If you are looking for information on how to get a record deal, you are most likely either just getting started in the music industry or have been at it for a while and are looking for new information to break through the barrier.
Hopefully this information will help.
First of, it is a lot easier to get a record deal, than it is to get out of one.
Don't sign a deal just because you want one.
Follow these general rules: - If they ask for you to put up money, It isn't legit.
-If they are not paying for recording, or marketing, or distribution.
It isn't legit.
I could go into ways to get screwed for hundreds of pages.
Dozens of books have been written on the subject.
Those are two great rules to go by.
A lot of fly by night want to be indie labels, are not really labels at all.
If it cost them nothing to sign acts, they will sign as many as they can, put nothing into them, and then ask for a piece of the pie if the band or singer makes it on their own.
Now that I have told you what deals to avoid, let's talk about getting one.
It is important to point out that there is no single road to this destination.
Many will work.
I will talk about one of the strongest.
As an artist you need to have two things no matter what genre you are in.
Skill (unless you are in pop, but it definitely helps a lot) and business savy (You must have a lot of this is you do not have the skill or looks in pop).
They work hand in hand.
Without the contact building done on the business side, your skills will get you no where.
Like wise, it is much harder to get somewhere when you are pushing someone unattractive with no ability.
It has happened though.
On the skill side, hone your craft as much as you can.
Train vocal's several times a week with lessons or exercises to become the best singer you can be, practice dancing to be the best dancer, or do your drum exercises till your hands bleed.
If you can be and inch better than your competition, that might be all it takes.
When you get out of the crowd of thousands of mediocre people, you can get by with being unpolished.
Once you get near the top few rungs of talent, you will realize that your god givin gift was also given to several hundred or thousand other people on this planet as well.
It is not just enough to be great.
This is where you will have to be polished.
Everything you can think of has to be as perfect as possible.
The wardrobe, the image, the stage show, how you conduct yourself on a professional level backstage, treat other acts, and crew, can all have a huge effect on your destiny.
If you meet a band and they really like how professional you are when you open for them, and you do a great job of getting the crowd hyped.
There is a good chance they will want you to do it more.
If you are a pop act, and the crowd loves your show, promoters will ask you back.
You will also need a press kit.