I Tried to Get Signed to a Record Label... Here's What Happened 

I'm enjoying your transition to EDM. Welcome to the gang, boss 👀

massive bro congrats

Congratulations! 🎉 Well deserved man! Being signed is amazing once you get used to it, the pro music business got a cheat sheet 😎🎧

The track at 4:00 is the way forward. Keep it vibing, add different textures and layers, and make it so the listener can go on a listening journey.

Very encouraging video. Excited for more content!

The feeling of your first release is just something els. Congrat!

Congratulations!! I think it helps that you have a large following on social media for sure

yo what is that thing you enable on gmail that you were talking about at 5:20 ??? I'd love to have that as well

For the last 10 years I still have to ask this same question though, Why would you want to sign to a label???

your awesome man ! so helpful Im about to do the same for the first time , really appreciate your content ,

Absolutely love these tracks, these would sound even better with some vocals, i would definitely listen without, but more likely to go viral with more vocals Much love, been following you couple years now, you really opened my eyes with what is possible as a producer🔥

Congratulations Ocean, this is great news and a good achievement.

I always thought of you transforming into dance music😅❤

Congratulations. Great video.

Good luck you got this!

I just sent songs to labels and just gor my first song signed to an label which is releasing 1st of November (its a pretty big label)

Pretty dope that 3rd track!

can u show around bangcook?

What an absolute G

3:15 thats harddd af

2:36 I feel the exact same way 😭

I will never sign to a label...

where could we get the label contact sheet ocean? :) 👀

3:30 I need that sample 🔥🔥

Hey Ocean! I emailed you to ask if you can make some melody for my acapella french song, I never got an answer... Serious inquiry from NYC. Work for hire

As u said, everything sounds good on paper.

Jesus saves!!! By Grace through faith we are saved

ADE is a waste of time bro🤦‍♂️ so many daddys son🤬 and to br honest the label you mention only mainly works with influencers! Not credible anymore as BIG label! There are smaller label that do ton of streams! And they believe on the artists! Music industry is 95% smoke mate! This is the true and money talk!

i got paid by UMG before. One of their artists found one of my beats on RU-vid and they wanted the exclusive rights to it. I sold 100% of those exclusive rights to them for $2000 and it took almost 7 months to get my payment… that was fucking annoying… but yeah…Good luck with that contract Ocean!

Sounds like dragging and dropping Logic Loops not gonna lie. Still makes me think of Timberlands advice to you....

whats the deal with the mic ocean the quality been going down each video

Dope to see you pursue music as an artist!🔥 And have you considered the VSX headphones for mixing? They’re amazing

A quick look at the labels you sent your demos to it seems that your music is quite a way off for what some of these labels ate looking for. As great as a producer that you are you can actually hear that you lack deeper experience and understanding in certain house genres. None of what you showed here I would ever send to the famous Drumcode label for instance, it's just not techno enough and a waste of time. To understand what that label needs you need to understand where it's coming from and I suggest you start by listening to some Adam Beyer records from the nineties. This guy and his label basically popularized the rolling kick that's signature of the techno sound. To even get a better understanding of what these labels need I suggest you take the train/plane to Berlin after ADE and visit famous clubs like Berghain and Tresor, feel the atmosphere, and maybe THEN you start to understand what to make for this label. In conclusion Having been an A&R manager of 5 house labels myself, I'm convinced that your bird shot approach of just spamming to major house labels and see what sticks is a complete waste of time. If you're lacking the personal connections then it becomes all the more important to do your homework properly for a label and actually be a genuine fan.

Sad to say that's not true. As a "Dance" music producer myself, any of the Big three will shaft you the same as a rapper. The way to do it if you wanna go that route is use a publisher. If you wanna be a Producer/DJ in Dance music, you need to find the record labels that aren't massive, but will give you the exposure you need, and also support you as an artist. I have music coming out on a new underground DnB label and they've already sorted me out multiple gigs to get my name out there.

Congrats on getting your track signed! Once you release on a label a ton more would come. One advice, when sending demos to labels, instead of putting (Demo) on the tittle u should put (Label name). It looks more personal. Good luck!

So what was the label mate?????

If they only sign your TRACK(S), you're not signed to the label per-se

Thanks for the inspiring video. What did the gmail tool show you? Were there emails that were never opened?

4:03 is a BANGER

To answer that "5 minute beat thing", music works the same way as conversation. When having a conversation , just like when listening to music , our brain waves start to align based on how focused, how much we "relate", and how long the conversation lasts. When you spend a hours on music, beats especially, you run the risk of making it more like a specialized, in depth conversation so to speak. When you spend 5 minutes it's more "vague" allowing more people to "understand" the conversation your having musically.

Looking forward to your next video of “How to get out of a crappy record deal” 😂

ur not the only one. i spent months on a beat I wanted on my album. everyone loves the type beats and not those

Going to ADE as well later this year!

Step one gain clout music is a business. You could have all the talent in the world but if you have no following they will not sign you:)

your mic is backwards

Hey, where did you get that spreadsheet with the a&r's?👀

Ocean love these new vids man congrats on getting interest from labels 🙏 Would you consider doing a 30 min vid about producing house/edm for people that started with trap beats? I especially struggle with structure, stuff like effective risers, downlifters, shakers and just good movement in general. Way more difficult than rap to keep the listener invested.

Super cool! If you only sent one track to each label how did you decide which track to send

sample sound like the first Apple Loop I ever used lol

4:00 go craaazy

Damn! Nice tunes

Go see when DEADMAU5 go Live and listen to music. . I seen him sign artists right there and don't give a sh1t 😅

You got this ocean! I believed in you since day one of the channel!

well done gratz you bought the ticket - now take the ride

you should stick with hip hop... and for any beginner watching this - AR will ALWAYS look at your social media so if you are trying to compare your 1-1k subs with his nearly half a mil subs... don't. He will always have more chance of winning.

the „timing not being right“ is also just another way for a label to say they’re not interested btw

Ocean artist era let's goooo

that first track you're showing us sounds really good, I would totally play that in a ukg/2step set

Sample is Blue Lights by Jorja Smith - Similar to Subjoi, Flashing Lights I think?

u be sending emails like those ppl who charges u 50 bucks for fake placement

No way any of those shit got signed sorry bro, ive tbh it sound 💩, i prefer ur hiphop producer skills

I like this guy. Subscribed!

Gratzz! Love the transition to house music. So when is the track gettin released?

I love that for you Ocean. Keep on soaring hugher. My mum tells me the sky ain't the limit so keep on aiming higher. 😊🤗

Leeets fuckin goo Ocean, your music speaks for itself. No surprise that you find success. Dope video man

Now they have ai n won’t need anyone that doesn’t have 492k followers

Congratulations Ocean 🎉😊

This EDM transition so important. Edm industry is producer first as artists rather than service providers it makes my heart happy when people do this.

What's the name of the Gmail tracking tool?

Chat gpt is genius💯❤️

Huhuu nice! congrats! hope you have a good catch with the label and we can soon hear some more sweet and bouncy tunes like these in this video 😊😊

Any EDM producer looking for a rapper hit me up 😊😊😊

yea man your tracks are 🔥 using the plugin span is your best friend at getting a good mix, visually it helps so much

how's that gmail add-on called again?

Still prefer your drill/trap beats.

Man that’s awesome. Congratulations 🎉❤

Beautiful video as always❤️

HUGE! Even more HUGE with the surprise at the end.

man love to see your evolution in music. these dance tracks you've been making are really good

👏👏

Cheers dude! Keep going!

Ditch the rap and go to edm

This is huge bruh make it happen 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

So these DJs playing arenas didn’t make the songs?

What is the email tool?

ok so you will be making a bit of cash from the track that got signed, its true what your saying I can't really remember what you started of saying now but its true I have had two different types of opportunities with the uk label called polypor records with the A&R called ben palmer he's know longer there my second opportunity was with my own instrumental productions and what he said was they are good but the will not know how to market it because at the time a lot of what they call urban music was very new at the time. The other opportunity which I had I got turned down because I was asked if I could make uk garage I said no but you guys can teach me I never got a call back

yessssir i prod trap but ive been trying to prod edm more recently too. EDM is soooo much more better and harder to prod no one can disagree with that tbh

Hey bro you looking for vocalists?

ive never heard melodic club tracks like this. definitely says like you've found your sound

Congrats. You have to leverage your 500k subs channel in the cold email, it will probably get a better response rate

EDM gang rise up!!!! Been in the game since 2008! 😊😊😊

whats the name of this email tracking thing?

congratulations on the progress! welcome to the EDM scene brotha!

I was at ADE last year. Pretty sick event dude

It would surprise me if it was used as a sample but the bass reminded me of cluekid hovercraft

that sample came from smwhre i dont know kkkk

To make this challenge more real you should make a new SC page to simulate new artist

Hey bro have you ever thought about using pinknoise to use to mix down with?

Whoah .. Ocean where's the dreadlocks??😊

Fantabulous! I'm delighted to hear the news about your connection to a recording label.