WHERE DO I SEND MY DEMO?

I have shopped it to a couple of local radio stations and Record Labels, but I was wondering if any of you have any advice for an aspiring emcee/producer/ghostwriter?

Thanks

PaseOne

after hearing you rmyspace I would highly suggest sending you demo directly to the garbage disposal.......

just throwing it in the trash can might be kinda risky....someone might find it there

You can send one to me, but only on CD-RW...

Paseone wrote:I have shopped it to a couple of local radio stations and Record Labels, but I was wondering if any of you have any advice for an aspiring emcee/producer/ghostwriter?

Thanks

PaseOne

www.myspace.com/paseone

For starters, don't waste your time sending your music to Radio Stations. Most are on Payola and will not even take the time to listen. 2nd, if you are sending to Record Labels make sure they accept unsolicated demos. No of the big record labels will accept demos due to copywrite laws and 9 times out of 10 your demo is throw in the trash.

Your best bet is to find either a manager or entertainment lawyer that is already in the business. Compile 10 of your best beats on CD, make a few copies, give 1 to your manager and 1 to your lawyer.

I am going to give you the best advice right now, advice that a lot of wanna be producers miss: Find local rappers, singers, etc. and give them free beats!!! Create a buzz, the more people getting down over your beats the better chance you have at getting your stuff heard. A lot of cats have it twisted in that they post their beats on Soundclick (most have been only making beats for a year) and putting $100 price tags on them. Others keep coming out with run of the mill remixes of Jay-Zs black album. None of that is going to get you signed, just ask 9th Wonder or Just Blaze.

Now we come to the pay off since I am a real nice guy I will give this info to help anyone here who needs the info. Indy labels are your best route as most accept demos and it is the best way to get your feet wet. But, before you sell a beat get a f*cking lawyer and know your contract!

Record Contact Info


Koch Records (Koch Entertainment)
740 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 1003

(Koch, make attention: Cliff Culteri, Senior Vice President of A&R | Dave Wilkes, Vice President of A&R)


Activate Entertainment
ATTN:Jay Warsinske
11328 Magnolia Blvd, Suite 3
North Hollywood, CA 91601


Cleopatra Records
ATTN: Jeff Gray
13428 Maxella Ave., PMB 251
Marina Del Ray, CA 90292

(Cleopatra Records: E-mail first; send CD, bio, press, and tour schedule)


TVT Records
23 E. 4th St, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003

(ATTN: Patricia Joseph, Vice President of A&R | Bryan Leach, Vice President of A&R)
[email protected], [email protected]


Avatar Records
ATTN: Russell Redeaux
2029 N. Hyperion
Los Angeles, CA 90027


DeepThinka Records
ATTN: Mark Thomas
604 Hertel Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14207
[email protected]


DCIDE Records
1926 14 St. NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20009

(ATTN: Mark Thorp, A&R [email protected] | Burton Gray, A&R [email protected])


Cosmic Flux Musiq
475 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117

(ATTN: Oliver Goss, A&R [email protected] | Mark DiVita, A&R [email protected])


Conception Records
ATTN: Big Panamaa

2664 S. La Cienega Blvd., Suite 1014
Beverly Hills, CA 90211


Burning Heart Records
ATTN: Peter Ahlqvist
PO Box 441
Orebro, Sweden 701 48


Black Rose Productions
409 Route 112
Port Jefferson, NY 11776

(ATTN: Tito Batista, President | Thomas Anderer, Vice President of A&R)


AV8 Records
ATTN: Brian P.
630 Ninth Ave., Suite 906
New York, NY 10036


A to Y Productions
ATTN: Tazy Phyllipz
PO Box 5766
Irvine, CA 92612


Asphodel
763 Brannan St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

(ATTN: Naut Humon, A&R | Mitzi Johnson, A&R)



Allied Artists Records
273 W. Allen Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773

(Robert Fitzpatrick, A&R | Danny Ramos, A&R)



ABB Records
ATTN: Beni B.
2201 Broadway, Suite 506
Oakland, CA 94612
(email contact info and demo: [email protected])


2B1 Multimedia
ATTN: Shawn Johnson
3075 17th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110

alpha80 wrote::lol:

You can send one to me, but only on CD-RW...

good one!!

yo mike p,
much thanx for that info man¡¡¡

jaem wrote:after hearing you rmyspace I would highly suggest sending you demo directly to the garbage disposal.......

just throwing it in the trash can might be kinda risky....someone might find it there

hahahahahahha....

rofl, the myspace page was taken down!

jaem wrote:after hearing you rmyspace I would highly suggest sending you demo directly to the garbage disposal.......

just throwing it in the trash can might be kinda risky....someone might find it there

That had me laughing out loud for a solid 40 seconds

Mike-P wrote:

Paseone wrote:I am going to give you the best advice right now, advice that a lot of wanna be producers miss: Find local rappers, singers, etc. and give them free beats!!! Create a buzz, the more people getting down over your beats the better chance you have at getting your stuff heard. A lot of cats have it twisted in that they post their beats on Soundclick (most have been only making beats for a year) and putting $100 price tags on them..

-- best advice right here. around here those peeps with the 100$ songs on soundclick just get their songs stolen, for battle raps and instrumental ideas/loops etc.

the thing you really need to do is get some real HUMAN contacts, you need hot underground rappers (you be the judge of whos hot) to be spitting over your beats that KNOW YOU.

-also id suggest selling your beats at a really ridiculously low price but at a price nontheless.. people wont respect you near as much if your just dishing out for free + people tend to rap better over a beat they paid for

you need to get your hands dirty in the buisiness, im just about to start with the whole beatmaking process and pretty much know it through allot of my friends whove been beatmaking for time as well as my own experiance with writing... get in there, get some contacts and NETWORK--- cant stress that enough... NETWORK

once youve got your friends, ur groups, ur contacts thats when the fun starts- right now everything you should be doing (buisiness wise) should be geared towards that (dont worry about "wasting" good beats)

Do like what im doin start your own little click with local mcs and start doin partys and shows pretty soon if its hot the buzz will get out

Paseone wrote:I have shopped it to a couple of local radio stations and Record Labels, but I was wondering if any of you have any advice for an aspiring emcee/producer/ghostwriter?

Thanks

PaseOne

www.myspace.com/paseone

Yo man, don't give up.. Keep it movin, Mike told you "EXACTLY" what you need to do. Build man, read as much as you can, attend conferences and find like minded ppl. Don't get discouraged.

jaem wrote:after hearing you rmyspace I would highly suggest sending you demo directly to the garbage disposal.......

just throwing it in the trash can might be kinda risky....someone might find it there

Damn...lmao

good lookin mike

thanks mike, just what i was looking for.

Thanks for the info....to who was laughin, i doubt yall are on my level anyways....im up to the challenge if you think you are

Payce