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>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)?
I don't know whether this is a fool-proof method, but I hear that many authors,
when sending a book or article that they've written to a publisher, make a copy
of it and seal it in an envelope. Then when they send the original to
the company, they also send a copy back to themselves. Once you recieve
your copy back, don't open it. The theory goes that if a publisher (or
record co.) attempts to claim that they are the authors of the material, you
can go to court and show the postmark on the unopened copy you sent yourself
thus proving that you had written (or at least had possesion of it) before
the company ever released it.
Im not a lawyer, so check further before thinking this as an easy way
to copyright protection!
>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?
My guess is that they hear so many demos, that if they don't like yours
on first listening, they probably won't remember who you are next time
you apporach them.
>Any advice would be muchly appreciated.
>
>Marc.
>
john
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