The Waiting Game

[chidder]

Yesterday morning an old friend called from Los Angeles and recounted how earlier this month he and his band had their first real meeting with a bona fide record label. By all indications, the encounter went well and ended on a positive note with the record executive saying all good things about their music and hinting toward a time when they,

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[silver_chipmunk]

So, when you don't hear back, is it better to contact again, or not to contact again? Contacting again, on the one hand, keeps you in their mind. On the other hand, it runs the risk of making you a pest....

[chidder]

If you don't hear back, definitely reach out. The point I was trying to get across to my friend was that it had only been a couple of weeks. I'm not sure how things work in the music industry, but my guess is it's not much different from publishing, where you simply adopt the mindset that you're not going to hear anything for a month or so. (Some magazines and publishers, either online or in WRITERS MARKET, spell out how soon you should expect a reply; I've seen some of them say two or three months and more.) Today I received a response for a client's query that I sent out three weeks ago; last week I received one from three months ago.

So give it a month before you politely inquire.