Artists Wanted Edition No 6 - Submissions

[Soundofus]

Hey everyone!

Before Summer Holidays we had a great fifth edition. Today the Community Music Chat Team is pleased to welcome upcoming artists for submitting their new releases to the Sixth Edition of Artists Wanted: Share Your Talent With The Community.

Note : Here you can now know more about the fifth edition winner, the german band, Wir hatten was mit Björn. Below, you can also listen to their new album ON THE RUINS released this last New Music Friday.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1yjb21sOxgBgDsvIoxFITb?si=R40joipWTseuHVtLq-t-3A 

How does "Artists Wanted Edition No 6" 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 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 September 5 to September 18 (Midnight Pacific Time)

Community vote: from September 26 to October 2 (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.

Good Luck Everyone...

Update : September 19, 2022

Submissions are now closed

[Kent_Forward]

Kent Forward
Half Moon Bay, California, USA
Rock
Rock leaning adult album alternative
https://open.spotify.com/track/1EI9cPTvZGDAeQx0TfVLZJ?si=f524dfb57c3c429a
Instagram: kent_forward
Musical inspirations include John Mayer, ColdPlay, and similar artists.
This song is from the perspective of someone who's been alone for a while, and that's OK, but they're beginning to feel something is missing in their life, too much space, and this song explores this emotional journey in a cosmic way.

[Odysious]

I'm a starting out alt christian singer songwriter.  By Alt Christian, I mean I don't stand with the mainstream and most of my tunes are topical.  I am open and affirming for our LGBTQ members, I work with my Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters, (and my agnostic and atheist family as well) and I welcome everyone into a loving church music scene.  My latest release, "A New Wave Rolling," prophetically remind us that God's Love shakes the foundations of our cherished privilege.   "Not a building left a standing and not a stone left unturned, not a heart is left unbending when the love of God returns, and the bells they are a ringing when the prison walls are burned, and the angels are a singing when the love of God returns.., there's A New Wave Rolling."  

The late great lead guitarist and spotify artists Rohn Lawrence recorded this at my home not long before his early passing.  My good friend Jay Rowe added his masterly piano, and Brian Dunne (who normally plays with Hall and Oats) was kind enough to join us on drums.  I'm a volunteer Sunday morning worship leader at a small church with a big heart. This is my sixth release and I've got a bunch of tunes in various stages of production, one due each month for the next five or seven months.  All my tunes speak from my struggle with history, faith, doubt, suffering, joy and wonder.  I hope you enjoy the tune.  Oh, to your questions:

1. My name is Bruce A. Barrett

2. I live in Milford Connecticut.

3. My Genre is alt Christian. 

4. Musical style: wow, kind of Beatles meats Steely Dan, but I've got a lot of styles, so I'm still in formation.

5. Musical influences: The Beatles, Keith Green, Larry Norman, Miles Davis, Dylon, Bob Marly, Paul Simon, John Denver, Monk, Duke Ellington, Joni Mitchel, wow, the list goes on.

6. I'm not strong on social media, but I can work with anything.  Let me know your preference.  

My website is BruceABarrett.com 

facebooks is: Bruce A. Barrett 

Writing and singing my songs bring me hope and joy, pulls me out of the dumps, and wakes me up to the wonder of living.  How can I keep from singing?

A New Wave Rolling 

[Vanoshka]

Hello everyone!

I’ll just jump in here, as a total Spotify newbie without high expectations, but passion for music 🙂

• Artist/Band name: Vanoshka F
• Where are you based: Argentina
• Main genre of music: Singer-songwriter, indie pop-jazz fusion
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: Jazzy, soothing, melodic, latin, LoFi. Prevailing acoustic on vocals and guitar, and I hardly resist the nostalgic touch. I also like to play with different languages.
• 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/album/6w3BcvnURgfi6xshAvGdex?si=39vnfKqbTZSh-10cxEUFGg
• Handle for one social media of your choice: BandLab: vanoshka_f
• Who are your musical inspirations: Very ecclectic! This can go from Tracy Chapman, Regina Spektor, Zas, Björn, Bill Withers... to Silvio Rodríguez, Jorge Cafrune, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Carlos Di Fulvio, Astor Piazzolla...
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:

A few months ago, I didn't even think about going public with my songs. So, more than albums and releases, it's become a puzzle of memories, feelings or reflections that I wanted to capture in a sort of musical diary.

The song "Verschollen" in particular, is the 2nd song (following “Semijazz”), part of a longer story about a poetic encounter, captured in a series of six songs.

Thank you for listening&reading!

[Shereemusic]

• Artist/Band name:  Melishah
• Where are you based:  Australia
• Main genre of music: Rock
• Describe your sound/music in a few words:  Thoughtful, Moody.
• https://open.spotify.com/album/5JKUTkAWmGWyfA4vLuOWsl?si=9WeFT5lfSHSh7RD0rPt2ug
• Handle for one social media of your choice:  https://youtu.be/WXqg04pAqOA
• Who are your musical inspirations:  Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Nirvana, Muse, Coldplay, The White Stripes, Radiohead.
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:  New song, still learning and finding my way in the music world, love writing and singing.  

[JoergGalilee]

• Artist/Band name: Gustave Fuel
• Where are you based:Rwanda
• Main genre of music:Afrosoul
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: the music I do, Is a pure afrobeat/Afrosoul which basically having African traditional sound. Afrobeat is among the genre which Is on top right now as many people felt in love with it, because of how melodic and catchy it sounds.
• 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/3oLnWtfgS4DPMz5ThakVfd?si=94d8e7e87df94f53
• Handle for one social media of your choice: https://www.instagram.com/gustavefuel/
• Who are your musical inspirations:Wizkid & Tayc
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: I am a musician with passion and talents, as I have been winning different awards in this carrier 

[Barrelly_Ego]

Hello everyone! Happy to see that the moderators are still keeping this event going on. I'm always grateful for the opportunity.

• Artist/Band name: Barrelly Ego
• Where are you based: Potsdam, Germany
• Main genre of music: indie folk/indie alternative/indie pop, singer/songwriter
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: melodramatic lyrics, upbeat melodies, mainstream song patterns in search for uncomplicated and unpretentious catharsis
• Spotify link to one of your most recent songs which you'd submit in priority to the Community's users: 
  https://open.spotify.com/track/052wbimN8muH9xsMFjuEtG?si=9e630939ef684030
• Handle for one social media of your choice:  https://www.instagram.com/barrelly.ego/
• Who are your musical inspirations: Florence Welch/Florence+The Machine, Radiohead/Thom Yorke, Queens Of The Stone Age/Josh Homme, Jack White, Jeff Buckley
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:
  Formally the frontman, lead vocal and founding member of the Cluj-Napoca (Romania) based band Mojo Barrel (currently on an indefinite hiatus) now on my first solo music project as an indie/alternative singer-songwriter after relocating in Germany. The name initially resulted from a play on words with "barely legal", which contrary to what one might think, is a metaphor for the constant feeling of immaturity and/or that of being an impostor every time writing a new song, while constantly striving to get better at my craft and finding motivation in all my shortcomings. It found it's final form after eventually stumbling upon a Leonard Cohen quote paraphrased in my motto: "Scraping the bottom of the barrel for any drop of inspiration", ergo Barrelly Ego
  
  

[PaulLMusic]

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tYlcbwWtlbqSmEYWzi6J4?si=32f63b0f31ee4e43 
•  
• Artist/Band name: Paul LMusic
• Where are you based: England
• Main genre of music: House, Hip Hop Rap
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: My music and genre varies from Hip Hop Rap to Dance

[dafster0071]

Hi M T.J. out of storm lake Iowa But truly I have been all over this fine country

my music might land in well I,m not sure every time I start out I think I,m gonna wright a hard rock song

never has happened  you see songs wright themselves  I,m simply a pathway for it to arrive 

i hate to use sound cloud here but   https://soundcloud.com/timmiller-2/new-agaiin

[Soundofus]

@PaulLMusic 

Hello there

Thanks for your submission but you need to submit only one song and not a playlist. As it is your submission can't be accepted.

Thanks for updating your post if you want participate.

[Soundofus]

Hello @dafster0071 

You are welcome to submit a song but you need to follow the template mentioned in the original post. As it is, your submission can't be accepted.

Note : only Spotify link to a song can be posted.

Thanks for updating your post if you want participate.

[AbandonedHeart]

• Artist/Band name: Patros15
• Where are you based: Žilina, Slovakia
• Main genre of music: Future Garage, Post-dubstep, 2-step Garage, Dark Garage
• Describe your sound/music in a few words:  Atmospheric Future Garage track what takes you to depth of Abyss. I tried create deep atmospheric sound than I used my field recording textures of train, deep reese bass, various vocals chops, futuristic plucks and 2-step beats.
• 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/2NwSMavjGoUxmJed6XSWXf?si=cfdea2ebf73141d1
  
• Handle for one social media of your choice: https://www.instagram.com/patros_15/
• Who are your musical inspirations: Burial, Moderat, Apparat, Ólafur Arnalds, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin
• Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: I always try add emotions and stories to my tracks. This track is about my life with depression and my view how I feel Abyss between my inner world and real world.

[laurentdemusic]

Laurent Dé

Montréal Canada

Electronic french pop experimental

Intriguing and dancing music, energetic that gives chills

Here is my Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/laurentdemusic/

Also you can watch my videos on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TVXuIOr44Bg

Laurent Garnier, Jeff Mills, Serge Gainsbourg, Benjamin Biolay, Dennis Ferrer

Give a chance to something very special and new with a strange atmosphere, welcome to a new journey 

https://open.spotify.com/track/27WfjJdMOhRE22SwFfqoFA?si=52c54230dc884463

[laurentdemusic]

Hello and greatings to everybody

My Names is Laurent Dé

I am living in Montreal Canada

My music is a mix of Pop French electronique dance experimental

I like to play with hypnotic sound and goovy bass, i love the sound of the 90'S so, you will find this kind spirit in my sound

Here is my Spotify link:

https://open.spotify.com/track/27WfjJdMOhRE22SwFfqoFA?si=c737f8a7d8374567

Here is my Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/laurentdemusic/

You can also watch my world in image with the video i made for this song on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/TVXuIOr44Bg

My musical inspiration are very eclectic, form Pink FLoyd to Laurent Garnier, Stromae, Jeff Mills, Mr Finger, Benjamin Biolay, Serge Gainsbourg, Dennis Ferrer  and so much more !

Welcome to a special world, where you will find something you may have not experienced until now, welcome and have a great journey !

[user-removed]

Artist/Band name:  Luther Bonbon Band

Where are you based:  Denver, Colorado USA

Main genre of music:  Instrumental Psych / Alternative / Folk / Rock

Describe your sound/music in a few words:  It’s music from the soul that prioritizes communicating emotion over demonstrating perfection.

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/playlist/7B3yzqTqf8gOjMYfuUm8zo

Handle for one social media of your choice:  Instagram @lubonband https://www.instagram.com/lubonband/

Who are your musical inspirations:  Extremely eclectic, everything from classic rock to modern psychedelia to John Frusciante to Don Ross

Is there anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:  Thanks for the listen.

[PaulLMusic]

• Artist/Band name: Paul LMusic
• Where are you based: England
• Main genre of music: Dance
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: Happy uplifting vibe with big synths
•  
• https://open.spotify.com/album/1mTskMIIFOI9b6jtw28Zy0?si=ImMycyH4QCG5KzXqBuXAFg 

[Nata2022]

😍

[robbyvalderrama]

Hi guys! My name is Robby, and my wife Bria and I release music under the artist name "Bria Jean". We're based in Nashville, Tennessee, and we write and record a blend of Christian worship and singer/songwriter tunes. People have described our music as cinematic, emotive, beautiful, and inspirational. Musically, we've been inspired by artists like Brooke Fraser, JJ Heller, John Mayer, as well as traditional Celtic and Jazz music greats.

A recent song that we're really proud of is called "Communion". In the Fall of 2020, our hearts hurt as we saw the political division and racial realities across the United States revealing so much pain all around us. Our hope is that this song will help bring healing and reconciliation to everyone who listens.

In terms of a social media handle, I'll direct you all to http://instagram.com/itsbriajean. I know it probably doesn't qualify for the contest, but yesterday we spontaneously wrote and filmed a hilarious, quick video called "Jesus and Spotify" that you can watch on our Instagram. I hope it gives you a chuckle!

Robby