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In rare instances, a demo may end up as the final released recording of a song, as was the case with Foster the People's " Pumped Up Kicks".

The event of a demo tape appearing on eBay has happened in the past, with the recordings being leaked onto the internet. Several artists have eventually made official releases of demo versions of their songs as albums or companion pieces to albums, such as Florence and the Machine (" What the Water Gave Me", among others) and Cults on the EP Sunday Jams. Other demo versions have been unofficially released as bootleg recordings, such as The Beatles' bootleg demos and the Beach Boys' Sea of Tunes series. Demos may include as few as one or two songs or as many as would be contained on a full-length album.ĭemos are seldom heard by the public, although some artists do eventually release rough demos in compilation albums or box sets, such as the album Demolicious by Green Day.

The demos may allow the artist to provide sketches for sharing ideas with bandmates, or to explore several alternate versions of a song, or to quickly record many proto-songs before deciding which ones merit further development. Many signed bands and artists record demos of new songs before recording an album. However, large record labels usually ignore unsolicited demos that are sent to them by mail artists generally must be more creative about getting the demos into the hands of the people who make decisions for the record company. These demos are usually sent to record labels in hopes that the artist will be signed onto the label's roster and allowed to record a full-length album in a professional recording studio. Many unsigned bands and artists record demos in order to obtain a recording contract. Both Elton John and Donovan gained studio experience early in their careers by recording publishers' demos for other artists since their managers also handled music publishing, as did Garth Brooks, who was so impressed when recording the demo of " Friends in Low Places" that he asked to release the song himself. Songwriters' and publishers' demos are recorded with minimal instrumentation, usually just an acoustic guitar or piano and the vocals. Demos are typically recorded on relatively crude equipment such as "boom box" cassette recorders, small four- or eight-track machines, or on personal computers with audio recording software.