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Lot Long
by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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Joined: Feb 2001
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Beat girls, you asked: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by beatgirls:
What are folks' opinions regarding how "professional" the demo should be in order to be noticed/considered by a publisher ?</font> my answers are it depends on the publisher Many publishers are willing to listen bare bone songs. If they think the song is really great they might offer to sign it and redemo it. If they like you and think the song has potential they might give you some rewrite tips and ask you to rewrite it and let them listen again. Jason Blume tells a story of how he rewrote one of his early country songs 7 times. If the publisher is going to pitch the song to artists and producers, they might feel better with a radio ready HIT demo. But many songs have gotten cut with just simple guitar vocal demos. "Bring on the Rain" is one. My take is I'd rather not spend to demo a song until I feel it is really ready and totally worth it. Lately I've been cowriting with writers who create really excellent home recordings. I believe you can hide a great song with bad production but you can't disguise a bad song with great production. good luck, ande ------------------ Ande Rasmussen AndeRasmussen@aol.com http://www.AndeRasmussen.comhttp://songramp.com/andehttp://www.soundclick.com/andershttp://www.MySpace.com/andersEditor Of "Inspirations for Songwriters" Message archive: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DIFS/messagesTo receive IFS, SEND an EMPTY email to: difs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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