Calling All Long Island Bands, Musicians, and Songwriters!

Here is an exciting opportunity to have YOUR music play on other people's ipods and on our podcast shows. Long Island Podcast Network is offering free promotion of local Long Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and Bronx bands. We will play your music and list your web site all for free. It is a great marketing opportunity for your band. You simply need to give us your written permission to play your music by agreeing to the terms and conditions below.

The benefits to bands and musicians from Long Island who we play on our podcasts

• We will mention your web site address!
• We announce your next 2 gigs.
• We announce an additional web address where people can download your music for free or even buy your CD.
• All this just for your permission to play your music!

• We only accept music in MP3 format.
• MP3s must be downloaded from a web site. MP3s in email attachments will not be accepted (due to viruses).
• Due to copyright issues, we do not accept cover tunes. All music must be original compositions.
• Only full-length songs will be played. We do not accept sound clips that end halfway through the song.
• You may request a certain song to be played or leave the field below blank and allow us to choose.
• Reminder to those musicians using MySpace for MP3 downloads: Please enable MP3 downloads on your MySpace account so we can easily retrieve your music for our podcasts.

About Your Band and Contact Info
Band or Artist Name
Band or Artist Web Site
Contact Name
What LI/NY City Town are you from?
Email Address
Phone Number
About Your Music
What artists does your music resemble?
Type of Music (Genre)	Alternative Blues Country Dance Folk Hip Hop/Rap Jazz Metal R&B Rock
URL Where We Can Download Your Music:
Which Of Your Songs Would You Like Us To Play On Our Podcasts
1st choice song title
2nd choice song title
3rd choice song title
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