read the whole thread and want to put in my 2 cents..

I have been producing dubstep for... just under two months.

That said, i understand that i am a rookie, and that my tracks arent super crisp because i dont pay to get them mastered, i do it myself.

but, i've noticed, that the more focus i put into my music, and specific labels that may want it, the less i worry about getting signed... everyone wants a signing, labels know this.

that being said, through myspace alone, i get SWAMPED by requests to sign my tunes... which, since you and i are not dumb, raises quite an eyebrow within me, considering my tracks are really what i'd consider just rough demos.

now, most producers, upon being approached by a label get stars and $ in their eyes, and immediately jump on board.. huge mistake.

really, most new dubstep labels i've seen apear to be nothing more than a 17 year old with a laptop, in his parents garage. needless to say, you would have to be an outstanding artist to pull that label out of the basement, and would probably have to do all your promo yourself once the kid gets out of his phase and forgets that he's holding your dreams..

so, to whom it may concern, dont sign yourself to a sinking ship! do your homework. find a label that isnt too big that you really respect, and get to know them.

and, perhaps more importantly... only spend one day out of the week promoting your stuff and sending it to labels!! if you spend the other six days working on your new tunes/ideas, the rest just seems to fall into place. seek to grow.

cheers, really great thread

[mistayif]

i think to get a couple of releases is my main target this year production wise

so far, i've had really good feedback.

sent one tune to distance and he played it on rinse, sent it to n-type and he replied and said he liked it and to hit him back on email, although i'm not really quite sure what he meant so i haven't replied yet.

but this positive feedback has spurred me on to make more tunes. it has also stopped me from uploading a tune to the internet as soon as i finish it and i think this is something a lot of producers need to do. i've heard a lot of tunes in the dubs section with poor mixdowns and under-developed ideas. that said, i'm not saying my tunes have great mixdowns or musical masterpieces. more often than not, i get bored of it after arranging it that i can't really be bothered to do a proper mixdown

[djake]

nice read, some great advice in here!

[BOOGIE BOY]

Any good label worth their salt, will listen to all demo's, and obviously respond to the ones that have potential..........................

[last & least]

yeah, they don't have enuff time to respond to every single one....

and your going abt them the wrong way, you gotta be nice, suck their cock to put it bluntly and then they may actually start talking to you....

this rule works in other aspects of life also

[stappard]

i think to get a couple of releases is my main target this year production wise

so far, i've had really good feedback.

sent one tune to distance and he played it on rinse, sent it to n-type and he replied and said he liked it and to hit him back on email, although i'm not really quite sure what he meant so i haven't replied yet.

but this positive feedback has spurred me on to make more tunes. it has also stopped me from uploading a tune to the internet as soon as i finish it and i think this is something a lot of producers need to do. i've heard a lot of tunes in the dubs section with poor mixdowns and under-developed ideas. that said, i'm not saying my tunes have great mixdowns or musical masterpieces. more often than not, i get bored of it after arranging it that i can't really be bothered to do a proper mixdown

that made me laugh big up on the good feedback though. having concrete aims is always a good plan.

[thierry_le_dj]

some days i wish it was not that hard to find a label i've also email a few 320 to labels but never get a reply but also i don't know any small label's that also would like my beats.

[desbest]

check out http://labelswantdemos.notlong.com
some threads from dubstep forum are there