03 Choosing Tracks For your demo CD put your messiest track first. You're going for the knockout punch here so give them your best shot first.
"If you're not happy with it don't send it in 'cos that's what we'll judge you on. I can't mystically imagine that you're gonna sound better than the CD."
Ben Palmar
A&R
Polydor
Also, try and avoid over long intros so make your track kick in as soon as possible.
Remember, the people that you're gonna send your CDs to will probably have a huge pile of them to go through, so they're unlikely to listen to more than the first 20 seconds of each track.
Don't make them wait longer than this for your tune to drop.
Some artists, maybe due to fear of piracy, only put the best minute or so of each track on their demo and wait for feedback before letting off the whole ting.
Record three to four tunes is the max.
Recording fewer tracks also means you can concentrate on getting them finished to a professional standard.
Labels and publishers will want to hear your song-writing ability so stick to tracks you've written.
You may also find that websites and radio stations won't accept covers because of copyright disputes and it could be stress if you want to press or duplicate copies to sell.
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