[gadget]

I have been doing a lot of promoting on di.fm, even got a track 1st on a psytrance compilation (or so I am told). I am going to start working on a website. I am also going to start making hardcopies with lightscribe and sell them at parties. Any ideas on what I should be doing to get my music to more ears? better yet playing shows?

[aktif]

Network with people….Make mixes that tell phat stories…

Lightscribed CD's prolly won't sell at trance parties IMO…just saying that effort might be best used somewhere else…With everyone handing out mixtapes….

Big key is to talk to people.  Get to know people, beyond dumping a link to your toonz on their chest.  Understand the needs people have, and find your role to fill those needs. 

Most importantly keep working…

You have good sounds, now use those threads to weave stories–create voodoo.

[Ascension]

Like I mentioned to you before, if you want to play a full live set, make an hour long demo so promoters have an idea of what a set from you would sound like. You're in a different realm than those who just produce on a computer- their performance at a show is more closely tied to their productions.

I think you have an advantage that you're using hardware and a lot of people love that sound, but it might be equally tough to coordinate a live set that is interesting and has flow.

Promoting music to get on compilations/albums is a different thing. Someone like scott would have a better idea than most of us on what all this entails. However, don't expect much in the way of paid releases since those are few and far between in this scene. If you really want to just get your music heard, find some people doing free releases (like I'm working on getting into) and send your music to them (there are posts about this in the production and music making section of isratrance fyi).

[gadget]

thanks for the feedback! I should have a good long set by next month sometime, hopefully that will help the process. Right now my biggest issue is my mc808, I have good tracks programmed in there, but they are all scattered which makes transitions impossible, seems like I just need some addys, that would probably get my 808 organized 😀

[Ascension]

Another sort of unfortunate thing about releasing music on a label is that knowing either the label owner or a label dj that gets to compile a VA helps out a ton. Not that you won't get a fair listen from everyone, but if the label is decent and getting lots of demos, they're obviously more likely to look past yours as opposed to a friend's track.

Step 3: Get to know some label owners/djs 🙂

[gadget]

Step 3: Get to know some label owners/djs 🙂

I do, but there all flakey as hell, damn ravers :O Next month I am playing a few shows in my home town, which will help both my live jam skills, and my reputation up there.

[aktif]

Step 3: Get to know some label owners/djs 🙂

I do, but there all flakey as hell, damn ravers :O Next month I am playing a few shows in my home town, which will help both my live jam skills, and my reputation up there.

dont deal with flakes or shadeballs–FOR ANYTHING IN LIFE

[gadget]

check this out, this is a recording from today. Its the set I am working on to play next month. I am going to rewrite a lot of the drums, but the synth patterns are going to stay a lot like what you hear.
http://soundcloud.com/gadgetg/hyper-travel-practice-set

[Ascension]

Step 3: Get to know some label owners/djs 🙂

I do, but there all flakey as hell, damn ravers :O Next month I am playing a few shows in my home town, which will help both my live jam skills, and my reputation up there.

dont deal with flakes or shadeballs–FOR ANYTHING IN LIFE

and never deal with Geomagnetic 🙂

[Nameless One]

Look up Music Think Tank for some ideas… some of those articles will apply to psytrance culture, some won't.

[gadget]

Look up Music Think Tank for some ideas… some of those articles will apply to psytrance culture, some won't.

thanks, plenty of things to read and consider!

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