Releasing on the right label can change your career. But most producers send demos and sign contracts without knowing how the other side works. In this free 2-hour workshop at our San Francisco campus, Nick Garcia of Insomniac Music Group takes you behind the A&R desk to show how labels really operate, from your first demo to your first royalty statement.

Workshop Topics:

• Deciding whether you need a label
• Getting on a label's radar and what A&Rs look for in a demo
• Delivering release-ready mixes and premasters
• Reading a release agreement and which terms to push back on
• How labels handle DSP pitching, DJ promo, and social rollouts
• Understanding your royalty statements

About Your Instructor:
Nick Garcia is an A&R, label manager, and audio engineer based in Los Angeles. At Insomniac Music Group, he runs the Factory 93 and Dreamstate labels and helps artists workshop their music. A Berklee graduate, Nick spent 2014 to 2019 as the in-house engineer for Grammy-winning producer Sharam Tayebi of Deep Dish. He has presented at Berklee, TEDx Beacon Street, and IO Music Academy.