Anybody using this or has any info on it?
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Curious to know more about this service as well.
You get 10 credits free upon signup and 5 credits free monthly. So you could just start using it.
I have. You see when labels listen to your music which is cool. Just don’t know how legit this is.
This seems pretty interesting.
Tell you what, I’ll post some of my “bangers” on there and I f I get inundated with offers from record labels then it’s obviously bullshit.
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@Fin25 always so hard on yourself, hah
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My track has been available for about a week now. Three labels have listened and declined. One wrote that the music is good but my profile needs work.
I will be uploading another track soon and will keep watching how this developes after the holidays.
Anybody else jumped on the wagon?
Friend of mine signed a track couple days ago over the platform. He did use premium though.
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…diy days…these are the times of selfpromoting wonderland…
like it or not…
…a publisher makes always sense, at some point…but a label?
…well, only under very rare and special circumstances…
multiplication is always the keyword…utube, spotify, sound cloud… r multiplicators for real…
for multiplication it needs some certain unique ness…in first place…
and some skills for real…no way around it…
if u got nothing that makes u or ur music or in best case, both, unique…it’s pretty hopeless…
no label radar can help here…
and no copy cat concepts, either…
so start up with moving pictures on u tube…and promote that via fb…and look out for chances to perform live…no chance again, if u can’t perform ur stuff live…
there’s a live radar out there for real…but a label radar…is just another promise of hope for the hopeless…kick it on ur own…
and keep always in mind…selling music can’t make u rich in any way…anymore…
but live performing does…sometimes…
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Self Promotion, live performing and selling Merchandise!
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I also think that selfreleasing and promoting is the way. but dont you think this could be a way to get more people to your music, spread wider?
and as I have not had a record deal yet, I have to get this off my bucketlist 
…well, the multiplication, the spread…is always the essential question…
…but all these “we look out for u and spread ur sound and name” start ups like label radar, even if they have a truu good intension in the back of their mind, are not the answer…
artist & relation was once a solid job in the music industry…no internet platform can do this for u…
it’s a good thing, that the days, where only a few with big label contracts could release their stuff and make a living from it, are over…
on the other hand, nowadays there is so much stuff out there, that would have never seen the light because lack of truu quality back then…
but bottom line is, today it’s ur guts, ur quality and ur overall attitude that counts…
and if that worx out somehow, u can actually make a living from it…
way more people out there now than back in the days, who do actually pretty ok, not getting rich over night, but do a solid outcome with their music in selfpromoting wonderland…
and once ur there, it is possible to reach next level and find some label that really deserves the name “label”…everybody can run a label these days…but only a few are truu multiplicators…
and with those, it’s more like…don’t call us., we call u…
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I would be cautious about holding the record deal/signing as the ideal… From what I know what has happened to some up and comers new to the industry, the Labels forward artists something like 150k to make an album and tour, and after it is all said and done, you end up owing THE LABEL money, because you are still on the hook for paying everyone that is involved; live mix engineers, road crew, publicity, etc. or has their hand in the scheme. Sometimes, owing in the 5 figures.
So the lesson is read the fine print and get a lawyer.
Labelradar seems like a route to selling singles for ads or in gaming for a one time upfront fee, but they own the publishing rights.
Besides the obvious social media channels, doing remixes and compilations were a great way to get involved, and as always, if you do quality work consistently over time, word gets out.
Nothing beats the street hustle and just plain hitting clubs/DJs face to face and handing them a CD.
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I recently tried this out. It’s definitely legitimate, as there are labels I’ve known for years that use the service.
Manual Music would be nice but not this time around.
Also an offer from a label today. Smaller one but they still have 200K followers. Exposure might be worth it. Still waiting on the email for their terms.
If I decide to go ahead with it I’ll report back.
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Very cool.
Do you submit just one song at a time?
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Yeah, it’s just one song at a time. Though you could upload a bunch and submit each one in succession to the same labels (or a blanket submission to all labels looking for that track genre).
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I see, that’s cool. Keep us updated. Maybe I’ll give it a spin sometime.
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I definitely will. I just thought I’d give getting signed to a label a chance and see if it was better than a self release.
Mostly just thinking that it might be easier to get heard organically that way through the label followers.
Maybe if I had a relatively large following I could then consider my own label/self release in the future. Who knows?
Ultimately I wanted to see where I could go with it. If the terms are reasonable I’ll probably accept the deal and get some experience.
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For sure, those are all great reasons.
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I also found this place that I haven’t tried yet. It connects you with curators and bloggers in the same way. So if you aren’t interest in labels this could also help get your music out there.
They also have a feedback exchange where you give feedback to other artists in return for feedback on your own music.
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Nice, seems like another good resource.
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