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Record labels, as a general rule of thumb, no longer accept demos at all....they are businesses and do not have time to listen...

Your options are either to press your own CDs (cheap & pretty easy), or perform live so much that you generate a "buzz" which will draw a music publisher's talent scouts to YOU, rather than you going to them...

Once again I cannot stress enough that the music industry is a BUSINESS, they do not care if you are "good", they just care if you have the potential to sell a million copies of something...

Most successful musicians these days are either business majors who "designed" their act to sell, or they are individuals/bands who were "designed" by the label.....plus a few who performed a LOT, and played EVERYWHERE and were popular enough to generate a buss that a label noticed....

If you are making music because you just love making music, the best plan is to start your own label and publish yourself...you can sell your CDs to fans when you perform, and keep $19 out of each $20 sale (since they cost you a dollar each to make) instead of keeping $1 from each sale and giving the other $19 to the label!

http://musicians.about.com/od/musicindustrybasics/...

Record labels usually don't bother with demos anymore, especially from people who are too young to sign a contract or perform where alcohol is served.

wow-- heavy dose of medicine