At some point in the not too distant future I intend to begin producing. I have been dabbling in it on and off for 15 years and while it will never be my full time job, it's something I am going to take more seriously going forward.
So let's say that I create this amazing track, fit for dancefloors across the globe. I then offer it out as a free download and get a few people downloading and playing it. How does this affect getting it signed?
My questions are:
- Do labels shy away from tracks that are already essentially in the public domain?
- Are free tracks good promotional activity or do they just underline the "you get what you pay for" attitude?
If you offer you offer up free downloads of your tracks
- Why do you do it?
- What kid of download counts do you get on individual tracks?
- Has a free download led to you being signed? If so, by what kind of label?
If you don't offer free downloads - why don't you?
Sensible discussion please. let's talk about YOUR experiences, not someone you know or a DJ/producer you love or hate.
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