RE: Record company names?

Marc Wright (mw@eis.net.au)
Sat, 10 Feb 1996 22:12:58 +1000


Marc Wright wrote:
>>I'm probably kidding myself here, but I've composed a few tracks and have
>>recorded them on cassette, and they're not as dreadful as I expected. So,
>>now I figure I've got nothing to lose by sending the tape off to a few
>>record companies - but, I need some suggestions on *which* companies.
>>

Paul Senior wrote:
>Also, I know there are people on the acid jazz list who work for Delicious
>Vinyl, Warner Bros, Ubiquity, Perspective, Eighth Dimension, Mo' Funk, etc. I
>think it would be helpful to you if some of those folks offered their input on
>your question. Any takers?

I would appreciate any advice from anyone regarding if I'm going about this
correctly. What is the best way to present a demo tape to record companies?
Are there any dangers I should watch out for (eg. songs getting stolen etc)?

At the moment my plan is to send unsolicited tapes to some of the small
independants that specialize in the sort of music my stuff is related to,
and just see what happens. Is this a bad idea? Am I not going to get a
listen if I do it this way, and hence not be able to re-approach them again
in the future?

Any advice would be muchly appreciated.

Marc.