Daville Entertainment

10/19/2024

Be weary of people that deflect your conversations with them. Be weary of people that accuse you of doing things they are doing or have done to you and get mad at you for pointing it out to them.

07/07/2024

** MUSIC INDUSTRY NOTES **

Bottom line...If you are an independent artist, regardless of Genre, and you are looking to be signed...it comes down to one thing and one thing only. The label wants to assure ROI. That's all it is. If you can manage to sit down with an executive or an A&R, you must be able to prove ROI.

Record labels have the power to push an unknown artist into the spotlight seemingly overnight, so it's no wonder that many artists today dream of releasing music on a major label. Promoting music released on a record label will offer a few significant advantages though, such as a larger budget, "experienced" team members, rock-solid distribution networks, and long-standing relationships with publicity outlets and influencers (very important). After all, record labels are in the business of promoting records and music on ALL platforms. However, working with a label can also impose some negatives, such as not having as much creative or legal control over your music, brand and image, as well as significantly less revenue for sync deals, record sales, licensing, and streaming royalties. Because of this, many artists choose not to work with record labels at all, preferring instead to build out their own independent teams to further their music careers.

So, to begin, ask yourself...are your followers, streams, likes, plays, subscribers...are they all real? If you have 50K followers on FB and or YouTube, how many of them are actual consumers and are actual participants of your brand? How many of them engage in your movement? If a label invests in your music as an artist, they want to know that you have the real deal behind you. Labels no longer accept talent. The days of singing for somebody and they like what they here are over. You can absolutely be horrible but have a following on social media and get signed immediately. You have created your brand and solidified your numbers all on your own. The label will tag on to that and provide distribution and marketing and take from your publishing, royalties, merchandising, performances, etc. You do ALL the work and the label, A&R take the large percentages. You write, produce and perform your own material and get the shorter end of the profits.

It is a different world today with digital media, social media, YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Google, verification, web sites, local festivals, large festivals, catapult, tune core, CD Baby, etc. Everyone has their way of making money from what you have created. Nowadays everybody is a song writer, producer, has a studio, creates logos and has photoshop. It is a saturated world with all the digital platforms. Buying plays, streams, views...it's all a setup to give more than you make.

Bottom line...invest in authenticity. Your numbers must be real. Nobody has a song that has over 1 Million streams and the rest of your song have

04/24/2024

Thank you for everything! We are grateful. If you need that artist to rock your Festival, show and or concert, feel free to contact us for your musical needs. We have some of the best in each genre! Christian Ray Chamaco Rivera Ronny Mercedes Bianca Zalez Orchestra Fuego and more... Daville Entertainment
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04/22/2024

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04/19/2024

INDUSTRY FACTS:
I would like to make this a serious point. If you have an event, Festival, Concert. etc...it is absolutely your responsibility to assure that your marketing is on point. Promo, flyers, radio, social media, interviews and local sponsorship should be above reproach. You must first start with your promo flyers and banners for social media. ALL flyers should be top notch. If you do not know what you are doing, hire someone that does. Your event starts with how amazing your flyer looks. High quality pics, space enough to make it look professional and amazing. It needs to pop and stand out. When you try to do it yourself and it looks like a word document and more so like a collage then it just looks messy and unprofessional. Your flyer cannot look like a cut and paste word document. How can a sponsor take you serious and how can they post it on their website or social media. Believe it or not, it makes them look just as bad.

Also, make sure your voiceover audio promo is excellent. Hire a professional to assure it is exceptional. Your brand is everything. Your brand should be grand. And remember this point if you have not heard it already..."Your network is your net worth". Keep your contacts close and treat them with the respect they deserve. Never burn bridges and continue to build on your contacts. And always remember this, If the white paper is not right, the green paper will never be right. Have a great weekend! Daville Entertainment Tony Delavora

04/17/2024

The Legacy Continues / El Legado Continue “Tour” is now accepting dates. Contact me for availability. Info is on the flyer. Chamaco Rivera and Christian Ray are ready to rock your Festuval or Concert event.

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02/15/2024

INDUSTRY NOTES: This will be my last Industry Note post. I do these based on my almost 30 plus years of experience and I do it top help out at no cost. However, it seems sometimes I rub people the wrong way, LOL. Not sure why? Maybe truth?

An artist can and will spend thousands on recording, mixing, mastering songs, etc. Then, they think they can buy plays, likes, views, streams, followers and listeners. The seemingly easy way, LOL. Since this is my last post, I will break it down carefully for you one time.

When releasing a song on ALL digital platforms, yes you will be on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, Deezer, etc. No doubt about it. But please realize you are sitting in cyberspace. A consumer cannot find you unless they search for you on these platforms. Usually 10-20% of your followers and listeners are responsive on FB. If that is your platform for promo, you have wasted good money recording. Seriously. Your money and investment should be on marketing and public relations and some of that should even be on performances and live shows. Labels know your numbers. They have access to YouTube info, Spotify plays and streams and so on. I wont get into followers versus equaled streams or subscribers versus equaled views. Most of you do not get how much buying hurts your ability to be successful really is. If your intent is to get signed...you hurt those chances dramatically. It's fake no matter how you look at it and the labels see it.

Have you see this on your Spotify play

01/16/2024

To all my friends, family and followers: FB only allows 5,000 friends on a page. However, I do have a verified page and have no limit on Followers. Feel free to follow me if you are not doing so already and we can still communicate. Followers are unlimited and it will allow any and all feedback! Thank you for your continued support. I truly appreciate it.

01/11/2024

I do what I do for passion. Bottom line. Music is within me and amongst me. It's breathe of life for me.

I believe in quality over quantity. I'd rather have 100 REAL followers behind me than1 Million of your fake followers or fans behind you.

I believe we should not confuse activity for accomplishment. Just because we could does not mean we should.

The amazing SADE once was asked, "It's been about 5 years now, why haven't you recorded another album?". Her response was amazing..."When I have something to say, I'll record a new album".

I believe there is a difference between remaking a song and trying to remake songs to piggy back off the fame that the original artist originally created. We must ALWAYS respect the original artist and the feeling that went into the creative process of that song. It is 100% okay to remake songs. Without question. It's the motive behind remaking the song that stands to question.

I believe the music industry is 100% watered down today with far too many unexperienced artists making music that they themselves do not even understand.

Rest In Peace - Prince Rogers Nelson. There will NEVER be another you.