Offspring992

Is that A&R Select? Because if it is, they contacted my band over the summer. Don't fall for any of it. They say they submit your music to labels, and for placement in movies/TV/etc but did you ever to go to their official website (assuming it was, the official site is www.arselect.com) and look at all the services they offer? It's almost laughable. For example, at the bottom of the page they have a section on Booking and Touring services. $150 to book ONE gig at the non member price?! or $75 if you are a member, but still, thats ridiculous. Also, I will tell you right now, a major label is the last thing you would ever want to be signed to right now. Read this article if you haven't heard about it before: http://negativland.com/albini.html My best advice to give you is to copyright all of your material, register with ASCAP, and look into some digital distributors. There are over 100 million people on the internet EVERYDAY, and each one of the has the potential of hearing your song(s). There are tons of digital distributors out there that all do different deals so what you choose is up to you but the most important thing to ask any of them is exclusivity. The reason for that is, if you sign an exclusive digital distribution deal, you won't be able to sign with anyone else (obvious). So when the Myspace music store launches and you have an exclusive deal with X distributor, even though you have X thousand friends with X thousand plays on your band's Myspace page, (if you have one) if anyone who lives 2 thousand miles from you wants your song, they'll have to get it from a different online retailer. But that's not to say that digital distributors are out there to screw you like the company that contacted you, Exclusivity in distribution deals are always something to watch out for. Just do a google search for "Digital Distribution" and look into a few. Sorry I went way off topic here but I hope this helps you out.