The entire world watched the Crazy, Sexy, Cool chicks win and lose at relationships, money, and one member, their life. You can say it had to do with the absent fathers or lack of education. I learned a great deal watching the movie “Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC biopic”, which aired last night on VH-1.
The message that I took from it was how these talented young ladies got DOOPED at a fortune when signing their first recording contract with Pebbles.
So, if you know you have talent and deserve a record deal, there are some important steps you need to follow first:
- Make good music. No matter how badly you want a record deal if the music isn’t great then you can forget about getting signed to a label. Spend time perfecting your sound and musical skills.
- Look signable. There is a such thing as having “the look” and you want to make sure when you do get a chance to perform for an A&R rep that you look like someone who can be on MTV, BET or any of the other music channels.
- Prepare a professional demo package. The Demo package should include a demo CD, a cover letter, a biography, a photograph and if you have them, press clippings.
- Get an A&R rep to listen to you. Now this isn’t as easy as it sounds, but to start, you can throw a preview concert where you invite various A&R reps from all the major and independent labels as well as press to hear you play.
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