Submission Steps
- Personalize the email address you are submitting to: “Dear No Limit East…”
- Add a personal touch by ending the message with your real first name (not artist name)
- Include a private SoundCloud link to the demo, preferably mentioning the label you’re submitting to somewhere in the title or playlist - next best option is Dropbox, and try not to use Google Drive as that is often the least preferred
- [If reaching out for the first time] Make a very quick intro and include some of your recent career wins (recent show, recent release on ‘x’ label) but do not tell your whole life story - the recipient should be able to pick up on your branding across any of your platforms already
- [If not reaching out for the first time] Skip the introduction or leave a light reminder of who you are
- [If you are a new artist with no wins] Let your music do most of the talking - at the very least, do your best to start some kind of following on social media, SoundCloud, and Spotify that you can mention
- State if the demo is unmastered or self-mastered in the track title within parentheses, otherwise it is assumed the demo is professionally mastered already
- Use standard language for different versions of a mix: (Original Mix), (Radio Mix/Streaming Mix), (Extended Mix)
- Be clear when trying to use the “this demo sounds like your style”/”similar to your past release ____” angle and offer specific examples to persuade
- [If solicited] Use everyday language with a recipient you’ve made a real-life connection with already
DON’T:
- Give a generic introduction without specifying the recipient: “To whom it may concern…”
- Spell the recipient label/person’s name wrong or address the wrong label/person
- Use messy formatting, i.e. links all over the place, run-on sentences, reader doesn’t know what they’re looking at
- Use unprofessional messaging, i.e. emojis, smiley faces, etc
- Leave only a hyperlink with no additional information in the email body
- Send the same demo email to multiple recipients (everyone can see who you’ve sent it to)
- Send a dead link
- Forget to put contact info/social media buttons/linktree in your Email signature
- Include a link that requires permission
- Send multiple emails of individual demos at once when one private playlist in one email will suffice
- Send the same SoundCloud private link to more than one label - 55 plays on a private link leaves a bad impression and implies that a ton of people have heard and rejected it already
So you are ready to contact No Limit East:
Mail: KLM Enterprises Services LLC
Attn: No Limit Forever East
Post Office Box 140572
Kansas City, MO 64114
Email: nine@nolimiteast.us
Please, send in mp3 format. Include Name of artist(s), Label(s), Producer(s), Composer(s) involved with track.
You may add any press or 1 sheets.
Submission can be sent via dropbox only.
Click to use dropbox.com
Please, read our submission policy for any questions/clarification. Thanks
