Indie labels accepting demos: free finder

How the indie label finder works

Each row above is a real entry from our record label database, pulled live when you pick a genre. You see the label name, country, genres, followers, the date of its last release and where it takes demos. The first five rows come with the full email, free to use. A label domain like drumcode.se tells you more than a Gmail address: it is the label's own inbox, not a side project.

The database has 12,543 labels. Techno has 2,710 labels, house 2,627 and deep and organic house 1,755. Counts in the genre menu update every day.

Which labels actually accept demos

Look at two fields before you send anything. Last release tells you if the label is alive. A label that released this month is listening. A label that has not released in two years probably is not. Demos to tells you the door. "Demo inbox" means a dedicated address for submissions. "Main contact" means the label's general inbox, which is fine for small and mid-size labels that do not run a separate demo address.

Then open the label's last few releases. If your track would sit well next to them, pitch. If not, skip. Labels say no to good tracks every day because they do not fit the catalogue.

How to send a demo to a record label

One track per email, or two at most. Use a private SoundCloud link with downloads off, or a private stream on a service the label already uses. Subject line: artist name, track title, genre and BPM. In the body, say which of their releases your track sits next to and why. Keep it to four or five lines.

Send to each label on its own. Never put fifty labels in one To field. Wait two to three weeks before a follow-up, and send only one. If a label passes, thank them and send your next track in a few months. Many signings come from the second or third demo.

Independent labels by genre

Each genre page shows live examples of independent labels in that genre, with notes on what those labels look for in a demo.

Free preview vs the full list

The preview gives you five labels per filter with full emails, free. The full file has every label in the genre with the full email, demo inbox type, website, profile links, country, city, followers, last release, Beatport chart entries and the date each email last passed verification. Buy one genre, the full file, or get a fresh file every month with the Genre Pass. Everything is in our full list of record labels accepting demos.