Hi Jow Forums I guess this is the right board to post on. I am after some advice from anyone in the music buisiness, specifically record labels. Me and my band have been together for the past 3 and half years years, we have been on a few small tours and played with some notable bands in our genre. We had really positive press from big names in our genre on our first album but nothing more came of it.
Our second album is realeasing late november and we are looking to get signed to a label. I know its not as easy as that but I have been in contact with many labels but have yet to recieve a reply. Does anyone have knowledge on how to go about emailing labels and booking agents etc, what sort of language to use, how to approach it etc as i think this may be my problem.
We play psychedellic 70s rock and we are based in a place called Guernsey, coast of france and south of the UK but we are recognised as an English island.
Heyo, psychedellic 70s rock, based in Guernsey which is an island south of the UK and west of France, makes being in a band hard as we have a very small scene and a population of 65 thousand.
Jaxon Green
I'd like to hear your music, but here are some hard truths:
1) It's not the 70s 2) You need to get to the london/brighton scene 3) psychedillic rock isn't top of the list for labels
If you want my fully cynical opinion, you need to create a few bait songs to bait labels into supporting you, then filling the rest of the album with the music you actually like. It's a grind though, I was in a band, we got interviewed on bbc radio 1 (at like 11pm but still) but basically I just needed to get a real job so now work in a studio. Its shit but if you really want to make it you need to play the game, or try and monetise online (hint: not possible realistically)
The indie rock scene is trash. Basically you need a cute 18 year old girl in the band to make it in the states. In Europe you can do alright with all dudes but you have to be really fucking good. ‘Making it’ in indie rock also basically just means everyone in the band is able to pull like 30k a year each and you have to tour 9 months out of the year. Post a link to your stuff.
Yeah, aware of that. Figured this is the way. Theres labels out there that support our music but I think you are right about making some bait songs. As for location you are correct. Been trying to convince the other 2 that we need to move. Freind of ours moved to london a few years ago and his band is touring etc now and making money.
Nathaniel Allen
you play stoner rock, why dont just email some of the leading stoner rock artist's (stoned jesus, 1000mods, etc) labels to see if they are interested? btw you guys sound fucking raw i love it, come to hungary, we have cheap whores&drugs
Cooper Robinson
Yeah we have tried labels, have not tried the bands them selves, guess if they like us they could just take us on tour. We also love those 2 things!
Carter Sullivan
All stoner rock names are bait, what do you expect haha
Owen Reed
Ive emailed you.
Leo Robinson
Yeah true that gotta play the game to make it
David Cook
>op posts bait pics >too much of a brainlet to see this applies to the music industry If you're not a 10/10 or blowing shit up or attention whoring somehow then how do you intend to stand out? Even prodigy instrumentalists get ignored m8. Some of the greatest music ever made has a really small following.
Easton Morris
Not gonna make it. Labels will own your ass and you will be cuckolded out of achieving anything truly lasting musically because you prostituted your music for financial security.
