DZA wrote:Let them find you
yes and no. Was thinking about this and any tune i've signed has been to a label that contacted (the old industry term is "solicited") me directly. Now that doesn't mean that i was just sitting around, filling up a harddrive with tunes-- you've got to actively find folks who are receptive to your work, and then get your material out to them. Club DJ's, internet radio DJ's, radio DJ's, bloggers, podcasters, journalists, DSF forum members who seem to have similar tastes, etc.
do that and then, yes-- labels will reach out to you.
now with that said, plenty of artists have been signed just on the merits of unsolicited material. what this means is that you gotta write really good music!