Promo CDs?

NWN PROD · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 15014 Location: SF Bay Area

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DESECRATOR777 · Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 1689 Location: satan island, ny

Guest · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

To help the band set a tour :

Promote the tour yourself !

I know you had done it with Sabbat... I also had with Toxic Holocaust... There's no better way to promote a band IMO.

And I suppose it's easier to do it in the US than to do it here in Brazil.

Maybe you can face a little loss of money in the end, but the good time during the tour is priceless.

Guest · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:

minge-eater · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject:

earache , mfn , peaceville etc all sent out promo lps
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Guest · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject:

I don't remember that then. I'm speaking of the underground labels of that time like FMP, Goat of the Harvest, Head Not Found whatever.... Plus the bands, if they were doing it themselves it was always just a few songs from their album on a tape, not a pro pressed promo tape/CD with the entire contents of the album.

We're getting off track though and splitting hairs. I think a promo CDr containing several tracks from a release with at least front inserts is enough to help promote the release.

minge-eater · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject:

fmp sent out full promo cds , with cd and only front cover . in a white paper sleeve
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NCM Recs · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 108

personally i think promos are a waste of time & postage money. i did 100 promos for the anwyl mcd & got back less than 20 reviews. that made me stop sending promos but the dimentianon guys wanted me to send out promos & i sent out 125 & so far i've gotten a grand total of 6 reviews back. that's why i hate 'zines & webzines, they're just in it to get free stuff & pack their collections. that's my feeling anyway. what i usually do is send to people that actually request a promo & if i get a review i'll keep sending them one with every release, otherwise, fuck off.

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Ross Liew · Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 1604 Location: Malaysia

Yosuke, i believe your reputation in the underground precedes you so i can safely say your releases will most definitely be of good quality and fans of NWN releases will know what to expect, music-wise and packaging-wise.

You don't need to send out promos, too many people out there collecting them for their personal needs and not really to support you or anything. However, 2 persons i know will very highly likely review your release if you send them the promo and prompt them about it - John mincemoyer and nathan birk. And these guys are about as influential as you can get in the extreme metal UG.

Hope this helps Very Happy

DeathLörd · Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Posts: 177

Promo LP versions of Metal albums were done in the 80's(ce) as that was the main format back then. I have quite a number of promo LPs from PILEDRIVER, IMPALER, etc etc...... They usually have a gold stamp somewhere on them stating that they are promos.....