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Tips
Welcome
to our tips page where we have collected random
tips from many different sources. Some may
not be useful to you but you may find a few
that will help you on your journey in the
music world. If you have any tips that you
would like to let other fellow artists know
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I have a Demo CD what next?
Hundreds of Demo CD’s are sent out each day, it is very much like a lottery. Assuming that you are trying to achieve your objectives, adopt a more business like approach, you should have considered what to do with a demo CD’ before you compiled it. There are two main groups of people that should receive your CD; The promoters and the listeners. Or rather the record companies A&R and your audience.
Firstly, try not to waste time and money by sending demos to every record label without thinking first. Ask yourself; are they the right organisation for my genre, do I have the name and address of whom to send it to.
Make first contact to ensure you are sending it to the right person. Your demo will be expected and will get into the right hands. Also consider how the CD’s should be presented. A CD in a cardboard sleeve with no writing on it, will find its way into the floor CD storage unit, or better known as the bin. A&R people are humans too (someone might dispute this) and like to be pampered or presently surprised. They also like to see commitment and professionalism. Package the CD with a well thought out letter addressed to them, a CD in a cover, with a design. There are many tips for packaging a demo which will be discussed another time. Distribute your CD to other promoters locally, such as; clubs, university and college radio, pubs bars. Even hospital radio if the content is suitable
Secondly, your audience.. If you have a gig planned, hand some out in the street with venue date and time. Find out if they like the genre first though. The packaging for free distribution is less important, but for the radio and clubs, it might be worth using the A&R packaging.
You can also download your complete demo tracks to Internet chart sites, such as soundclick.com The object of the exercise is to get noticed.
At your event, you can sell complete albums to pay for your efforts. Another discussion point. |
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The best way to copyright your bands music
Copyright is a conflicting subject with so many loop holes that have been introduced over the years. What makes it worse is that different countries have different rules too.
Where does one start. Once the recording or writing has been recorded on some medium the copyright arises automatically. According to the 1988 act, the copyright lasts for the life of the author, plus seventy years after death. According to the act, the author is "the person that creates it"
What gets confusing maybe, is that the owner of the work, maybe
different to the author. Because copyright is a form of property and may be transferred in whole or part.
The safest way to answer this question is to get it from the relevant organsiations. Here are the best places to contact regarding such
information:
Performing Right Society (PRS)
Copyright House
29/33 Berners Street
London W1P 4AA
Tel 020 7580-5544
Fax: 020 7306 4455
Email: info@prs.co.uk
PRS are not concerned with mechanical right royalties, i.e. royalties
paid by record manufacturers for the right to record copyright works.
For further information about mechanical rights and royalties contact:
MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Ltd)
Elgar House 41 Streatham High Road
London, SW16 1ER
Tel: 020 8664 4400
Fax: 020 8769 8792
The makers of sound recordings also have certain rights over their
records or tapes quite irrespective of whether the music or other
material recorded is itself protected by copyright. PRS is not
responsible for administering these rights of record manufacturers and producers, but further details may be obtained from:
Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL)
1 Upper James Street
London
W1R 3HG
Tel: 020 7534 1000
Amateur composers or lyric writers should be extremely cautious in
dealing with publishers or others who ask for a contribution towards the expenses of publication or promotion of their work. This is not a
practice to which reputable publishers normally resort.
The Music Publishers' Association produce a booklet, which lists the
names, addresses and telephone numbers of all its members, and also provide information leaflets on submitting works to potential
publishers. These are available from the address below:
Music Publishers' Association
3rd Floor, Strandgate
19/20 York Buildings
London, WC2B 6QX
Tel: 020 7839 7779
Fax: 020 7839 7776
PRS cannot undertake to put lyric writers in touch with composers, or
vice versa, or to assist in obtaining publication of works, but the
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors may be able to help, their address is:
The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
The Penthouse
4 Brook Street
Mayfair
London W1Y 1AA
Tel: 020 7629 0992
Fax: 020 7629 0993 |
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