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Garage Songs. A CD rack for unsigned music.

We want to bookmark all the webs unsigned artists!

Garage Songs is for unsigned artists to promote and share their music and more.

How it works Creative Commons Discuss Vote from your site Streams & Podcasts FAQ

• Join Garage Songs, a free social bookmarking site for unsigned music. We want to reduce the time and effort for bands to get their music and web links noticed on the web. Garage Songs' commenting, syndication and a democratic editorial system enables members to collaboratively submit and promote their music!
We bring a new meaning to the phrase "Rock the Vote!"

• Garage Songs encourages sharing playlists, podcasts and links to their bands home page so visitors can discover more about your band and listen to more songs your band has to offer. We allow bands and musicians to submit their mp3's, videos, player widgets and links from your bands home site, Soundclick pages, Reverbnation, Myspace, Jamendo, Youtube page or anywhere your band calls "home" on the web. Members and visitors can listen, vote and comment for the best songs submitted.

• Garage Songs also allows you to license your music through the Creative Commons system so you can easily choose a set of conditions you wish to apply to your music. Although no direct downloads for music posted at GarageSongs.com are available, it is still a good idea to utilize the CC license feature here. Click on an existing song post to see an example.

• You can always ask for help and advise or just chat about anything (well almost anything) in our Chat room.

How Garage Songs Works...

Submit your song and watch it climb to the top!

In a nutshell this is how it works:
• Once you register you are ready to submit your music.

• You can submit Mp3's, link to a popular video site, and or embed a
  player widget from your music page.

• Your entry will start off in the Upcoming Music entries.

• Once it aquires enough votes it will jump to the Featured Music
  (front page) stage where it will get even more exposure.

• If your band has the right stuff it will be on the top of the charts on
  our Most Voted page.

• Constructive criticism commenting is encouraged! Any member can
  comment on any song, just try to be helpful to the poster.

register

Mark your submitted music with a Creative Commons license.

We have integrated the CreativeCommons.org licensing system to easily mark your work with a quick reference icon showing how you choose to let others share and any special permissions to remix and reuse your music. Creative Commons allows you to share your work and still declare what rights you want reserved. Watch to see what Creative Commons is all about.

A Shared Culture, by Jesse Dylan, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Garage Songs discussion

Exchange ideas or get help tips and tricks from other members in our Chat room

A Vote Button for Your Homepage

All you have to do is paste this code where you want the vote link box to appear on your page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://garagesongs.com/evb/button.php">

This will allow people who visit your homepage/blog to submit or vote on your music or vote on your music already submitted. If you submit the link yourself, the link submitted with your music has to match the link where you pasted the code. This vote button is linked to an example post. Click on it!

(example)

Streams & Podcasts

Ways your music is played at Garage Songs.

There are several ways how your submitted music can be played Garage Songs:
1. Music video link from Youtube, Myspace, Googlevideo, several more. If we don't support the video link just
   use #3 option below.
2. A player flash widget from a hosted site like Jamendo, Sound Click, Reverb Nation. Any player that has the
  sharing <embed> code available.
3. Embed video from a video sharing site. Use this method if the site video isn't supported(same as #2 but
  video).
4. Submit your music as an Mp3 (Mp3's will be included with streaming music and podcasting)
5. Any combinations of the methods mentioned above.

The best combination?

  Mp3's submitted along with a player widget from your bands site is the best way to get the
  most out of Garage Songs!

Because:
•If you submit an Mp3 it will be available for podcasting, streaming, and can be used in your own
  embeddable widget from your profile.
•The player widget will direct fans to your site to listen to more of your bands music!

FAQ

Do I need to register?

You don't need to register listen to the submitted songs or read the discussion board.
If you want to comment on a song, vote, post in the discussion board or submit a song you must register and start sharing your tunes.

Can I submit a song that isn't mine?

Yes! But first you have to make sure of a few things.
1. The song must not be commercially licensed. (Song is available for free download)
2. Include the bands name in the title. Don't take credit for it.
3. When submitting their song please include some album art of theirs along with it.
4. If you find the song on a music sharing site that uses the CreativeCommons.org licensing, be sure to
match the same license here.

What if I make a mistake when I submit a song?

You can update the description or title of the song or video you've submitted by clicking on the admin links next to your post. Always double check your post before the last step to submit! If you need the URL changed please contact us

What if I just have a general question?

No problem. Just use our contact form. Thank you for visiting Garage Songs. I hope enjoy our site!

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