Will sending a demo to a label at 14 years old be taken seriously?
I want to send to a few indie labels. None of the big 4. Sub Pop, XL, 4AD, a few more. I've written about 100 songs and I've picked 3 of my best and done a rough recording on voice memos on iPhone. Would they be taken seriously since I'm only 14? Or would the voice memos not be taken seriously? I can't afford pro tools, unfortunately, but I believe I have a lot of potential and a lot to offer. Any other advice?
If you have talent, age shouldn't matter.
It's kind of a one-in-a-million thing, being discovered that way, but I'd keep my age out of it for now. Why not try you-tube? I'd watch. Email a link if you do. Also consider live performance. My family owns a bar and we occasionally have live music. We ask for it to be about 75% covers, but the artist usually sells a lot of CD's. The law varies on the ages of performers in settings in which alcohol is sold.
First of all sound quality on it is terrible and no they probably wouldn't take it setiously. Plus, they're not gonna listen to if for years. Just go on youtube. AND GET A MANAGER
It really doesn't work this way. Nobody is out there looking for the next big thing. The whole American Idol narrative about the music industry is a myth.
Here's how bands/artists get signed by a label like Sub Pop or 4AD. First things first, you've gotta convince them that what you're doing can sell. This is a huge task. The first step is to get your material polished for live performance. Practice, get those arrangements figured out, and have excellent songwriting (this is a weak spot for many otherwise good bands). The second step is to record a real demo. I'd say a good demo is near studio quality (and may have been done at a real studio) but it's a lower budget item without all the production value. You may be using a home studio with cheap mics and an amateur 'recording engineer' (aka: a band member who knows how to use Audacity).It may be that you spend a couple hundred to do a day in a decent studio. That demo is key to getting gigs. Now you've gotta turn your project into a gigging band. Most attempts to start bands don't make it past this step, but you're going to have to develop a good local draw that keeps coming after your first few gigs. You're going to need to start touring and building a following in your region.
If you do all this really well, you'll get noticed. And that's how this game works. You've gotta do it yourself well and labels will start talking to you. That's what will get you signed.
If you have a mac use garageband if you have a PC get the free software "Audacity" also if you are serious about getting singed send it to a couple more labels
The worst try in the world is the one you never went for… Try and insist. But before you do find help for, little by little, making better recordings of all your songs… Also post demos on youtube and if you get a decent amount of likes, show them to the labels… If they see a marketable product, maybe you'll get signed.
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