Getting Signed with Nick Garcia

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.