7 best places for submitting indie music in 2021
In an effort to keep the thorny process of music submission as simple and productive as possible, we here outline the best places for submitting indie music 2021.
Guest post from Disctopia
Getting your music to the right audience does not have to be complicated if you know the best places to submit indie music. You don’t have to join the long list of indie artists that clog the emails, music blogs, influencers and journalists with unsolicited emails.
There’s a lot of music released per second, and it’s becoming noisy out there. Your prospective fans will not distinguish your music from the noise. To save you stress and help you get it right from the onset, we’ve compiled a list of the best outlets to submit indie music.
Joseph O Connell of Elephant Micah Talks Climate Change, Bears, and the 2006 Alaskan Tour That Changed Everything
Elephant Micah:
Vague Tidings  | [Western Vinyl; Friday, Apr. 9]
Durhamâs Hillandale Golf Course is dotted with pine and dogwood trees. Though a little less buttoned-up than some courses, itâs still a place people go to play golfâmanicured, with shocks of bright green grassâso I was surprised when Joseph OâConnell suggested we meet there to talk. OâConnell, who performs as underground folk act Elephant Micah, was on the cusp of a new release. Vague Tidings, out April 9 on Western Vinyl, is a starry panorama of unease and the Alaskan wilderness.
Yazz Ahmed –
La Saboteuse (Naim): “Bahraini-British performer, Yazz Ahmed, is transforming what jazz means in 2017. This trumpet and flugelhorn-playing artist has worked with Radiohead and These New Puritans, experiments with electronic effects, and combines sounds from her shared heritage to author a new narrative for the genre. Part of the new wave of artists credited with stirring up the sound, including Kamasi Washington, Yussef Kamaal, Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming, Yazz Ahmed is thrilled by the possibilities of making something new. “I feel like I’m a part of modernising jazz and connecting it with audiences today,” Yazz says. “It’s exciting.” (https://yazzahmed.bandcamp.com/album/la-saboteuse-2) The full release is now available and the mixes and performances are quite wonderful throughout. Click here to listen to several songs from this exceptional blend.
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