Music Playground supports all artists from bedroom producers to studio evangelists, from norwegian deathcore to christian harpsichord.
To show this support, you can have your release hosted on our servers for free distribution.
Music Playground have the following requirements for accepting a release to its library:
The artist must be a regular user on the forum.
'Regular user' is a subjective judgment, but having at least 100 posts on the forum is a good measure of regularity.
The release must be standard format
'Standard format' is here defined as a reasonable amount of tracks and album duration.
A good rule of thumb is to use the format of a CD for comparison (about 78 minutes duration and 5-40 tracks)
The release must have a front and a back cover
Cover specifications:
- 600x600 pixels
- JPG or PNG
- a maximum filesize of 600kB per cover
The release must credit Music Playground
The back cover must bear the information:
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Music Playground - http://www.music-playground.net
in a readable form.
Each track compression must be MP3
MP3 Specifications:
- A bitrate of minimum 192 kbps Constant Bitrate (CBR)
- All info filled in ID3 tags (both v.1 and v.2)
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http://www.music-playground.net
- Front cover embedded in MP3 file
- Filenames of the format:
[Artist Name] - [Album Name] - [Track Number] - [Track Name].mp3
All tracks and artwork must be included in a ZIP file
Use the following filename format for the zip file:
[Artist Name]_-_[Album Name]_[Release Year]_music-playground-net.zip
If any of these requirements are not met, the release will either be rejected or edited to fit the requirements. Music Playground is not responsible for any loss of quality if any editing is necessary.
All releases will appear in our ATOM news feed.
