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Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ
Find answers to your
questions about our music production service
Thank you for your interest in working with the monsterDEMOS. We are
here to help you make sure your project gets the best possible
quality production it can. This FAQ section tries to address the
most commonly asked questions about our music production service.
If you have any further questions not addresses in this section, please
do not hesitate to
contact us.
Questions Overview
Find answers to your
questions about our music production service
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Why do I need a
professional music production service?
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How do I select
the right music production service for my project?
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How do you work? What’s your process like?
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In what format(s)
do you deliver the final recording?
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Can you
accommodate special requests?
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How long does it
take to finish a music production?
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Where do you
record?
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What happens if
I’m not happy with your production?
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Can you get me a
record or a publishing deal?
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Who owns the
copyright to the music? Who owns the copyright to the instrumental
and the music recording?
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Can you help me
source music for my project?
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I’m a Hip Hop
artist looking for Hip Hop beats. Do you sell beats?
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Can you help me
write music to my lyrics? Can you help me write lyrics to my music?
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Do you require
album credit?
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What extra charges
do you have?
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How can I pay?
Answers
Find answers to your
questions about our music production service
Why do I need a
professional music production service?
If you are a professional songwriter, you need professional sounding – if not master quality – demos to
place a song in this very competitive market. More importantly, if you
pitch a song to an artist like Usher, you want to make sure your track
sounds like an Usher track and that your vocalist sounds like Usher.
Make it easy for the artist and record labels to say yes!
Our productions are
master-quality and allow you to request up to 4x revisions throughout
the process, pick a vocalist, and review the instrumental arrangements
and mixes. Our emphasis is on marketability and quality of work.
If you are an artist,
you cannot afford
to shop your CD with poorly produced and mixed tracks. You only get one shot at making a
first, great and lasting impression. Make it count! All of our producers, session
vocalists, and engineers have at least 5 credits on nationally or
internationally released albums, and have produced for some of the best
in the business including Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Wu-Tang Clan,
KRS-1, Craig David, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia, and many
other Grammy-award, gold- and platinum-winning artists. Naturally, when
you pitch your CD to various labels, you get the additional benefit and
credibility of having worked with some of the industry's best producers
when you work with us.
We can serve clients over the Internet worldwide, or onsite in Miami,
Los Angeles, New York City, Nashville, and Atlanta, USA; London, UK;
Munich, Germany; Rome, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden.
How do I select the right music production service for my project?
Choosing a music
production or demo recording service can be a risky, expensive, and
frustrating experience. There are many services out there – both
expensive and inexpensive – that promise the world, but deliver very
little. Many of us have been there and experienced the frustration that
comes with paying for a low quality production, even if it is
inexpensive. As a result, we highly recommend that you consider the
following set of criteria to select the right music production service
for your project:
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Are you impressed by the quality and feel of the music
production
services’ past projects? Please listen to samples of our work to
get a feel for the quality of work we produce. Our samples cover
all genres and showcase the versatility of our producers, engineers,
and vocalists. Also check out our studios. Based in two major world
music markets (Los Angeles, USA and Miami/Naples, USA), we have our
fingers on the pulse of the world music market.
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Will you receive 100% personalized service? Every single
client of ours receives 100% personalized service. After you place
your order, we assign one of our music producers to your project,
and he will contact you within 48 hours to discuss your project in
great detail. Together we will select the right vocalist, style,
arrangement, orchestration, and mix for your song. You can reach
your music producer via email, fax, and phone at all times.
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On-site production. If you are an artist or a
producer and would like to work with our producers in person, we
currently have producers available
in Miami, Los Angles, New York City, Nashville
in the USA; Stockholm, Sweden; Rome, Italy; London, UK; Nuernberg,
Germany. Our producers are also happy to travel to your
location.
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Will you receive
the demo recording in a professional format? At your request, we
deliver all demo recordings on CD or DAT in the most common
professional formats, including:
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HighQuality Audio CD.
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.WAV, .AIFF,
MP3, MP3 pro, Orbis, and other popular formats.
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MIDI.
Our
multi-gold and platinum winning producers and
studio engineers have produced, remixed,
engineered and composed with/for:
Artists
including: Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Usher, Craig David, Celine Dion, Anastacia, Jessica
Simpson, Ricky Martin, WuTang Clan, and many others.
Labels
including: Universal, Koch International, EMI, Warner Music,
BMG, etc.
But don’t be fooled by
our credits! Please listen to
samples of our work to get a feel for the
high quality of work we produce.
How do you work?
What’s your process like?
Click here to find out
more about our process, and what you can expect after
you place your order.
In what format do
you deliver the final recordings?
Every client receives 2
data and 2 audio CDs that contain all project files, including:
Can you accommodate
special requests?
Yes, absolutely. When it comes
to music production, given enough time and a healthy budget, there's
little we cannot do. Just
contact us
to get a custom proposal.
How long does it take to finish a production?
Depending on our
current project load and your requirements, it typically takes anywhere
from 1 to 4 weeks. For projects that require a quick turnaround, we can
produce a song in 1 week for a nominal rush surcharge. But it's in
your best interest not to rush a production, if you want the highest
quality of work.
Where do you record?
We record at our own
studio facilities in London, UK, New York, NY, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Los Angeles, California, USA.
However, depending on your requirements, we may bring in other resources
and use other studio facilities in other cities.
If you want to work with one of our producers in person, we have
producers available in the following cities:
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Nashville, TN, USA
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New York City, NY, USA
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Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Vancouver, Canada
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London, UK
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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Riga, Latvia
What happens if I'm not happy with the production?
Unlike many other music
production services, we have put extensive safeguards into our music
production process to avoid problems with the production.
Click here to find out
more about our process, and what you can expect after
you place your order. As you will note, you can request up to 2
revisions to the work we produce for you, and your input and feedback is
sought throughout the process. In other words, if you are unhappy
with a particular piece of work, we'll do it again - at no extra charge
up to 2x - until you are happy.
Can you help me get
a record or a publishing deal?
Unfortunately, not. You may want to check out various A&R and
song placement services, e.g.:
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NOTC
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Songlink
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Taxi.com
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Cuesheet
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Kathode Ray Newsletter
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The Bandit Newsletter
But nobody can
guarantee that they can get you a record or a publishing deal.
Can you help me source music for my project?
Unfortunately, not. You need to approach music publishers
and songwriters to source music for your project.
Who owns the copyright to my song, if Ionly supply the melody and
lyrics?
You own 100% of your
song at all times. From a legal perspective, we are strictly
independent contractors who are retained to arrange your song. As such,
we do not have a legal interest in your song – even if we come up with
an instrumental arrangement, chord progression, etc. for your song.
Can you help me write music to my lyrics?
Unfortunately not. You
need to approach other songwriters to help you with music.
Do you require album
credit?
As a professional
courtesy to acknowledge the quality work our
hard-working
producers, arrangers, studio engineers, vocalists and session musicians
complete for you, we would greatly appreciate your crediting them and
our company monsterDEMOS.
What extra charges
do you have?
If you have special
requirements, e.g., mixing to Surround Sound, live performance of a
string quartet or addition of special sound effects, please
contact us
prior to placing your order for a custom quote.
How can I pay?
Click here,
for payment instructions.
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