You're thinking about demos wrong

[@hhdhpublic]

For an old, now defunct, project of mine I got several releases and it all begun with me handing out my demo out to big names in the scene on tape at a show. This was back when bandcamp and soundcloud didn't exist but of course even then there were websites you could upload mp3s to but I chose tape because to me it meant that I put actual effort and thought to it instead of just shitting up some mp3 in my bedroom in an evening. As for whether something is a demo or an ep, well, as you probably know it really depends on a genre, especially when talking about production quality and all that. I own a lot of full lenghts, 7 inches and such where the production quality or quality of the bands performance wouldn't pass even for a demo in a lot of scenes but for the genre the band is operating in it's normal. On other hand when it comes to selling or buying demos I am personally rather okay with it although then it's scene dependent too. It's all really dependent on the genre and the scene really and more than anything I think if a person is starting a project they need to figure out how the genre theyre working in operates so they can work properly within the genre and the scene.

[@heyramencho]

ayyyy sick back yard

[@truecultrecords]

Our boi in the backyard spilling facts. That being said, when you are into the truly heinous black metal and dungeon stuff that I am into, sometimes demos are the cool thing. Even if its really an EP named a "demo" for cool guy corpse paint points, so you are still right.

[@bloodfirejeff]

@@truecultrecords I have noticed that’s a popular thing amongst our scene and I’ve never quite understood it. I get releasing and sharing to get the word out and promote, but you lose me when you want $8 for it!