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 programme.
The show is quite eclectic, so don't fret if you're not sure, but bear in mind 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… and after all, just as you want people to listen to your music, other musicians want you to listen to theirs! The best musicians are most often the best listeners.
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How to submit your music
The submissions process has been made as easy as possible for you. Please read this section carefully.
Required audio format: MP3 (or M4a) only.
Your MP3s must be correctly tagged with the artist(s), track titles, track numbers, album title and year of release.
- If your link goes to an album page on Bandcamp, the site will have automatically tagged the MP3s for you.
- For links that go to a site other than Bandcamp, please confirm in your email that the audio files are tagged MP3s.
- If you don’t know what MP3 tags are, see this article.
- Don’t be one of those maniacs who add the track number to the track name field. Think what you’re doing. 😄
Send a link for the complete album/EP (not for each individual track!) to this address (which is for music submissions only).
Notes 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, as long as you follow the guidance that is given above. Free file hosting sites include SwissTransfer.
Google is not recommended as a download source. This is due to repeated problems with downloads from Google (e.g. accounts having been set to private, logging into a Google account being required, Google slowly “preparing” downloads…) and there just isn’t enough time to be mucked about like that.
Soundcloud is not a suitable site for file transfer, so do not send links to it.
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.