exactly, the 2 people I work with that own their own production companies in NY get meetings just about anytime they want......it is who you know, but I was lucky enought to be in a position to have some of Rich Harrisons People listen to some of my joints at my lab in person, they thought I had fire, but the first thing they asked before they would go to the next step to have him hear it when he got back in town......is it copywritten? I really don't agree with the fact that they dont listen to your music......there are two types of things to consider.
A meeting is always better than sending in a beat CD unless you have talked to the people that tell you they will listen to it and possibly give you some feedback....you need a beat CD in many cases to get a meeting unless you have produced some artists they know about.
Types of submission material
Solicited-Yes they will listen if they accept unsolicited
Unsolicited-NO they generally will not open the cd to hear any of your music so you wasted your money. (labels are afraid to hear your beats because if they have a song produced by their producers that even sounds remotely close to your beat they feel a copyrite situation might arise because you provided the idea)
Classic is somewhat correct, I mean I been sending CD's off with the hopes that most producers have for a few years but I was lucky enuff last year to meet my business partner, that was signed with The Inc, he worked with Ja Rule, Outlaws, Crooked eye and The Game and also my other partner who is inside of labels 3 or 4 times a week playing beats at will for projects and any of my worthy Joints also.......I got hipped to a lot of misconceptions on that whole issue of playing beats just last year and its really something that not only us lower level producers have to do but a regular thing all producers for the most part do as a part of doing business.....some are just in better positions where they either have their managers shop beats or they are inside enough where they can take beat CD after beat CD in until the artist or A&R finds what they want.....that is also an advantage of being in NY and also knowing the right people after you have made a name for yourself first.
So I may not have had anything placed on a major project yet but I work with enough people that have or know what is needed and had enough lower level meetings to get the idea.....
Bottom line on a Beat CD...... 7-10 HOTTTT joints.......use your best beats and dont go off of your own feel on the beats....play the beats out in the club or somewhere other people can give reaction....the main thing about songs on a beat CD is they should make people react......if you cant get average listeners to react, bob their heads or go hey that is dope....forget about it....you wasting your time.....go back to the drawing board and try again.....
Your CD needs to sound like a pro instrumental, KNOCK and be bananas....not just some mediocre lukewarm or average Joe hot beats.......think about how a Just Blaze beat CD might sound...LOL.....that sounds crazy but thats what I hear when I submit joints....they want MC ready, finished instrumentals.
