Hello all,
I have finally finished working on several hard-house/trance tracks that
I would like to get out on vinyl--or whatever it is pressed records are made
of. My good friend has just signed on with a local label here in San
Francisco--he produces Jungle and they are strictly a jungle label so no luck
for me there. I have considered many options but I'm really at a loss as to
what I should do. I know this side of making music can be very
un-encouraging. Back when I went to a music conseratory it took so much
red-tape and nonsense to try and get my first series of preludes(classical
guitar) published I finally dropped the whole project--which actually later
worked out, but only by knowing the right person and I only wonder if that's
how it works in the dance scene as well. There are a lot of people producing
decent, unique tracks that I only hear online while the record store often
has records of a lower caliber. So if anyone could let me know about any
websites, labels, self-production methods I would greatly appreciate it.
Also, how long is a demo supposed to be in this scene. I was going to put
four tracks each with a remix on a CD--then this local house producer at a
local record store suggested I put my demos on tape because his friend's
track was stolen and pressed without his knowledge. I guess you can't do that
with a tape as the sound quality is lower i.e. it's not digital. TIA
-Philip
Afterthought: The idea of getting my tracks pressed myself is very appealing
since I will be putting whatever profits proceed directly into my pocket.
Though I know there may be no profits without the promoting capabilities of a
larger label. If I did somehow end up with a larger label, what is a typical
contract consist of? What do they generally take and is there any thing one
should not sign into( most offers presumably). Thanks again.
-Also does anyone know of anybody getting "discovered" by a label on
mp3.com/peoplesound/BT etc.? I have considered sending a demo out to Future
Music as they claim to have connected a lot of their demoists with labels.
Copyright: I've heard the easieast method to copyright your own stuff is to
mail yourelf a MIDI file or DAT of the track. Has anybody done this?
