Academy.fm How to Email Labels and Network With A&R

Shanahan will go into detail on everything you should consider when emailing labels and networking with A&R. 5 IMPORTANT STEPS: 1. Producing music is not the hardest part of landing a record deal - Networking/Branding - Professionalism - Emailing - Contacts - Building Relationships 2. Finding a home - Finding a label that suites you & your brand - Working with an A&R or team that actually backs your tracks with real promotion - Not relying on anyone, even if you're told the promotion is amazing, you don't rely on it 3. Connect with indie Labels - Don't always think you need a huge label to help succeed your career - Small indie Labels can have just as much impact as any other label, it all matters how the network & promotion is executed 4. Connect with Artists on your favorite Labels - Build a relationship slowly, be humble & nice - Try to work with them over-time collab/remix/etc - My Tritonal Collaboration - My Hardwell Original being edited 5. Know who you're speaking with - Do research on the Label(s) you're emailing - Find out who's in charge or founder/owner - Try to connect on pages like LinkedIn - Research their most popular genres they've released