You are now ready to put your promotions package together.

The most crucial part of the package is the 'demo' recording of 3 to 5 of your best songs.

With this in mind it is safe to say that finding the right recording studio for your demo is very important.

The question is, where do you start?

It always pays to research the market and shop around for the best deal that matches your needs in anything these days and finding the right recording studio is no different.

1. First of all you need to know what recording studios are out there. There are a number of ways of finding out. Compile a list of recording studios by information gathered from:

• Asking around (friends, other bands)
• Music and songwriting associations
• Music shops
• Street press
• Musicians union
• Yellow pages

• Name of recording studio
• Contact person
• Contact numbers
• Email address
• Website URL (if applicable)

• What type of studio are they?
  
• Professional?
  
• Semi-professional (do they deal with demo recordings)?
• What rates do they charge
• Hourly
• Daily
• Blockout (weekly etc)
• What other indie music bands/artists have they done?
• Do they hire out gear as part of their service?

• Explaining who you are and what you are wanting to do
• Asking them the same questions as listed above
• Finding out what would be the best time(s) to phone to confirm a booking