Suggestions on increasing the chance of getting demos heard

[whitegirllust]

By no means am I trying to claim out label - Solid Bump - is on some Ministry of Sound type status, but as it's popularity has rose so are the amount of demos we get. From these, I have noticed some things that either encourage us to really listen - or - toss it in a folder that we will get to when we have time.

Just some things I have noticed in my our listening patterns.

http://solidbump.com/2010/05/19/nerd-al ... -part-one/

[markmakingmusic]

Solid tips...I would hope the BCC list would be a no brainer for people though! lol

[Harris.Andrew]

Thanks - considering doing this in the future at some point, but know absolutely nothing about it.

From the blog post:

Another great idea that also protects your material from potential theft is to do a short mix of 4 to 6 song clips as a single streaming file. Then I get the full overview of your sound in one simple click.

How long would you like something like this to be? 30sec per track or so? More/less?

[chapelier fou]

Make gigs.

[whitegirllust]

Thanks - considering doing this in the future at some point, but know absolutely nothing about it.

From the blog post:

Another great idea that also protects your material from potential theft is to do a short mix of 4 to 6 song clips as a single streaming file. Then I get the full overview of your sound in one simple click.

How long would you like something like this to be? 30sec per track or so? More/less?

I would say longer. When we first started talking to Meroz, he sent us about 9 tracks in a 20 minute clip. It was really helpful in digesting his music. We just dropped the EP from that demo and it did great on the Juno charts!

[whitegirllust]

PLEASE LISTEN TO MY DEMO (PART 2)

When I posted the original post on the Erol Alkan board, it got a surprise contributor, Mike Mind of Turbo Recordings. Below we reposted his very well thought out and insightful tips.

http://solidbump.com/2010/05/26/nerd-al ... mo-part-2/