I’ve updated the part of this site’s FAQ (disquiet.com/faq) that relates to submitting music for review consideration. Here is the revised section, and I’ve italicized the two most important sentencesbelow:
2. Does Disquiet.com accept music for review consideration?
I want to hear your music, but I also want to hear other people’s music, and so the less time I spend doing correspondence, the more time I can spend listening. Please don’t expect me to reply to correspondence, not even with a quick confirmation of receipt. I don’t have the time to engage in back-and-forth emails about whether I plan on covering a given release. I receive an enormous amount of music from musicians and their record labels, and that doesn’t count all the time I spend seeking out music (and sound-related art). I can’t promise to write back — either in a timely manner, or at all. If you include the word “teiuqsid” (no quotation marks, and that’s “disquiet” backwards) in your email, I’m far more likely to find your email message, because your including it means you’ve read these instructions. Also, if you include me in bcc list containing many Bandcamp “yum” download codes to try, I may ignore it, because that’s time-consuming, and my experience has been that when I do try, all of them have been used already. What I can promise is the following: I will listen to as much music I receive as possible, without diminishing the attention I can pay to what I do elect to listen to, and I will consider it for coverage. I listen constantly, and when something really strikes me, that’s when I write about it — either here, or for other publications to which I contribute. My preference is that you email me a link to a zip archive containing lossless files, and also include a link to it streaming somewhere, so I can preview it before downloading. If you feel the need to send me a CD (or vinyl copy, or some other physical format), you can email me (visit this site’s contact page) to get my address in San Francisco, where I live — though, again, there’s only a small likelihood I will reply. Please don’t send audio files as attachments: they clog up my email, and I immediately delete them. And don’t pitch me your music via social media, as I’ll just direct you to this page.
