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Our good friends over at “In The Basement Music” are affiliated with MTV and they are looking for music for upcoming programs on MTV, VH-1 and Fox Television. They asked us to reach out to you and see if you are interested in submitting a hard copy of any music that you currently have.....
Please send all submissions to:

In The Basement Music, LLC

Attn: Scott Speed, Music Director

PO Box 158

Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Here is more info on the company and what they are looking for...



In The Basmement Music, LLC, is a music supervision, music library and publishing company which is currently seeking original music for upcoming programs on MTV, VH-1 and Fox Television.



Some of the styles we’re looking for include:

• Great hip-hop beat tracks. Any style, vocals and non-vocals.

• Killer rock and alt indie tracks. From angst ridden emo and teen punk to balls to the wall hard rock and death metal.

• Hard rock/hip hop crossover, ie., Rage Against The Machine.

• Cute kitschy-quirky comedic tracks, ie., old school Bugs Bunny.

• Techno, dance/club, anything that can crank up the energy on the dance floor or the red carpet.

• Great acoustic and light rock music that’ll lift you up or make you cry your eyes out. ie., Colbie Caillat, Norah Jones, Feist, Fiona Apple.

• Film-score oriented music, full blown orchestral arrangements, dark electronic ambient music, dramatic underscore, etc. ie., John Willams, Sigur Ros, Radiohead.

• And anything else not listed here…jazz, country, latin, reggaeton, 60’s lounge music, and the list goes on. We don’t care if it’s hardcore West Coast techno-polka, if it’s good we wanna hear it.



Here’s some guidelines for submissions, this will save us both a lot of time down the road:

• All music submitted must be 100% sample free, original music…absolutely no exceptions! Any remix cd’s or tracks with samples in it will go right in the trash no matter how great they may be. Nothing personal, but ya gotta respect the copyright laws.

• All music copyrights for writer’s and publisher’s share must be fully cleared for use.

• If you’re sending vocal tracks of any style, please include instrumental versions as well.

• For vocals tracks that are rated “R”, please include clean versions or we probably can’t use them.

• Please have hard outs on your music tracks (natural endings, or ending on a downbeat). In other words, don’t end the song in the middle of a note and avoid fade outs if possible, it drives the editors nuts.

• Include all your contact info, email, phone, fax, website (if you have one), performing rights organization if you joined one (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) and track names in order…definitely need the track names! And type that **** up, the only person who can read your sharpie chicken scratch is you…

• If possible, send your tracks as aif or wav files on cd or dvd, not audio cd’s. To make our lives easier, you can even include artist and track names on the actual files (ie., 01. DJ Nat – Dirty South.aif).



Send me everything you have that’s ready for air…we need tons of music so don’t be shy. And save your money…USPS is fine, and we honestly don’t need glossy pics of your band, bio sheets, and all that stuff. If ya have a MySpace page, we’ll see all that anyway. Just send us your music and make sure to include all your contact info.



And finally, don’t procrastinate…don’t overthink it…don’t second guess your talent…and don’t spend two months trying to re-master your entire catalog. Just follow the guidelines, drop the disc in the mail, and get this **** poppin’ already!



Please send all submissions to:

In The Basement Music, LLC

Attn: Scott Speed, Music Director

PO Box 158

Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724