The most essential item that an artist can have is a demo. A demo proves that you can create good music and if you don’t have one ready at all times, a lot of doors will remain closed. If you are in the business of selling music, then your demo is your business card. Here are a few tips for your demo:1) Create at least 8 original songs that are well produced and mixed. Even though it is a demo is should sound as professional as possible.
2) Show these songs to at least 20 different people who will give you objective feedback on your songs. Ask them to rate the top 5 songs. After you have a pretty good idea about your top 5 songs, you now know what songs should be on your demo. Do not have over 5 songs on your demo and place the songs in order starting with the song that was rated the best. People have short attention spans. If you hand them a mixtape with 20 tracks, they will only listen to the first 2-3 songs and lose interest.
3) Make sure your CD is presentable. It should look professional and have your contact information on the CD itself and on the CD holder.
4) Always have your demo on you. You never know who you might meet.
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