Sunday, March 16, 2014

***MUSIC SUBMISSION GUIDELINES***

***MUSIC SUBMISSION GUIDELINES***

(PLEASE READ COMPLETELY!)

BROADCAST ASYLUM RADIO is a privately funded & operated streaming radio station. Broadcast Asylum Radio does NOT have sponsors (No Ads or Commercials)  & does NOT receive compensation in ANY form...for ANYTHING! This allows us to play and promote the artists and genre(s) that we enjoy.

Due to our commitment to the true "Indie" AND Unsigned Artists we only accept submissions from the artists/bands themselves. We do NOT accept submissions from "signed" (under contract) bands/artists, or from managers, promoters, agents, label reps, etc...

**BA RADIO CONTENT MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT/LYRICS AND THEREFORE ONLY PROMOTES BANDS/ARTISTS OVER THE AGE OF 18 (NO EXCEPTIONS)!**

*We receive DOZENS of submissions per week...PLEASE do NOT ask us to go "check out your site," "check out our music/video on Sound Cloud, Reverb or You Tube", etc ...) please put effort into a submission if your music is within our genre set.** 

The Artists/Bands must SUBMIT their music to us...via email.

1) WE CURRENTLY ONLY ACCEPT EMAIL SUBMISSIONS of MP3's
Please send the email with "MUSIC SUBMISSION" in the subject line otherwise our mail server will flag it "spam."

Mail to:

music@BroadcastAsylum.com

2) MP3's must be "CD quality" & fully "ID3 Tagged" for our Broadcast Software to read & play it. (Please GOOGLE it if you don't know how to ID3 Tag)

3) Please DO NOT email more than two (2) MP3's.

4) Please include your One-Sheet.

5) If Submissions are Accepted, (when Bands/Artists are notified of AirPlay) we do ask each Band/Artist to record & email a Station ID and/or Song Introduction with the Band/Artist name (using "Broadcast Asylum Radio") in the Station & Song ID in MP3 or .wav format.

Submit Tracks to:


**If Submissions are Accepted for Air-Play, Bands/Artists will be notified by email

(SUBMITTING MUSIC DOES NOT GUARANTEE AIRPLAY ON BA RADIO)


We listen to EVERY submission that adheres to the guidelines!

We ONLY play and promote the following Indie genres:

- "Classic" Style Rock
- Metal
- Electric Blues
- Southern Rock

*IT IS AT OUR DISCRETION, BUT, WE CURRENTLY PROMOTE BANDS WITH VOCALS & DO NOT PLAY COVERS*

**Please do NOT keep emailing or messaging us regarding airplay!

**A "LIKE" or "FRIENDSHIP" on Facebook or a "FOLLOW" on Twitter does not infer airplay.


LEGAL NOTICE

HERE'S SOME IMPORTANT STUFF OUR OVERLY CAUTIOUS LAWYERS MADE US POST

By submitting your music to Broadcast Asylum Radio you warrant and represent that you own and/or control all copyrights in your submitted master recordings and all publishing rights in the underlying compositions. Your submission of music to Broadcast Asylum Radio constitutes your express and irrevocable grant of non-exclusive royalty-free license to BroadcastAsylum to broadcast and rebroadcast your music in any and all media and in Broadcast Asylum Radio's sole discretion. You recognize and agree that you shall not be entitled to payment or royalties of any kind (including but not limited to any and all statutorily required payments for public performance or otherwise) for Broadcast Asylum Radio's broadcasting and re-broadcasting of your music in any and all media. It is agreed that the consideration of exposure to Broadcast Asylum's audience by virtue of said broadcasting and re-broadcasting is sufficient and fair. Broadcast Asylum Radio will NEVER use your music for anything other than promoting you! It is further understood and agreed that you shall indemnify and defend Broadcast Asylum Radio, its owners, members, employees, volunteers, agents and assigns from any and all liability emanating from a breach of the representations, warranties and agreements in the above paragraph.

YOUR SUBMISSION OF MUSIC TO BROADCAST ASYLUM RADIO CONSTITUTES YOUR EXPRESS AGREEMENT TO THE ABOVE TERMS.

**Failure to follow ALL of these guidelines will result in your submission being deleted or discarded before being reviewed**




EMAIL SUBMISSIONS:


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BROADCAST ASYLUM RADIO
Chicago, Illinois
U.S.A.