If you have music that you’d like me to consider, bring it on! When you submit music, you are giving me permission to add it to my radio playlist and feature it on my weekly podcast, in exchange for always giving you credit. You retain full ownership and control of the music. Here is how to get music to me:

1) Put it up on Mevio Music Alley (formerly known as the Podsafe Music Network) and letting me know it’s there. This is the best option since other broadcasters will have access to it as well.

2) Send me a link to a download.

3) Send me a CD. Send me and email to let me know it is coming, and ship to:
Indie Music Sampler
P.O. Box 3173
Hillsboro, OR. 97123-3173 USA

4) You can attach one MP3 at a time to an email addressed to paul@indiemusicsampler.com.

5) If that doesn’t work, send your file to paul@indiemusicsampler.com via TransferBigFiles.com – it is free and easy. Be sure to send me an email so I know what it is.

Got questions?

You might wonder if you give me permission to play your music, how I will use it, and if listeners can steal it. Your music will be used in two ways:

1) I will add it to the playlist on my Internet radio station. This station, like conventional radio, plays in real time. You can’t pause it or fast-forward through it – it just plays. It requires a real-time connection to the Internet. However, the Internet is getting more and more portable and I believe this is the music-delivery vehicle of the future.

2) I produce a weekly 30 minute podcast featuring the music I’m adding to the radio playlist. A podcast is nothing more than a single mp3 file hosted on the Internet. People can listen to it by clicking the play button on my website, downloading from my website, or having each program automatically delivered to their ipod or similar device. It is designed to be portable. No Internet connectivity is required. It can be played, paused, repeated just like a cassette tape. Your song will be a part of the large file people can download and listen to.

The agreement between you and me is simple. I will play your music and give you credit for it. That credit is both verbal and written in the podcast, and written only on the radio stream. I will not pay you a licensing fee or royalties. You retain ownership and full control.

Are you concerned my listeners will steal your music? It is possible for someone to electronically edit my podcast and lift your song from it. That’s a lot of work for one song. If they like the song that much, it is easier for them to buy it on CD Baby, iTunes or eMusic. Just as it is possible to record from a regular radio station, someone could record my station and lift out your song. People just don’t do that. Sure, some will, but the number is very small.

iTunes and Amazon have both figured out that if the music is easily available (mp3 not DRM’ed junk) people will buy it gladly. People don’t want to be crooks. They believe artists should be paid.

Have I answered your questions? If not, get in touch with me. The future is here and I’m happy to help people with it.