For some reason, I get a lot of inquires acting like I owe artists I don't know something. That may have been so the first two months when the site was online (when i was getting 200 hits a day), but things have changed.
Based off the sheer volume of emails I get a day, I have to weed out the good from the bad.
Here are the ways you will NOT get your stuff posted on the site:1) If I see a CC list of a hundred other sites in the email
2) If all there is in the email is the mp3 file with the name of the song
3) If I see "post this" or something along those lines - and that's it.
4) If I see an email that says "Your new favorite song..." - delete
5) If I can tell it's a mass email even though the person was bright enough to hide the cc list
6) If you send the same thing over and over - PERSISTENCE DOES NOT PAY OFF with me. If this was my full time job and I cared a little more, maybe. But this is just a hobby when I get time throughout the day to make a few posts.
7) If you send me an MP3 link through twitter and/or myspace. Twitter, I just will not pay attention to. A personal myspace message is cool...it's just a matter of me forgetting to gather links from myspace messages. Send them to my email instead hiphopupdate@gmail.com
8) If you send me an email saying "check this person out..." and I can tell it's you playing it like your a fan who just found the next big thing....yourself.
************THAT'S ABOUT IT. I'll add more to that list if I think of anything.**************
how TO get your stuff on my site:1) If I know you (yes bias)
2) If you send a personalized email
3) If I've heard of you/seen your work on sites that I frequent
4) If you don't sound like an idiot in your email/message
IT'S NOT HARD PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
