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“How can I get a record deal

“How can I get a record deal?” It’s been the gnawing, desperate question on the lips of almost every singer/songwriter/band on the planet for generations. The mythical record deal is the end-all, be-all for aspiring recording artists: the Golden Ticket, the Shangri-La, the Promised Land. If you can just get that record deal, your troubles are over forever.

(You can perhaps hear the snickers from the artists who have actually had a record deal.)

While landing a record deal can certainly open up a lot of doors for you as an artist, there’s no point in sugar-coating it: getting signed to a label is more elusive now than ever before. First of all, there are so many artists clamoring for the labels’ attention that it’s nearly impossible to get an audience with A&R unless you’re extremely well connected, or if you’ve already sold 10,000 records and have about 2 million YouTube subscribers. Secondly, because of the ongoing upheaval in the record industry, the labels are not taking nearly as many risks with their money. This is why so many artists are figuring out how to make it independently, and why even lots of label artists are now “going indie.”

Now, that doesn’t mean you can’t try to get signed, or that you shouldn’t try to get signed. In fact, the good news is that you no longer have to wait to get “discovered” or signed before building your career as a recording artist, and there are plenty of indie artists who are doing quite well without a record deal. But if you think you have what it takes and you want to try, at the very least, you can work toward getting signed while continuing to develop your career on other levels—and if it happens, it’s just gravy. Here are some common-sense tips to help you position yourself for getting a record deal.