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Do record labels consider music college's artists more than just "self made" artists?
I'm a singer/songwriter/musician, and right now I'm fresh out of high school and I don't know if I should go to a music college (or music school), or instead try to make a name for myself by sending demos to record labels and radios....
Do I get better chances if I actually get a music education first and then, out of that make a name for myself, is it easier? Do people in the business consider "educated" artists more than just self made artist (yeah i realize I already wrote this in the tile...)
This question arose because I realized that many singers (Im talking about today's mainstream "artists") never went to any music school or college.
2 Answers
- Dave LaBudaLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
No, record labels are primarily interested in your performance ability and the music you want to record. Yes, it really helps if you have a music education because there are more opportunities open to you. At the present time, you may actually be better off recording your own music and selling it yourself over the Internet at places like iTunes, Tunecore, CD Baby and Amazon.com. If you get that music education, you will be writing much better music and have a better chance to get it noticed. If you are thinking about sending demos to a record label, it's one of the lease effective way to get noticed. Record labels today are not taking chances anymore because the whole music industry is in turmoil. You pretty much have to prove to them that your music will actually sell, by selling it yourself first. If you already have a following, they will be a lot more interested in investing in you. You should browse around YouTube and listen to what many professions in the business are staying about the current state of the music industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVF0tbgcGL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXvkJPt9UoE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwmHjeTjes&feature...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpvqWDNQpXE&feature...
- 5 years ago
The Monkees, hands down. There were solid songwriters behind them. And Mike Nesmith gets a few points for creating some decent country-psychedelia, a genre that was thankfully not fully exploited. I haven't listened to pop radio, other than occasional temporary work situations, in over thirty years. And the last one of those was around the heyday of the overproduced cheese food product sell-out Michael Bolton -- the smokers had their breaks, I had my Bolton Break, which was a trip anywhere I could find something to do. That gives you an idea of the time. The really cool thing about all that is that I never OD'ed on the insanely catchy tunes. I've probably heard Mmmbop maybe seven times in my life. :-) But now I'm going to have to go youtube that bloody Hootie thing. D--- you, Deke!
