On any given day, there are hundreds – if not thousands – of singers and bands hustling to get a record deal. Breaking away from the crowd to get noticed by a label may seem like a daunting, nearly impossible task. But there are concrete steps you can take to give yourself an advantage.

First and foremost, be professional. While making music is an artistic endeavor that fulfills your creative needs, selling that music is a business. If you want to be treated like a professional you need to act like one. Make the investment to have a quality demo made. If you are not computer savvy, hire someone to create a web site that engagingly showcases your music. Likewise, make sure all written material in the package you send out to labels is typo free and grammatically correct. Use a professionally taken photograph. Your package is your introduction and first impressions are important.

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Recently a new artists joined ON-Mix Media, his name: Sobria Ebrietas. You can find more information about him on his bio page.

He provided us with a demo song, as a teaser for his upcoming new album ‘Samsara’

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This song is strange, wonderfull, dark, atmospheric, mysterious; it some kind of soundtrack. The combination of soundscapes and acoustic instruments is a recommendation, a treat for the ears.

He will be releasing a compilation album first, called ‘Lapses’. It will be release number [onmp128]

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Artist: Various Artists

Title: Mr. DeVo! presents: Work in Progress 4 (The Future Trax)

onmp118 | May 5th, 2009 | 77:54 min. | mp3 | album page

download album | 96mb

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Artist: Natashas

Title: Old School (The Remixes)

onmp116 | April 5th, 2009 | 65:53 min. | mp3 | Album page

Download album | 89mb

P.S. I added my favourite track Humdrm’s remix of Pink.

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Artist: Humdrm

Title: Pillow Music

onmp115 | March 15th, 2009 | 63 min. | mp3 | Album page

download album | 84mb

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