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What Record Labels Look for!
Constantly, bands ask how do I get my band signed? Labels now a days look non other than myspace itself, they want to see how many friends you have. They are checking for how many plays you get a day and how marketable your band will be. So if you want to open eyes. Treat your bands myspace like a job, everyday add people post bulletins with your music player in the bulletin to raise the plays. Tell every person in your band to add 50-100 people a day and before you know it you will have a bigger fan base. Remember nothing will be handed to you. After you get your friends and plays up start sending request to management and labels. Peace out…..
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about 3 years ago
Great advice however posting bulletins with your player code can get you deleted.
about 3 years ago
didn’t know about the myspace code, interesting! Thanks for contributing Jordan.
about 3 years ago
I haven’t ever had a problem but that’s good to know.
about 3 years ago
Thanks Jordan, I didn’t know that.
about 3 years ago
I was skeptical of putting the music player in bulletins so I googled it and some people were warning against it. Just to clear things up I Emailed myspace and asked them “There seems to be some confusion about this topic. Are bands allowed to post their music player in bulletins?” this was their response.
Hello,
That is a violation of our terms and can lead to your account being deleted.
Thank you,
MySpace.com
Music Support
about 3 years ago
Thanks Jordan,
You know its crazy how many bands do this and it leads me to wonder how closely MySpace monitors it or if they even do. Eh, there’s ways around this anyway, like cool YouTube videos haha.
Thanks again
about 3 years ago
first of all, they are not looking for how many fans that a band has. if they were, the shittiest of the shittiest bands would be signed.
and secondly, myspace does not show a bands true talent. if the label is smart, they will go and check out the band live.
about 3 years ago
anonymous…Yea because you can’t incorporate live videos and thousands of other cool contents on your MySpace haha. You’re way off man. It was a good try though!
about 3 years ago
Too bad labels are quickly coming a thing of the past.
about 3 years ago
Record labels do look for this……..That’s how 5 bands I know were signed.
We (Neverset) are currently talking to 4 record labels, everyone of them asking how many plays we average a day how many friends we have. They ask this because your band is an investment they want to know how marketable your band will be yes the A&R reps do come to shows to see the bands but they wont sign you on the spot like this. Their are many steps involved in this process. This year alone, I have toured with the following: Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Saliva, Sevendust, 10 years, Rev Theory.
Record Labels will be around for a while reguardless of what people think. Yes, they might slow down some, but bands will always need tour support and fronted money some how to make it on the road, until they build enough repor to make it without tour support. The reason we made it so far is because our manager is a professional hockey player who fronted us over 100,000 dollars.
Also, when your getting endorsements from clothing companies and guitar companies
and amp companies they always ask what record label you are with. These are the current record labels we are talking to.
Maloof Records (Interscope)
Phil Maloof owns Palms hotel in vegas 50% Target and Sacramento Kings
Seven Bros (Warner Bros) Morgan Rose (Sevendust) Produced our new album
Tony Couch (Indegoot) Manages Saliva, Chevelle, Blackstone Cherry,Sevendust
(Virgin Records) Friends with Ben From Breaking Benjamin hooked us up with them
Now it just depends who’s going to offer us the best deal!
about 3 years ago
At anonymous,
for one, why would you even bother with a band that has few fans therefore obviously less marketable appeal, if you think from a business point of view?
and also, sometimes the shittiest of the shittiest bands get signed. It’s true. It happens. That’s why it’s called opinion, and that’s an opinion based statement from you as well, to be honest.
secondly,
Yes, they will go see the band live, if they really want to see the full potential. But why not try to find bands you might think have potential? It’s not like they’re going to go directly off the myspace site, it just helps. And agreeing with Paul, you’d want to pimp up your myspace just to show off what you would believe your potential is.
about 3 years ago
Well, if there was a band with 10K fans who played good music, played many shows, had a street team, active and friendly with their friends and had an average (nothing over the top myspace layout)
and there was a band with 100K fans who played mediocre music that included lots of synthesizers and overuse of autotune, played a decent amount of shows, rarely commented on their fans myspaces, had a really professional looking myspace layout
who would most likely get signed ?
i obviously don’t know cause I’m not an A&R and each record company looks for different things in bands.
and i do know about those live videos and things. I also think they are a great way for bands to promote and connect with fans.
If you really think potential depends on how flashy or pimped out a myspace is..then damn, the music industry really has gone downhill. Last time i checked this was the music industry where people LISTENED to music not looked at little myspaces deciding what band is better based on appearance.
about 3 years ago
Go to the forever the sickest kids myspace…..each member added 100 friends a day and look how many friends they have now. They got signed due to myspace promotion and flashy website. Music is about the music of course but it’s also what seperates you from other bands by having things like a flashy webiste and friends on myspace. Just think if people don’t buy records in stores anymore if you can’t get friends on myspace how are you going to get them to buy your cd online?
about 3 years ago
obviously the music industry has changed, and more music purchases are online or through itunes. so yes, i’d agree myspace is a great marketing place. And as i said before, marketing (flashy websites) is, unfortunately, a large part of the music industry today. oh and ftsk got noticed on purevolume after accidently purchasing a spot on the front page and later had to record a song in two days haha.
but if your telling bands to add as many people as they can, then whatever, go for it. its just they need to know its moe a bout JUST adding friends. the more friends is not necessarily the path to a label in some cases.