But Angelil got his wife to record a demo.

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She encourages him to record a demo.

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She loves his songs and encourages him to make a demo record, become famous and win back his girlfriend.

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Naturally, this shouldn't be your go-to mic if you're looking to do more than Skype or record a quick demo while on the road.

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Historically, discovering new artists was an incredibly inefficient process, which required artists to send demo tapes to record producers and then audition in person.

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In 1962, after two years spent hawking their demo tapes around reluctant record companies who said that guitar groups were finished, he got the Beatles their first big deal.

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But when Mr. Gordy heard the demo, he wanted Mr. Robinson to record it instead.

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The demo that we saw showed the ability to record live content through the cameras, and playback through any 3D TV.

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Chalk up another great advance in the music industry to the record labels, who are already paid plenty to reject artists who submit demo tapes for free.

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