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  • September 18, 2014 at 10:04 am #2059141
    tashan.kaan@hotmail.com
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    If you’re using samples or parts of samples or just even a little loop or anything, you need to go through the process of sample clearing. And considering that this will be very very tiring, plus, paying the owner of the sample a fee, i’d rather give those tracks for free to my fans, instead of dealing with all that stuff.

    But for those tracks which you entirely produced yourself, go for it, and give them a try on itunes etc.

    September 18, 2014 at 10:05 am #2059151
    Terry_42
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    Before you can afford to enter a rights management firm etc. there are a few easy steps you can do:

    – If you are a composer print your composition
    – If you just play your own music, make a recording of that music

    Put that music on a data device that holds up a long time. Now there are long time storage USB sticks or high quality CDs that you can burn.
    Put this in an envelope addressed to yourself and send it to yourself via a postal service. (So that a timestamp is on the envelope).
    DO NOT OPEN THIS ENVELOPE WHEN YOU GET IT BACK! (best is if the envelope has a seal, like those FedEx envelopes)

    Put this envelope in your archive.

    This way you can prove to court if ever need be, that you are the originator of that work at the time of posting this envelope.

    All other stuff like signing up with a rights management company etc. can come later and they will usually also accept those envelopes that then get opened by a lawyer and stored in their archive.

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    As for getting it out there: I would start on soundcloud before iTunes. Get a few people to follow you on soundcloud and facebook and post on other social media with links to your soundcloud. If this takes off then go for iTunes. There is a lengthy article how to get on iTunes on the apple support page.

    September 18, 2014 at 10:52 am #2059282
    deathy
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    Soundcloud is a great idea… these days, a huge part of marketing yourself as a musician is actually to give away a lot of your music. Not just so they can listen to it, but let them download it. There are a lot of DJs who scour Soundcloud for free tracks in the style they play, and if they like your sound and there’s a free download, they may well play your tracks for their audience.

    Another suggestion that I wish I’d known when I started making music – if you don’t already know how to DJ, and your style is one that gets played commonly by DJs, then learn. This will help you to learn what DJs do when they play your track, the things they look for when mixing a track, and so forth. If you make a song that is a lot of fun to mix, then you’ll get more plays too.

    Also consider releasing DJ edits of your tracks. Many DJs can make their own edits, but unless your track is spectacular, they may not feel like committing the time to do this. This is particularly a good idea if your normal mix tends to be shaped a bit strangely in spots, such as fills that are a different length than your normal phrases right in the middle of where a DJ might normally want to transition with the track.

    February 8, 2015 at 11:37 am #2137491
    T. Simpson
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    I would say keep making the music and send it to a few genuine record labels. Get the feedback from them then decide if you want to release it yourself or not. I say genuine labels because I have been approached many times my people telling me to give them money to release my music on there label. I have tried the independent brought myself as an experiment and to me it was a good learning experience. It cost me just under £100 and the last time I checked I made about £1.00 in sales.

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