Hello Everyone!
In line with the vision of EM pushing electronic music forward locally, I found it in myself to take things to the next level by establishing EM Records. This is so I can help local artists further not just through the list with the discussions but to actually get their music out there. The purpose of the label is so we can have a centralized label for the artists that when people think of the Electronic Music in the Philippines, they can easily connect EM Records to it. I wish to help anyone who has always wanted to release something at least take that first step in at least approaching someone they know and are at home with. We are practically family here... that's where EM Records as a label comes in. :)
The label also coincides with the physical release of the Electronica Manila CD out this summer :) This was the one planned years ago hehe By then, we'll both release the CD and the digital version to make the launch big. If all goes to plan we're aiming for a big launch as well as an Electronic Festival so that we can make a mark.
I believe a lot of us are tired of letting all our tunes sleep inside our machines and our hard drives without knowing if we'll ever get them out. I wish to end that and make that change for everybody who wants to be part of it.
This will be global distribution to all the major digital stores from Itunes to Beatport! (but I must mention that some stores "filter" submissions if it fits their store so better that I mention it this early).
Now as a little guide...
DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION:
- Prepare your tunes well.
- Aim for an EP as a first release to make an impact. Better if it's an album. I encourage you to go for these than a single track so people can have a grasp on what you sound like.
- If you have a soundcloud account, you can drop it in my dropbox. If you don't have one, open an account there. I will also require this anyway to all the artists under the label for your promotions.
- Please prepare a NICE artist photo complete with artist write up. Please please make a decent one. I'm sure we all have photographer friends who are willing to help us with even one good photo. Ask someone to write your profile if you don't know what to do. There's also a good resource on google "write band profile" and you'll find a lot of links there.
- Please mix and master the tracks nicely if possible. If you don't know how to, there are a lot of tutorials for "basic" mixing and mastering. If you'd rather have someone do it for you, you can contact me since I offer it as a service or you can also go with all the other mixing and mastering services out there.
- Submission and compiling of all the materials per artist will be end of 3rd week of March
- We launch everything in May
- Feel free to contact me for any question :)
If you're interested, please feel free to drop tunes to the EM Records dropbox
http://soundcloud.com/user4762890
At this point, I'm cooking everything still. Please be patient as it takes time to get things this big together. In the meantime, just make those tunes!
THIS IS IT!
God bless!
Best,
Cyril - silverfilter
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