Album cover? Check.
Final song mixing? Check.
Perfect band name? Check.
Next task: figure out how to get your music played on All Songs Considered. How do you make that happen?
Unfortunately, casually stalking radio hosts or trying to sling shot your CD into the NPR building doesn't exactly make the best impression. Even with new fancy technology like cloud sharing and cleverly-designed USB drives, there are still some things we like to manage the simple way, like how the NPR Music team accepts music submissions to be considered for a review or feature.
With input directly from the All Songs Considered team, The Curious Listener brings you tips for how to stay on the good side of the NPR Music staff when you're submitting music for the show (but by no means a guarantee that your music will make it on air):
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