Getting Heard

A Hit Record

By GLENN DAVIS DOCTOR G

This is the final installment of “How To Make A Hit Record” and is a crucial element.

Now that you have the hit record in your possession, it must be heard. Global public acceptance and awareness via broadcast rotation is the final step. Once the hit record is broadcasted, there will be a snowball effect and it will appear in more places as time goes on. How big the hit record becomes depends on many factors, some of which no one has control over. Tracking sales and airplay is accomplished with a service such as SoundScan and BDS.