Submissions

 

Just a few Tips For Teens about submissions to IDHAS, mainly to help the artist.

We listen to everything, but if you are sending a download via the likes of Google or Dropbox, it may include folders for WAV and MP3. We are going to listen in MP3 first, but if the folder is just marked "mp3" and when opened only the song titles are tagged, we may love it, but not be able to find who it is by. We get sent so many downloads, that we tend to download in batches and listen to the music as soon as we can. PR People are most guilty of this. 

A reminder that we do not have a Spotify account. It is too late to start one now, so any artist who submits only a Spotify link will not benefit from us linking to that as we don't have Spotify followers. Secondly, without us signing up, we personally cannot listen to the song. We believe that the type of artist we cover, gets zero benefit from Spotify anyway. We want to open doors for artists, not get someone to half listen to their song once.

Also we don't do seasonal music. I think many know my opinion on Christmas music, all that forced jollity and cat sat on the mat lyrics just don't appeal in a what rhymes with snow way. The same applies to Halloween. We used to, but to be honest, there is so much mediocre stuff. There are some great seasonal songs by great artists, but when we have included them in the past, we get snotty replies when we say we don't cover seasonal songs in a well you played them manner. Also, we got inundated with songs we would never play and so it was easier to say we don't do any.

Finally, for Listening To This Week song submissions, a reminder that we don't add Covers of Live songs. Both are welcome for Album or EP Review songs. With 300 or so Playlist submissions a week being narrowed down to 30, we prefer to concentrate on new songs, not covers of old songs. 

.......and on the subject of Tips For Teens!

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