How do you "get your music out there?"

I’m liking this. What about the entry to the first PO battle is on the proviso that the tracks are collectively mastered by a named individual ( @HisMostDarxxxellent ) and uploaded as a single entity to somewhere like Bandcamp?

@ghostly606 sounds like a plan!!

Let’s run it past the curator of PO battle 1!

I'm liking this. What about the entry to the first PO battle is on the proviso that the tracks are collectively mastered by a named individual ( @HisMostDarxxxellent ) and uploaded as a single entity to somewhere like Bandcamp?

Darxxxickness!!! Run with it.

  1. Another idea is to have the winner from each battle mixed and mastered by myself and then after say a year, totaling 12 if they are every month, an albums worth is uploaded and available for all and sundry to get there mitts on?

  2. Or we could mix our ideas… keep with your idea where each track is mastered by me and add to it - the winner has their track mixed and mastered by me and then after a year the final product will be my idea. I think this will give the final product a more cohesive texture.

Anyway, just spitballing…

If we go with an idea like number 3 then I must add that I believe there is a fine line now between the mixing process and most of us start mixing off the bat. I’ll just require the individual stems. My mix down will be to add very subtle details and tricks that I’ve learnt to enhance what is already very good in the eyes of its creator. Maybe the odd bit of eq or extra punch to the kick drum, or some light band eq to a lead sounds with different processes/distortion added to them. I can give a full run down of what’s needed before any files are sent to me and if somebody doesn’t know what on earth anything means, I am a teacher at heart, so I will happily explain.

Food for thought.

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I think having a Bandcamp for our battles is a great idea @steveoath!


Further to @HisMostDarxxxellent kind offer of mastering I’d be very happy to do some cover artwork and tart up a Bandcamp page (and/or some variants) for a compilation LP.

Love the idea, then this project is only for PO ?
Is it already started ?

Love the idea, then this project is only for PO ?
Is it already started ?

Well, I’m happy to do it for the Op-1 battles too.

I think so… Ummmm… I hope @flom is ok, I mean he hasn’t appeared since starting this thread.

I think having a Bandcamp for our battles is a great idea @steveoath!

Further to @HisMostDarxxxellent kind offer of mastering I'd be very happy to do some cover artwork and tart up a Bandcamp page (and/or some variants) for a compilation LP.

That’s über cool.

I would say:


A) Focus on micro-community action; forums that are populated w/ people passionate about your sub-sub-sub genre. You can have 1,000 followers on Instagram, etc., but if it’s all “follow-for-follow” echo chamber shit, none will pony up when you announce a release. If your followers / followee list is cultivated well, you’ll find patronage there.

B) Boutique releases. If you can afford to (and if you have effectively followed step A, to a degree where you have a sizable fan base), consider a physical release (cassette, CD, etc.) that has nice presentation. I follow a guy on Instagram that does great work. but his latest release was a limited-edition cassette w/ delicious silkscreen packaging & a booklet. I logged into Bandcamp and ordered it, and there were 17 copies left of a 200 copy run. The next day, it was sold out. People love to feel a sense of ownership.They like collectibles. This has always been so.

C) Is your stuff distinct? Don’t underestimate people’s good taste. If you deliver pristine deep house that sounds great, but is indistinct from 1,000 other tracks in a Soundcloud group, no one will pony up. It has to make a listener go “Huh!”. This is my experience as a consumer, and completely opinion-based.
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I think that to convey music, we should use media such as radio, facebook…

écouter la radio is what i want to say about streaming thnah, thank you for such great sharing

this is what I’ve learned…how and if this applies to now, I don’t know. it probably doesn’t.

+socialise/network.
I got all my DJing and record release/remixing breaks while out at clubs/dance parties. it was when out at parties and gigs that someone would say “hey, you have a sampler, right? do you want to do a remix for our label” or “do you want to DJ at our night next month?” I don’t know why this is, it just is.

+do it yourself.
you can’t sit around waiting for something to ask you to DJ or gig. Hire a sound system. rent a warehouse and put on your own party/gig. No one will turn up to your party when you are unknown. So, pay someone that people want to see as your headliner.
The quality of your sound system is what makes things sound good and makes people think you sound good. This means making sure there are four subs and four tops – one for each corner of the dance floor. Do not just have two speakers at the front of the stage. Get way more sound than you think you need. Make the space as dark a possible. People have more fun in the dark. A small packed space is way better than a large space.
Make the cover charge really cheap – it’s about getting people to the party, not about making money. Just cover your costs.

+to become part of a scene, you just need to turn up. every night, every week, every month. you don’t have to be cool or down with it. you just have to be there. that’s all there is to it.

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what about posting it on Soundcloud or something like that?