Artists Wanted Edition No 17 - Summer Songs Vol. 3

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Hello again everyone!

Did you miss us? The Community Music Chat Team is back, and once again is looking for up and coming artists, to bring their summer creations for the whole Spotify Community to listen in our Seventeenth Edition of Artists Wanted: Share Your Talent With The Community.

It's that time of the year, so we're eager for a Volume 3 of one of our popular themes... The heat is on for...

🌊Summer songs ☀️

How does "Artists Wanted Edition No 17" work?

• On a regular basis, we (the Community Music Chat Team) will post a thread (like this one) looking for submissions, so keep an eye out!
• Artists participating have to be members of the Community and have a Spotify artist account.
• Artists are welcome to post their original songs and intros in a comment below (only one comment per band/artist please).
• Note: If an artist has already participated in a previous edition of this project, they can submit again only with a new release of theirs.

 Questions artists should answer to participate

• Artist/Band name:
• Where are you based:
• Main genre of music:
• Describe your sound/music in a few words:
• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from this year or the last 3 months of the previous year) which you'd submit in priority to the Community's users:
• Handle for one social media of your choice:
• Who are your musical inspirations:
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:

The Community Music Chat Team will go through all submissions, and propose a few for the entire Community to vote on. Once the results are in, we'll contact the winner, and they will be featured in our Community blog! 

When will submissions and voting occur?

Artists submissions: from June 9 to July 6 (Midnight Pacific Time)

Community vote: from July 14  to July 20 (Midnight Pacific Time)

Where to participate?

We'll hand it over to you, artists on the Spotify Community - post your answers to our questions in a comment below. Don't be shy, we'll be very glad to hear your tracks and read your replies!

Note - We ask artists to submit only original songs and not covers. Also, artists should not post/embed videos, as we'd like to keep the ground fair for smaller artists with lesser budgets.

P.S. When it comes to choosing the winning artist, we'll give equal chance to the finalists to gather votes from the forum's users; so don't get discouraged if you enter your submission at a later point and don't gather too many likes in this thread.

If a song is selected for being submitted to the Community vote, artists are allowed to mention it to their followers, in Spotify, as in Social Medias. Please be fair with all contestants and support participation with our Community by asking them to listen to all submissions.

We also reserve the right to refuse songs if the song content is in breech of Community guidelines. Should this happen we'll aim to reach out to you and discuss the decision.

WARNING : Submissions posted after the limit date or songs too old, won't be taken in count.

🎶‼️HEADS UP: WE'RE EXTENDING THE SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE TO THE 6TH OF JULY 🎶‼️

[BackroadCollective]

• Artist/Band name: The Backroad Collective
• Where are you based: USA
• Main genre of music: Contemporary Christian Pop/Rock/Country
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: Music with a Message!
• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from this year or the last 3 months of the previous year) which you'd submit in priority to the Community's users: https://open.spotify.com/track/48jjKmpMQ8KaolSjokEH3L?si=xPescYXrSNiJ0ipKKVniqA
• Handle for one social media of your choice: https://x.com/backroadproject?s=21&t=bv1C9X-IfKErpXk7VC470g
• Who are your musical inspirations: Phil Wickham, U2, Morgan Wallen, ColdPlay
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: We are a creative music project delivering music with a message. Each release is carefully crafted to capture moments of hope, faith, and everyday life.

[owensmithguitar]

• Artist/Band name: Owen Smith
• Where are you based: Tamworth, NSW, Australia
• Main genre of music: Country/Rockabilly
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: Adrenaline meets storytelling
• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from this year or the last 3 months of the previous year) which you'd submit in priority to the Community's users: https://open.spotify.com/track/7Hb0UXIYPvYjL3a2ouO4Av?si=a856855d6eb8496b
• Handle for one social media of your choice: https://instagram.com/owensmithguitar
• Who are your musical inspirations: Ian Moss, Brian Setzer, Phil & Tommy Emmanuel, Adam Brand
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: My music traces the fearful beauty of the lands we live on. This song is about when the rains swept through central Australia, the red dirt transformed overnight with new growth. The desert was blooming. Yet the rains brought the floods; the floods cut off the roads; and the supply trucks couldn’t get into town. Desperation rose with the water, until rescue came from the air.

[ZZUZEZU]

Artist/Band name: ZZUZEU

Where are you based: Sao Paulo, Brasil

Main genre of music: Nova MPB

Describe your sound/music in a few words: Elegance, magnetic attitude and charismatic posture

Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from this year or the last 3 months of the previous year) which you'd submit in priority to the Community's users: https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/7wvDCtjaZZUkclHaunnRUN?si=d865e28a58174c10

Handle for one social media of your choice: @zzuzezu (TikTok)

Who are your musical inspirations: Clairo, David Bowie, Marina Lima, Arnaldo Antunes

Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: All very well

[goyette_raphael]

I know the deadline has passed, but I’m gonna give it a try anyway…

• Artist/Band name: Mart Raph & Max
• Where are you based: Montreal
• Main genre of music: Pop rock alternative 
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: sounds just like I dreamed it would when I was in high school
• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from this year or the last 3 months of the previous year) which you'd submit in priority to the Community's users: https://open.spotify.com/track/6a9eiqlwVjJKvGnxxNymU3?si=4Jy9nD16Sfiszj3lS8_I1w
• • Handle for one social media of your choice: Instagram @goyette_raphael
  • Who are your musical inspirations: No Doubt, Nirvana, Green Day
  • Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: we are three high school students who, in summer ‘03, decided to get together and record a few tracks of our own that then collected dust in a wardrobe. This year, in an attempt to rekindle the free spirit that we used to have, we are releasing them to the world for the first time!

[Theycallhimlex]

Artist/Band name: Lexus

Where are you based: Nottingham, UK

Main genre of music: Hip-Hop

Describe your sound/music in a few words: Gritty, introspective UK hip-hop with a cinematic edge and raw emotional depth

Spotify link to one of your most recent original song which you'd submit in priority to the Community's users: https://open.spotify.com/track/7azsIhkps4aFOkscknn375?si=zDz0WRNsQDeJI8acJJ1-JQ&context=spotify%3Atr...

Handle for one social media of your choice: Instagram @theycallhimlex

Who are your musical inspirations: Jay-Z, Skinnyman, Marvin Gaye

Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: This song is the outro to my latest EP "THERE'S NO HEROES"