5 Recommendations that Will Get Your Demos Played and Noticed by Industry Professionals.

Song demos are your business card to music producers, song writers and other music industry insiders. A good demo could possibly result in getting those desirable gigs on weekend nights or possibly sparking some interest from an A&R rep. Good demos can open doors and introduce you and your work to professionals and opportunities that may not otherwise be available. A bad demo on the other hand may lead your band into gigging on weekdays in bad time slots were there usually is few people into the wrong clubs at the wrong times or worst yet no interest from many people in the music business. Below you will find some smart advice that will position you, your band and your songs in the best light possible. Also included are some important things that can stop your music business pursuit in it’s path.

Your best song needs to be the first song on the demo. Many people in the music business are generally very busy and if the first song on your demo doesn’t catch them it is very unlikely that they will hear the rest of your CD.

Limit your demo to three to six songs. For the same reasons as above, music industry professionals can be very busy with limited time to give a good listen to your songs. Don’t overload them with all of your work. Pick the best three to six songs to be put on your demo. That should be more than enough to showcase what you and your band can do.

Make sure to put your contact info on both the CD as well as your CD jacket. Your disc could be separated from the jacket and if you don’t have your contact info on the CD the listener may not go to the trouble of trying to locate the CD jacket to find your contact info. Prevent any possible problems by having your contact info in both places.

Your recording quality is very important. Make sure the demo CD was recorded and copied with the greatest care for quality. The recording doesn’t have to have been made in a professional recording studio. Make sure the recording is clean and sounding good.

Finally, don’t shotgun your demo CD. Shotgunning is sending your CD to hundreds of professional music industry people without determining what types of music that they work with. If you are sending to labels research other artist that are on that label and compare their music to yours. A label that puts out rock albums may not be interested in a country act. The best thing you can do is to send a letter explaining your act and that you would like to submit a CD to them. Include a self addressed stamped post card for their reply. This will get you an answer as quick as anything would.

These 5 pieces of advice will go a long way toward getting your songwriting, songs and band heard by those who need to know you and your music.

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