How do I find a label for my music?
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Do you have a quality track and are you looking for a decent label?
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You know your sound and style very well - be guided by those labels that release such material.
Where to find such a label and where to send?
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You can go to the main commercial site Beatport or to any other, for example Traxsource.
2. Be sure to pay attention to when the last release was released (there are labels that have not been functioning for a long time).
3. See the appropriate style and sound as you choose your label.
4. Type the name of the label into any search engine (Yandex, Google, rambler) and find its official pages.
5. Be sure to pay attention to where the label accepts the material and according to what rules. If you don't find anything, you can try to write to any mail that they have or to private messages in social. networks.
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How many tracks should you send, one or more?
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Different for each label. It is advisable to send 2-3 tracks if possible, this will attract more attention, since many labels are not particularly fond of releasing singles. If you have a hit track (in their opinion), they will gladly take one.
How to send a letter correctly?
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Name the email - new demo track for your label (new demo)
2. If you send to a foreign label, write only in English, Yandex translator (translate.yandex.ru) can help you with this, he is one of the best online translators.
3. Greetings - Hello dear team ...
4. Request to listen to track (s) - Listen to my track. Give feedback if it suits you.
5. Information about you (for example - Tech House main style, Behemoth nightclub resident, etc.)
What version and in what quality should you send?
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If the site does not provide information on this part, you can download the full version as 320 kbps with a private link on Soundcloud (thus you will see whether your material was listened to or not).
2. Close the download option.
3. Now be patient, they usually pay attention in the first hour, or around the month.
4. Statistics show that all labels listen to the material, you will not be left without attention.
How to choose the right label?
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It depends on what you want to get from him - PR, just a release, money or something else ...
Always pay attention to the label's listener base, you can check it on social media. networks, according to their activity.
2. Whether the releases are in the top charts.
3. Do they make a promo (check with them).
4. It may be possible to get remixes for your track (check with them). Or other bonuses.
I was answered and asked to send the wav format of the track, what are my further actions?
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First, ask for a contract, check it out if you care under what conditions you give your track (s).
2. Correctly indicate your data that you write in the contract.
3. There are labels that pay the artist a prepayment for the release, but do not think that everyone is given such a moment, they pay only to those who already represent something.
4. Most often, the contract sales fee is 50% of the sales and most likely you will not be able to withdraw them soon. Accumulative ones under the contract go differently for everyone, $ 50-100, and only then they can send you payment to the details that you specified in the contract (this can be your bank card or any electronic wallet, foreign labels also practice transfers through the paypal system) ... Some labels spend this budget on your own advertising, this point can also be specified in the contract (specify details).
A contract has been signed, what's next?
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Now wait for the official release date. Once the date is set, you will be sent the cover art and release dates.
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