RNDM Enterprises

14/05/2020

Just picked up some roto toms for the studio kit for all that flavour ✌️

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08/05/2020

We got our new microphones in what are your favorite mics to use live and in studio comment below 🤘
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03/05/2020

Mic'd up ready to pay down some beats
Who is your favorite drummer??
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01/05/2020

Quarantine is a good time to work on your skills tag us in your pics we want to see 🤟🤘🤟

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25/04/2020

So much gear to choose from gahhhh!!!

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22/04/2020

Our wall art is finished studio space is looking fresh.
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15/04/2020

Tag your favorite bands in the comments I want to check them out!!!
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11/04/2020

What's your all time favorite album?
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10/04/2020

What's your listening room look like tag us in your post 🤟
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10/04/2020

Piano players what are your favorite Rigs?

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10/04/2020

Anyone got some sweet vintage gear comment below 🤘🤘
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08/04/2020

We need demos send us yours today ✌️🤘🤟

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06/04/2020

We just signed contracts with our second distribution company and are now taking band applications for 2020 please email us your,

-Name
-Demo
-band links
-bio who you are why we should sign you
Email: [email protected]

we are currently looking for post-hardcore and emotional music we want feeling and talent. can be acoustic clean or screams we just want to feel something

Below are steps to prepare before sending us your demo:

1. Write a Great Bio
First things first: make sure your brand is properly and professionally represented online.

2. Prepare Your Tunes
Remember about producing and delivering good quality. This is the number one thing Anthony from Blue Label Records notices when listening to demos. Make your music release-ready before sending it to a label. Indie record label b-sonic wrote about their experiences in receiving music of bad quality: “Nevertheless, we are noticing a massive lack of quality in the last weeks. Most of the tracks are built on bought templates, sample cd’s, construction kits and Sylenth preset. Additionally, the tracks are mixed badly, have no clean frequencies, are over-compressed in order to sound simply loud and were produced without passion. We got stolen tracks and tracks by ghost producers as well. Good mastering is not done only with a few plugins, you should know what you are doing, with or without plugins.”

This gives you a good idea of things to watch out for in terms of the quality of your tracks. B-Sonic go on to describe the difficulties in the industry as well as the perseverance and patience required to overcome them: “Professionals know the process of being successful. Nobody will be rich after one release in the digital stores. Nobody will be rich after a good place in the Beatport charts. Being in the charts in these times does not mean that the release is sold millions of times. “

3. Do Your Research

David Wimble, publisher of The Indie Bible wrote an interesting article on the Disc Makers blog covering this topic. In the article, he says: “Music blogs and record labels have specific guidelines on how to submit – and how NOT to submit – your music. As the publisher of the Indie Bible and the Indie Venue Bible, the most frequent question I get from artists is, ‘How do I contact the music services listed in your directory?’ The answer is always the same: Whether you’re contacting magazines, music blogs, radio shows, record labels, music distributors, or promotional services, you have to check THEIR SPECIFIC submission guidelines before getting in touch. This is the most fundamental rule of promotion. It is the rule now, and it will be the rule 2,000 years from now when humans have giant heads and tiny bodies.”

That article, titled “How To Submit Songs to Music Blogs, Record Labels, Radio, and Press” also covers things you shouldn’t be doing, such as sending a generic email blast, sending unsolicited material, writing with bad spelling and grammar, and so on. The article also points out that you should know what style of music the service you’re contacting actually wants to receive.

4. Be Relevant
In this post from Attack called “How to Get Your Demo Heard”, the key advice is offered that’s universal to many labels and so it’s a tip you should pay particular attention to: “only send to labels which will be interested in your style of music.” Don’t blast to every label you can find. Be super focused, and spend time to learn a label’s catalog to craft a personal, resonating pitch.

The article starts off by stating that “Producing a great track is just the first step on the road to success. Sure, you could release it yourself, but if you want to reach the biggest possible audience then linking up with an established label is still your best bet.” The article goes on to explain the importance of proper research as well as appropriateness. The post quotes Andy Daniell, A&R Manager at Defected who says, “The biggest no-no for me is MP3s attached to emails. They clog up your inbox and crash your email program. A SoundCloud stream is far preferable as you can check quickly and download if it feels relevant. Also, private links are nicer…”

There are other points worth considering in the article, many of which I covered in previous points, but the takeaways here are to send the right style of music to the right contact. If you cover those points, remember that labels receive lots of music, so if you are relevant to them, you still need to present yourself creatively in order to stand out. The article quotes Thomas Von Party, ‘A&R Slash Vibe Master’ at Canadian imprint Turbo Recordings, who says, “Being creative about how you present yourself is key. The more you can appear a fully-formed artist, the more likely you’ll be taken seriously.”

5. Think Like a Label
Think Like A Record Label

Budi Voogt, a co-Founder of Heroic Recordings and author of The Soundcloud Bible, shared his insights in a post called “The unconventional guide to getting signed by a record label” where he covers the previous points and gives us a better idea of how to think like a record label. In the article, he shares an example of an email pitch and covers the tools to use to share your audio files, such as SoundCloud (private tracks only), Dropbox, or the newly launched Byta.fm. These are in line with Anthony’s views that you should not attach MP3s to emails.

Voogt first writes about getting feedback and using that feedback to polish your sound. He says, “Send it over to people whose opinion you value, but not your friends or relatives. They will likely be yeah-sayers. You don’t need that. You need hard criticism. Take it all in and work with it.” And then Voogt follows up with a practical guide of how to think like a label. He says that labels are primarily a business and that business needs revenue in order to survive.

As such, he says that “Essentially, all labels are looking for a hit. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a ‘mainstream’ hit, but something that’s good enough and unique to catch a lot of attention. However, with the ease of access and distribution of music in the digital age, labels, as Voogt puts it, are “dependent on the marketing power of artists themselves.”

So they will look out for artists that have fan bases as well as the capability of branding, marketing, and promoting themselves, without necessarily the help of the label itself. Although there is a paradoxical element to this trend, the reality is illustrated with an example given in the article: “Deadmau5’s label Mau5trap stated earlier that they no longer sign artists who are not totally self-sufficient, regardless of musical quality.”

05/04/2020

The memories that will be made here are going to be epic 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

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05/04/2020

Studio is almost done hope this covid stuff can go away soon so we can get some musicians in.
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05/04/2020