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Net Rhythms, 54 Boileau Road, London SW13 9BL
NOTE TO ARTISTS, VENUES, LABELS & PR COMPANIES - it is very important that you read this advice before submitting CDs
NetRhythms focuses on folk, blues, acoustic music, singer-songwriters and Americana acts with their own website
Unfortunately we don't have time to go to musicians' websites or MySpace to listen to MP3s,
answer requests or comment personally on demos - or any other music sent to us.
Acts out there from America, Canada, Australia etc without a label or distribution in the UK (and that doesn't mean Amazon, CD Baby nor iTunes), we are only likely to review your Music if you have a UK Tour planned around its promotion in the UK - and give have given us enough time to work its way through the reviewing system.
We are now receiving so many albums from unsigned, own and small label acts that we can't possibly listen to them all - let alone review them. If you are amongst this group, don't be down-hearted, keep working away and your time will surely come. Remember that in the long run it is your fans who will make it happen for you.
MUSICIANS' TOURS LISTINGS
We ONLY list Tours (not individual gigs) of those artists whose albums we have reviewed - even then there's no guarantee that we will be able to list them. Our time is limited. We apologise that we haven't time to make exceptions.
SUBMITTING INFORMATION FOR YOUR VENUE TO BE LISTED IN OUR "LINKS" SECTION
We need the following information: the name of the venue, the venue's website and/or MySpace Link, a couple of sentences about the club's music policy and frequency of events held (ie Sundays twice a month, every night, Thursdays once a month etc). Your booking policy needs to include top folk and acoustic acts on tour - 50 per cent of whom should have albums already reviewed on NetRhythms.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot publish your music programme.
Advice to musicians starting out in the music business
If the public can't find a Link from which to buy your CD, find your gig dates and learn more about your act, there's no point us including it on NetRhythms. Do yourself a favour NOW if you are under the radar of the mainstream music biz. It is vital to make sure you have everything in place: an up to date website or myspace, the album, album availability (mailorder via your website or a Distribution deal), mailing list (the fan base), UK gigs or tour to promote the album.
Sue Cavendish
As a music manager specialising in acoustic music, Sue served on the Council of the Music Managers Forum.
She was a founding member of the New Acoustic Movement (together with Bob Paterson, Terry O'Brien and Tony Moore)
and has liaised with those involved with most aspects of the music industry.
Sue is no longer a music manager, devoting her time now to NetRhythms which supports,
via the internet, the best songwriters and acoustic music.
Net Rhythms aims to be supportive of songwriters and music and musicians under the radar of the media mainstream.
We provide links to those involved with the very best roots music:
Singer-songwriters, Americana, Folk, Blues, Acoustic Music & Classic Rock
- and we list Tour dates of those acts whose albums we've reviewed.
You won't find bad reviews on NetRhythms because we want you to know about the good stuff.
If we don't like it, we ain't gonna include it!
We can't be bribed - however we've been known to accept coffee and cake!