[quote]sdg (7/28/2009)[hr]a good example of how to do it is from Sydney Blu:
In 2008, Deadmau5 released Sydney’s debut single ‘Give It Up For Me’ on his Mau5trap [a] label. The track shot straight to No.1 on Beatport and remained in the Top 10 for two months. To date, it remains one of the biggest singles ever to have been released on Beatport. Sydney says, remembering with a smile, “That track was the big lift off of my career. Off the back of that record I got known internationally and got signed to the William Morris talent agency. That’s when I started getting bookings in countries all over.”
Now of course we know she is dating Joel…and “Give It Up For Me” sounds exactly like Deadmau5 if you ask me(and he remixed it as well)…but the method Joel and now Sydney used works. As was mentioned above, better to get your track to the right person than randomly send it to labels who may or may not listen to it. Giving it directly to someone you know who has some pull puts more weight to the track and skips the middle man. Do you think Sydney would have had a hit if she sent it to labels? Possibly but having Joel release it was a MAJOR factor in people noticing it. Having a top track on Beatport is pretty much the rocket ship to overnight success nowadays it seems.
Its all politics in the dance biz… innit?!
Most producers start up their own labels and release their tracks that way once they are known. Until then…network!!
just my 2 cents and what I’m presently trying to do…[/quote]
That’s because she “blu” deadmau5! Whatever it takes to get head, I mean, ahead in life!
Raymond
hahaha, i had to do it! the opportunity was just there!
[quote]raymondsar (7/28/2009)[hr][quote]sdg (7/28/2009)[hr]a good example of how to do it is from Sydney Blu:
In 2008, Deadmau5 released Sydney’s debut single ‘Give It Up For Me’ on his Mau5trap [a] label. The track shot straight to No.1 on Beatport and remained in the Top 10 for two months. To date, it remains one of the biggest singles ever to have been released on Beatport. Sydney says, remembering with a smile, “That track was the big lift off of my career. Off the back of that record I got known internationally and got signed to the William Morris talent agency. That’s when I started getting bookings in countries all over.”
Now of course we know she is dating Joel…and “Give It Up For Me” sounds exactly like Deadmau5 if you ask me(and he remixed it as well)…but the method Joel and now Sydney used works. As was mentioned above, better to get your track to the right person than randomly send it to labels who may or may not listen to it. Giving it directly to someone you know who has some pull puts more weight to the track and skips the middle man. Do you think Sydney would have had a hit if she sent it to labels? Possibly but having Joel release it was a MAJOR factor in people noticing it. Having a top track on Beatport is pretty much the rocket ship to overnight success nowadays it seems.
Its all politics in the dance biz… innit?!
Most producers start up their own labels and release their tracks that way once they are known. Until then…network!!
just my 2 cents and what I’m presently trying to do…[/quote]
That’s because she “blu” deadmau5! Whatever it takes to get head, I mean, ahead in life!
Raymond
hahaha, i had to do it! the opportunity was just there![/quote]
And don’t none of you go getting any crazy ideas!
:crazy:ewwww…