What Do You Expect From Your Distributor???

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Big C said:
Quick Tips:
Do your own 1-sheets: (No one knows the Overview and Marketing aspects better than you. And it saves you money and your distributor time. I heard some distributors charge $150 for the construction of the 1-sheet)
Prep your market: Snipe, hand out POP. Drop off POP/1-sheets w/retail in your key markets. Don't forget your back yard!
Give your distributor at lease 6 weeks lead time. Preferrably 8 weeks to solicit your CD.
Have product ready 4 weeks before street date.
Have a REALISTIC street date! Pick a street date you feel comfortable with. Study the majors street dates. If there are some heavy hitters dropping that day maybe you should pick one that's not so crowded. It's not punking out. It's being a smart businessman. Buyers only have so much to spend. And they spent the majority of their budget on big acts than that's less for us.
Communiate w/your distributor what you're doing. i.e./shows, interviews, ads, whatever. Don't just call and tell them. Most of the time the distributor is busy and can't jot all the info down. E-mail it, snail mail it AND fax it. ALL 3. Any distributor that gets upset w/ you for doing that, isn't taking the time to realize that you matter too.
Work your project hard and true. I know alot of you have day jobs and don't have the time to properly promote. So maybe you should hire a street team or wait until you have the time to do it right.
When your disrtibutor tells you where your orders are, call the buyer and say thanks. Send a Thank you card. Sound cheezy? Well it is. But this is a business and impressions matter. The buyer will remember who you are. I've gotten cards and calls thanking me for thing that I thought were minute, but in when I recieved the card I realized how much it meant to the label and that made me remeber them and take them more seriously.
Go to all the stores and get to know the key people. Find out who the hip hop head is who takes care of the hip hop section. Introduce yourself. Give him a free CD or t-shirt or whatever you have. Invite them to a show you're doing. If your not doing a show find out who is and either get them on the list or give them tickets to a show. Watch how you get positionig for free.
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everyone should turn on their printers and print this out. this is about as good as it gets. so instead of me writing my thoughts on this topic, i'll just say, he hit the nail on the head... good shit
 
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Sicc OG
#122
May 18, 2004
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u need some1 who can understand the type of music they're pushing and who theyre pushing too, you cant just have 1 dist. who does every1'z shit, because they're is way too much different bases too consider it all rap or hip hop.
i got homies that rap all day that get back shelfed for 1 reason or another and dist. has a hard time selling it, but when i get it i dont have that problem.i understand what an area is like and what the street politics are because what happens in various cities across the nation effects the clothing, that is worn and the music that is listened too.
so it should be broken up into categories with different people handling the different areas,
thats why i see alot of cats not feeling dist. because they feel they get backshelfed to other bigger artist in their areas.and then to top it off dist. kinda screens who they're gonna help a lil extra.
 
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Done Deal Ceo said:
but then again it has to be more done Than just sending a book out with hella releases that all look the same with most of the time the same features! So The label has to do a way better job with creating the Buzz and store solicitation themselves!
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I can finally breathe knowing that someone with status feels where Im coming from!! (Thank You!!)
 
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