What should unsigned bands do to prepare themselves to get signed?
That’s different in every situation. I think they need to play a lot. They need to start acquiring an audience. They need to be really good at what they do. And they need to have confidence in what they do. It’s not always the best bands that get signed. It’s the confident bands, the bands that feel that they should get signed, that get signed. A lot of the best bands that you see or hear never get signed, or never sell a single record, because they don’t sell themselves properly. I think you have to be willing to not take no for an answer if you believe in yourself enough. I don’t think the package is the most important thing. I get these fancy, shiny, glossy packages from bands with a DVD and a this and a that. I don’t look at any of that. I don’t have time. I have a hard time even listening to packages period. All I want to know is if I put in the music, am I going to like it? My personal opinion is that it doesn’t have to be the most high-tech, fabulous recording either. I think th
