[boggle3]

Ive made an acoustic demo cd to send to a record company which specialises in the more mellow sounding acoustic artist. The sound quality and volume is a bit varied at parts. the voocals, guitar playing and songs are good quality. so are they looking for quality or the talent behind it. should I re-do it and get it perfect first?

[MakoMako]

If you recorded the songs by yourself, in a place that wouldn't be considered a studio, then I don't think the quality is deadly important. Most producers would understand that it IS a demo CD, and was amateurly recorded. This would probably let you slide on the quality if it was off here and there. I'm certain for sure though, that they would have you re-record the songs in a more professional setting.

I think you should make the call yourself, or even post up some of the songs and get some feedback.

[boggle3]

if you want a listen, see wot u think mate

www.soundclick.com/andymills

thanks.

[MakoMako]

I took a quick listen to all of them, I listened to about 1/2 to 3/4 of each song since I'm a wee-bit pressed for time at the moment. From what I head, the quality of these is already pretty good. I think if you sent them in, you'd be pretty well off. I still think they'd make you lay them all down again, but that shouldn't be too big a deal.

Also, I'd probably buy this CD if I saw it on the rack at a store, which is sayin' alot coming from someone like me.

[nightnday]

Ive made an acoustic demo cd to send to a record company which specialises in the more mellow sounding acoustic artist. The sound quality and volume is a bit varied at parts. the voocals, guitar playing and songs are good quality. so are they looking for quality or the talent behind it. should I re-do it and get it perfect first?

they are looking for great songs, the ability of the artist to write lots more great songs, an artist with a decent size fan base, an artist who is out there touring, an artist with a great and unique voice.

if they are looking at investing like 500,000 - 1mil on an artist they want to make sure they can get their money back and more so their investment in that artist needs to give them a return over 5-10 years.

This post has been edited by nightnday: 01 May 2006 - 03:49 PM

[halfmoonbay]

should I re-do it and get it perfect first?

If it's decent enough then you could always make however-many copies and start distributing it at gigs, either asking a couple of quid for it or simply giving it away for free. Get out there and get your music heard and start building up a decent local/regional fan-base. There's a lot you can do for yourself and if you prove that you're already a viable commercial entity (or at least have strong potential to be) then that's when labels will start to show a bit more interest and it'll give you a fair bit more bargaining power. Of course, you don't necessarily need to be fully 'signed' to make a living in the music industry. There is more than one way of doing things.

[Silver68]

should I re-do it and get it perfect first?

There is more than one way of doing things.

Like what?