Delays in signing music

[skahound]

Not being a dj/producer I'm a bit out of the loop when it comes to signing new music to a label. What types of circumstances delay and/or prohibit tracks from being signed? There's been a lot of discussion in regards to "New Kicks" and the fact that it is still yet unsigned. What would cause that?

Money?
Creative Differences?

[daigomi]

There are many different situations that will effect a track getting signed and/or the time of release.



- If the track gets shared on Soulseek (or just out on the internet) it will most likely never get signed!!!!
- If there is a compilation the track is to be featured on, the release date will sometimes be changed to coincide with the CD release date.
- Distribution problems (there are many things to list about that)
- The time of the year will affect the release date (ie. certain songs sell better at different times of the year.)
- Amount of releases coming out before that certain track.
- State of the economy (will affect the release date and/or it getting signed)
- Money ( a lot of times when a track gets hammered by so and so big DJ the producer will ask more $ than fair for the track)
- Tracks will also be held back from being signed and/or released so they can build hype.

I am not sure if any of these reasons will be what you are looking for, but most tracks are affected by the aformentioned above.

Ben

[DigitalReason]

nice post daigomi!

a recent phenomenon is for a hyped track to get held back is for the producer to start his own label, haha

[DigitalReason]

* duh, with "recent" I mean "common"

[hypoluxxa]

Thank you for the info, it makes sense.

[djway]

DR, how often is that really happening? EG's?

--djway

[Pataky P]

Thanks the info!!!

[daigomi]

a common phenomenon is for a hyped track to get held back is for the producer to start his own label, haha

Yea, that really seems to be a trend as of late.