The Seattle Library has opened back up their PlayBack program. Local artists are encouraged to submit their music to be placed in a catalog alongside the city’s rich music history and be paid for it!
The Seattle Library program opens up for submissions for one month a year and selected artists will be paid for their placements. A jury of Library staff and local music community leaders make selections to create a diverse inclusion of local music from around the sound. Users can browse the PlayBack catalog and hear music throughout the city’s history and discover new local talent.
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Seattle Library PlayBack Music Requirements
“Our PlayBack collection is inclusive and offers a broad variety of Seattle music. We welcome Seattle musicians of all backgrounds who are recording and performing in the Seattle area to submit your work. During the submission process, we will ask for your zip code and a statement on your relationship to the music scene in Seattle.”
- You should submit one song that best represents your album.
- Your album must have been produced in the last 5 years.
- Your album should have a minimum of 10 minutes of music. (Albums typically include four
- songs or more.)
- Your submission’s audio quality should be a minimum of 256kbps.
- If your submission includes song covers, the original song must be available in the public domain or used under a creative commons license; or you must have the legal right, in writing, to reproduce and perform the cover.
- If you or your group is represented by a record label, your record label should confirm that you can submit to PlayBack.
- We prefer to receive submissions in one of the following file types: FLAC, WAV and AIFF.
- We will also accept MP3, AAC and Ogg Vorbis, but there is quality loss when these formats are transcoded for playback. The sound may not be as good as our preferred file types. If you have trouble selecting FLAC, AAC and Ogg files in Safari, please try dragging and dropping the files or use Chrome or Firefox instead.
