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Panel includes a manager, royalties consultant, promoter, radio producer, artist, label rep, music publisher and A&R consultant. They have worked with top artists such as Radiohead, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, David Gray, Gorillaz, Supergrass, Massive Attack, Lazy Habits, Peter Bruntnall and many others.
If you missed the event, here is a sample of your questions.
Q. Who decides your image - is it the record company or the artist - or the artist's management? Isabel, Manchester
A.It can be all three - or none. If you as the artist have already developed an image which works, then the record company are more likely to go along with itÌýand help you develop it. If you don't have any sort of image, then the record company is more likely to suggest a way to go. Remember that image isn't simply about the way you look but also about your posters, CD sleeves and all that sort of thing as well.
Q. How do record companies get away with pressurising writers to sign percentages of songs away to artists who had absolutely no hand in writing them? Suzanna Woods
A.They don't. Those days are really gone. No reputable record company or publisher would suggest that to a writer.
Q. How do you consider to be the best way of getting your song heard by record companies? Paul, Croydon
A. It's still the demo route. But it's got to be a good song to start with!
If you missed the event, here is a sample of your questions.
Q. Who decides your image - is it the record company or the artist - or the artist's management? Isabel, Manchester
A.It can be all three - or none. If you as the artist have already developed an image which works, then the record company are more likely to go along with itÌýand help you develop it. If you don't have any sort of image, then the record company is more likely to suggest a way to go. Remember that image isn't simply about the way you look but also about your posters, CD sleeves and all that sort of thing as well.
Q. How do record companies get away with pressurising writers to sign percentages of songs away to artists who had absolutely no hand in writing them? Suzanna Woods
A.They don't. Those days are really gone. No reputable record company or publisher would suggest that to a writer.
Q. How do you consider to be the best way of getting your song heard by record companies? Paul, Croydon
A. It's still the demo route. But it's got to be a good song to start with!
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