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We made demos of those early songs that we recorded in our guitarist's bedroom with just a reel-to-reel tape, and we sent those to…

— Ron Mael

Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just…

— George Michael

It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as your band,…

— Ben Gibbard

Jimmy Iovine has been telling me since 2012 that I needed to start my own label with my own artists. This was when he…

— Mike Will Made It

I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted…

— Brian McKnight

My best friend from college engineered my record. He and I keep in touch on just a purely one-music-fan-to-another basis.

— Charlie Worsham

It takes so many people to make a success story like that. It starts with the song and the songwriters, then Mark Wright's producing,…

— Lee Ann Womack

Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

— Beck

Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their…

— Bruce Johnston

We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing,…

— Benmont Tench

We didn't have that big-label push. We weren't the kind of band that our label Warner Bros. Records was going to throw all this…

— Wayne Static

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne