follow up with Industry folks after Rally?
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follow up with Industry folks after Rally?
Hi everyone,
After my second Road Rally last weekend, I found myself much more confident since my first one was in 2016 and I was very green then- to say the least. This time, I had more music to share and way more knowledge about production, technology, and in general, the business. I had the pleasure of handing out my cards and cd's and website to several Industry "movers and shakers" and now am wondering if a quick polite email follow up to see if they had a chance to review my music might be appropriate.
Do you think it's too soon to follow up? Is a follow up generally accepted?
Cheers,
Susan
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After my second Road Rally last weekend, I found myself much more confident since my first one was in 2016 and I was very green then- to say the least. This time, I had more music to share and way more knowledge about production, technology, and in general, the business. I had the pleasure of handing out my cards and cd's and website to several Industry "movers and shakers" and now am wondering if a quick polite email follow up to see if they had a chance to review my music might be appropriate.
Do you think it's too soon to follow up? Is a follow up generally accepted?
Cheers,
Susan
www.susanhillmanmusic.com
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Re: follow up with Industry folks after Rally?
Hey Susan, I'll chime in here, as I was a mentor at this year's Road Rally and came home toting a bag full of business cards and CD's.
I've already received a handful of emails - some as soon as the Monday after the Rally - so it's definitely not too early to reach out to people. But from personal experience, it took me a few days to get settled in back home, catch up on some music requests, and clean the house, before I was able to even respond to a single person. Even my homie Mark Himley had to wait about 3 days for me to respond to him, lol.
To top it off, I haven't had a chance yet to listen to a single CD that I came home with. I've skimmed through the SoundCloud links of people who emailed me, but haven't yet put a CD in the CD player. I'll start going through those this weekend, but it'll be a long process.
So just because it's not too early to email, it doesn't mean anyone will have listened to your music yet. Just the way it goes.
Anyway, there's a little "insider" perspective for ya! Have a great weekend!!
~~Matt
I've already received a handful of emails - some as soon as the Monday after the Rally - so it's definitely not too early to reach out to people. But from personal experience, it took me a few days to get settled in back home, catch up on some music requests, and clean the house, before I was able to even respond to a single person. Even my homie Mark Himley had to wait about 3 days for me to respond to him, lol.
To top it off, I haven't had a chance yet to listen to a single CD that I came home with. I've skimmed through the SoundCloud links of people who emailed me, but haven't yet put a CD in the CD player. I'll start going through those this weekend, but it'll be a long process.
So just because it's not too early to email, it doesn't mean anyone will have listened to your music yet. Just the way it goes.
Anyway, there's a little "insider" perspective for ya! Have a great weekend!!
~~Matt
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Re: follow up with Industry folks after Rally?
Susan,
I totally agree with Matt.
As a mentor/instructor I usually come home with 100 or more CDs/SoundCloud links. I always tell people that I'll listen to at least the first 3 songs on every CD but that it will probably take me 6 to 8 weeks to listen to them all (the CDs).... depending on my workload and family stuff with the holiday season about to kick in.
I also suggest to everyone I meet to put "TAXI RALLY" in the email subject when following up - to make sure I see it and make the Taxi connection.
Having said that, I've already had four or five emails - and - responded to them all today. So.....
In my opinion it's not too early to send an email.
deano k
I totally agree with Matt.
As a mentor/instructor I usually come home with 100 or more CDs/SoundCloud links. I always tell people that I'll listen to at least the first 3 songs on every CD but that it will probably take me 6 to 8 weeks to listen to them all (the CDs).... depending on my workload and family stuff with the holiday season about to kick in.
I also suggest to everyone I meet to put "TAXI RALLY" in the email subject when following up - to make sure I see it and make the Taxi connection.
Having said that, I've already had four or five emails - and - responded to them all today. So.....
In my opinion it's not too early to send an email.
deano k
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Re: follow up with Industry folks after Rally?
Is it too early to show up at your house with a behemoth boombox on my shoulder and blast my tracks at you as you lean out your upper floor bedroom window with a smile as if to say, "You're crazy, but I really like you" ?deankripp wrote:
In my opinion it's not too early to send an email.
Good to see you at the Rally, Dean,
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Re: follow up with Industry folks after Rally?
If you hold the boombox high above your head while blasting Peter Gabriel's song In Your Eyes....you can "Say Anything"Is it too early to show up at your house with a behemoth boombox on my shoulder and blast my tracks at you as you lean out your upper floor bedroom window with a smile as if to say, "You're crazy, but I really like you" ?
good seeing you again as well KC
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Re: follow up with Industry folks after Rally?
Hey Matt,VanderBoegh wrote:Hey Susan, I'll chime in here, as I was a mentor at this year's Road Rally and came home toting a bag full of business cards and CD's.
I've already received a handful of emails - some as soon as the Monday after the Rally - so it's definitely not too early to reach out to people. But from personal experience, it took me a few days to get settled in back home, catch up on some music requests, and clean the house, before I was able to even respond to a single person. Even my homie Mark Himley had to wait about 3 days for me to respond to him, lol.
To top it off, I haven't had a chance yet to listen to a single CD that I came home with. I've skimmed through the SoundCloud links of people who emailed me, but haven't yet put a CD in the CD player. I'll start going through those this weekend, but it'll be a long process.
So just because it's not too early to email, it doesn't mean anyone will have listened to your music yet. Just the way it goes.
Anyway, there's a little "insider" perspective for ya! Have a great weekend!!
~~Matt
I appreciate your perspective on this. Went ahead and emailed a couple of them. Susan
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