Send Your Music to Phantom Circuit
Submissions are welcome
Phantom Circuit welcomes music submissions from creators and labels who think their music may fit into this very unusual show. It's quite eclectic, so don't fret if you're not sure, just be aware that Phantom Circuit is particularly keen to play music that is evocative and out of the ordinary. Of course, if you listen to the show you will gain a better idea of what it's all about.
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How to submit your music
It's so very, very easy to send music to Phantom Circuit but please read this section carefully. Submissions are only considered when this very simple method has been followed!
- The audio files must be in MP3 format and they must, of course, be correctly tagged to show artists, track titles and album title.
- Send a link for the complete album/EP (not for each individual track!) to submissions@phantomcircuit.com.
That's pretty darn easy, isn't it? I look forward to hearing your music. Thanks!
Some quick notes about the submissions email address
- If you're sending links to several releases at once, I don't mind whether these go in one email or several. Either is fine. 👍
- Please do not use this email address for any other purpose than music submissions (and any relevant follow-up correspondence). Please see the contact page for a general-purpose address. Thanks.
… and about file-sharing services
Most submissions link to a music site such as Bandcamp (well, actually—to Bandcamp!) but if your files are hosted at a general file-sharing site, that's fine too. Free and easy file-transfer sites include SwissTransfer and WeTransfer.
If you must use Google (a sometimes clunky choice), make sure that the page that you link to works without the requirement to log in.
Soundcloud is not a suitable site for file transfer.
Your Questions Answered
"Will my music be played?"... "How can I find out when my music has been played?"... Please see the FAQ page.
Permission to play
When you submit music to Phantom Circuit, you are giving permission for that music to be included in editions over the Web, radio, podcast or other platforms it may use, with no consequent payment required from you to Phantom Circuit nor from Phantom Circuit to you.
When a platform used by the show collects playlist information for their own royalty payment arrangements, Phantom Circuit endeavours to supply this information to assist but has no financial interest or obligation in such arrangements.
How invalid submissions are handled
This probably will not apply to anyone who has had the courtesy to read this page (thanks!), but for the record…
The submissions process could not be more obvious, simple, convenient or easy to find, so it is then up to submitters to make some effort too. If you are not willing to send a link to a set of correctly tagged MP3s (surely that is easy enough?), please do not contact the show about your release. Due to repeated lack of co-operation and consideration from a sizeable minority, I regret to say that it is now necessary to block email addresses that are used for invalid submissions. This is necessary because I have found over the years that one invalid submission from an address is almost inevitably followed by more, no matter what I may write.
If you think your emails have been blocked, you are most welcome to start afresh by sending valid submissions from a different email address. I think that is more than fair.