IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETINS!!!
NEW SIGNINGS TO DRAGONSTORM!!
JUNKSTER AN INDIE ROCK BAND FROM ASHINGTON NORTHUMBERLAND. For full information please go to our main website
www.dragonstormrecords.co.uk
www.junksterrock.co.uk
www.myspace.com/junksteruk
www.myspace.com/peesh1973
SINNISTER FLYNN FROM GLASGOW SCOTLAND UK.
A five piece off the wall Ska/ Punk Band from Glasgow are in the process of being signed to Dragonstorm. Do watch out for more bulletins and the progress of this band.CHECK OUT OUR MAIN WEBSITE www.dragonstormrecords.co.uk
PLEASE NOTE THAT P3P HAS NO AFFILIATIONS OR LINKS WITH RADIO FLOW107.1 HE IS NOT!!!!! PERFORMING HIS SHOW THERE AND HAS NO DEALINGS WITH THIS RADIO STATION WHAT SO EVER!!!!
VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO JOIN OUR EVER INCREASING STREET TEAMS!!
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Layouts ABOUT DRAGONSTORM RECORDS
Dragonstorm Records was first set up over 40 years ago by the father of the current owner Jacquiline. Jack Henry, who was signed to EMI with Joe Loss Orchestra as well as his own Band `Ace Of Clubs`the label was then affiliated to EMI.
Due to Jack Henry' death the label became dormant and was resurrected by Jacquiline in 2003 and is going from strength to strength! The Label is a member of BPI, AIM, MCPS and MMF. Jacquiline and her team attend many events, courses and network with other labels, distributors, PR
The label mainly deals with heavy metal, Rock, Blues, Rap, RnB and Hip Hop Please see our main website www.dragonstormrecords.co.uk For more updates and regular news reports. There is also more music displayed, on our main website. So if you like what you hear on this page, go check out all the other tracks on our main website.
We are devoted and care about our artists, spending an enormous amount of time and effort in their career development and delivering the music to the public. Due to this we can only take on a small number of artists at any one time. Which is why we devised a Guest Band site. Anyone interested please do contact us at PO Box 223 Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 9AZ. Or E-mail [email protected] Tel 01665 570809
DRAGONSTORM RECORDS OBJECTIVES
We are based in the rural countryside amoungst the rolling hills of Northumberland.
We are providing an opportunity to talented, serious and struggling artists/Bands to take their career to the next step! Provide promotional material that you may not be able to provide yourselves, taking you into new areas to broaden your fanbase. Provide you with top quality Producers, managers and studios to work in. Give you guidance and advice, and get you into better venues. Plus much more. The list is endless!!
We are fast workers and are perfectionists! Although we never rush head first into a decision, we always make sure we are doing the right thing first.
We dont tolerate time wasters or those in this just to be famous!! It is hard work constantly and a joint effort between Artists and the Label, a two way relationship is expected.
DONT GET DESPONDENT!!!!
Come on get over it! Stop feeling sorry for yourself, sitting around saying it,s never gonna happen. Your not lucky and you havent been able to get a deal, so I cant go on!!
Come on!! This is the music industry, any Art based profession is NEVER gonna be a walk in the park. Look at all the acts who have been heading for the stars over night! They Never Last!! Cos They have never had it tough enough, to be so determined to make it work and stay up there!! Your Success is in your hands!!
Even if you are signed, work with your label, dont expect someone else to do all the work and sit back and wait!! Get out there together! As well as On your own and shout it out!! Make people listen to you!! Make it Happen! Cos You Can!
Dont Get Despondent, when some one tells you you havent got the X Factor! Believe in your self! Remember its only one person's opinion! If you can impress the public and create a strong base of fans, work hard and travel around promoting yourself! Then it's that, That is sooo Important!! Get Your Self Heard and stop the NEGATIVE thoughts.
TIPS AND ADVICE ABOUT SENDING IN DEMOS
Here are a few tips and avice on presenting your demos to us and other labels:
Firstly, the person responsible for accepting or rejecting those fabulous demos, before the owner of the label sees it, is our A&R guy...He sorts through the volume of CDs that we receive.Please think carefully before you spend time and money sending off your demos.
Make sure you have well researched the label you wish to send
your demo to. Do they take your genre of music. Don’t waste precious time
and money sending out CDs randomly to labels. For instance, we don’t
deal with Folk Music, World Music or Cover Bands.
Try to get a feel of what the label does and if the label would suit your
music
Be careful when choosing tracks to send, make sure that they are a true
representation of what you do. A heavy metal band sent a demo, one of
tracks were really good and the other two were completely different - I mean
completely different, it sounded odd, out of tune and feeble.
Think about your band name. Does it identify what you do? This is a major
part of your image.
Logo/Photo/Artwork. Check that it is giving out the right impression - You
want a label to get the right idea about your band or music, not least the
Public who you want to buy your album. Remember you are showing yourself
as you want other people to see you.
Do not send CDs to us that we have to sign for. This is really annoying, as we
are rarely around before 11am and always miss the first delivery. We are
forced to go to the Post Office only to be rewarded with a package smelling
of stale cigarette smoke, with a demo inside that has a strange, barely
audible vocal with an acoustic guitar whose strings are completely out of tune
and about to give up the ghost at any minute…Yes, that bad!
If you want to make sure the package arrives safely, write your name and
address on the back. Then if it is not delivered, it will go back to you.
If you send stuff over the net, make sure you have a quick downloading audio
file( and make sure it works). If it takes too long to download, it clogs up the
systems and therefore has to be deleted.
Remember, it is only an opinion. Some labels won’t like your style or presentation - some labels will. Don’t dwell on rejections, there are many reasons for a label to reject a demo.
We only respond by e-mail or, usually, by letter. As it makes our job a lot more pleasant , rather than having to reject someone over the phone.
There are many good reasons for having to reject someone, even if we love the material. Be polite and professional, the music industry is a hard industry with tons of competition.
It is our choice and our right to have an opinion. We are not under any obligation to sign anyone, or even tell you why we may have decided to say no.
Please note, we do not return any material submitted to us, Should you wish it to be, please enclose a SAE.
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