Samples to record companies

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"When the labels come beggin' for a piece of your pie you can bargain for a better percentage."

Love it.

When the labels come beggin
For a piece of your pie
You can smile so smug
You can wink your eye

You can tell 'em
You been heaven sent
And what to do
With one percent
 
I am no where near concerned with getting signed yet, that is anywhere from 5-15 years down the road. I am an aspiring musician. I play with these three other guys and just got a recorder, in my nature, once I get started on something, I can give up until I know as much as I can. I always thought that playing live was more important and hopefully we can get more gigs progressively. I think that we have real potential in the future. When we play together for a long time, the good stuff comes out and that "feeling" is just there.
 
dobro said:


When the labels come beggin
For a piece of your pie
You can smile so smug
You can wink your eye

You can tell 'em
You been heaven sent
And what to do
With one percent
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this is great dobro :D how long until we see the finished product in the mp3 mixing clinic :D i'm hearing a tom waites/big band/broadway kind of feel... i'm singing it now...damn catchy :D
 
Unsolicited is bad

Here's what you do..match the style of music to somethin off billboard, find the label, find their A&R guy, and then WRITE him a letter and ask for permission to send a sample..hell, include a self-addressed stamped envelope..That will be your 'in'..companies receive tons of unsolicited shit everyday and they just toss it. Also, when you DO send, if you're using a tape, send exact length tape, and use the cheapest shit you can get, or the mailroom guy who has a band just found some free tape for his demos..and make sure it's copyrighted FIRST and you indicate that..they won't touch non-copyrighted stuff.

-Sal
 
yah

That's true..but to be safe I'd send a CD and a tape..where do you think these guys listen to the st uff? THey pop it into their car on the way home or to Starsucks or whatnot..maybe they dont have a CD player in their car for some reason..I dunno, I just started talkin about tape :P

Oh,..and don't accept the first deal, ever, or you're screwed like that guy who mentioned the Sony deal above..if they are talking to you, then someone else will too..and if you're selling music, they 99% chance already have a buyer in mind..

AND, the biggest thing to watch out for, is they probably don't want your band at all, they want a song or 2, and will negotitate away your publishing rights for the songs, then record you because they can exploit that performer instinct <wanting to be surrounded by lights and screaming people>, and then not release the CD <Shelve it>..or they release it, but who cares, because those songs they just got ahold of are now being recorded by say Goo Goo Dolls, and they're collecting the compulsory mechanical for every song per CD printed, probably like 4cents..so when they print 500,000 CDs, the record people are getting (4 cents * 500,000 ) *2, if say it was 2 songs...and then the new summer movie wants to use it, so they sell a sync license for $250,000, and...

If anyone talks to you, get a lawyer..and make sure its YOUR lawyer and not 'a guy they know' and an entertainment lawyer..

--Sal
 
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