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Interview/Music Submission Guidelines

MUSIC VIDEOS
Want to debut your latest video? We’d love to be the first to premiere it online. Or if it’s already out there, we’d love to act as yet another showcase venue. Submit your DailyMotion or YouTube link and we’ll post and link your music video.

PRESS RELEASES
We love getting press releases and we know you and your publicist are extremely busy. So are we. If at all possible, we’d love to get a pitch along with the press release. Let us know how you want to plug-in with us and which popolio features interest you. Just know that we thrive on original content.

SHOW LISTINGS
Have (an) upcoming show(s) in the Austin, Dallas, El Paso, and/or the Texas area?
Are you an Austin, Dallas, El Paso, and/or Texas act and have shows elsewhere? Submit your JPEG flyer and we’ll post it.

SINGLES & FULL RELEASE REVIEWS
Want us to review your latest single and/or full release? Email MP3s or snail mail us a promotional copy of your CD. Contact us for our mailing address.

OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS
Want to be showcased on popolio in another capacity? Have ideas for a co-promotion and/or giveaway? Contact us and inform us of your intent. Pitch us, even. We may be open.

Email to: popolio[dot]com[at]gmail[dot]com

OFFICIAL GUIDELINES FOR MANDRAKE ARTS & MEDIA SITES:

Please send all press releases, interview requests, and promotional music tracks (.mp3/.wav) for the sites, www.mandrakesocietyradio.com to Jerry W. Richard Jr. (also known as JW Richard) at: mandrakesociety[at]gmail.com.

Please send all press releases, interview requests, and promotional music tracks (.mp3/.wav) for the site www.popolio.com to Freddie Rodriguez at: popolio.com[at]gmail.com

If interviews or song play is a time-critical request for an upcoming online event (blog entry, podcast, etc.) or offline event (CD release party, film debut/release, etc.), please contact either JW or Freddie at least four weeks from the time of the event so that interviews can be scheduled, recorded, and aired in enough time for the audience to get the word.

All podcasts produced by and for Mandrake Arts & Media website are produced under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution, Non-Commercial license. For more information on that license, visit this site:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/.
We reserve the right to modify/update this license at any time.

All music submitted to either podcast program on aforementioned Mandrake Arts & Media websites should be considered for promotion only, unless otherwise stated. Full attribution will be given to the specific artist/group with a web link to the artist’s internet home site in either the web site’s show notes or in the syndicated audio enclosure itself unless otherwise specified by you, the music copyright holder or the agency representing your music.

Unless attributed otherwise, all blog entries (written or audio ), plus pictures and/or video taken by JW Richard or Freddie Rodriguez hosted for the benefit of Mandrake Society Radio.com. or popolio.com are the intellectual property of Mandrake Arts & Media. Any request to remove information contained within a syndicated audio enclosure posted for the benefit of Mandrake Society Radio.com and popolio.com, must be submitted in writing to JW Richard at mandrakesociety[at]gmail.com. We reserve the right to have at least thirty days to remove information from said audio enclosure.

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