Music promotion distribution & radio submissions
Verified Industry Contacts
Global Markets
Target by Format
Artists, Promoters, and Record Labels
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Artist
Submit songs to radio stations and thousands of verified music industry contacts with Play MPE music promotion packages. Distribute music promotions to curators in radio, media, music supervision, blogs, retail, restaurants, and more. Market your music independently and send music submissions to College radio, NonComm, Community, and Specialty Shows. There are many radio formats that take chances on emerging indie artists. Promote music like the pros with Caster or Caster+.
Promoter
Play MPE’s verified contact lists are packed with up-to-date, active recipients. Target promotions by radio format, music genre and market. Whether you are promoting one artist, or a large roster, Caster has a contact list for that. View downloads, streams, opens and clicks in Caster Reporting. Music promotions are sent securely to real industry contacts’ inboxes and are hosted in Player. Need a cost-effective way to track radio spins? Export songs to MTR for radio airplay tracking.
Record Label
Streamline music promotion with bulk metadata entry, contact management and assets that never expire. Protect pre-release content (encryption/watermarking), set impact/take-down dates, and customize permissions. Target promotions by market or share releases with subsidiary labels for increased efficiency and accuracy. Promote to your own custom contact lists or benefit from Play MPE’s regularly audited music promotion packages.
Music promotion that impacts with Caster+
Full control music promotion distribution with Caster
Building professional music promotion campaigns with Caster is easy. Upload music files, input metadata, add promotional assets, customize your promotional email, and select distribution packages (starting at $250).
Step 1: Sign up
Sign up for Caster here. Next you will receive a Welcome Email where you can sign in and start building a radio promotion campaign! Need to know how to track radio spins? Easy! A MTR airplay tracking account is automatically created when you sign up for Caster.
Step 2: Upload
Upload mixed & mastered (broadcast-ready) song files (WAV/AIFF) and release artwork. Input release information and metadata. Select the release type (single/ep/album), song versions, (radio edit, clean, explicit, instrumental, album version) and music genre. Enable contact permissions so programmers can reach out!
Step 3: Promote
Select a template in the email builder to customize a promotional email blast. Include artwork, promo photo, press release, contact information, links (music video, website) and attach up to 5 assets. Promotional releases include 2 free resends of the email which can be updated with radio adds, press quotes, tour dates, a music video link and more.
Step 4: Distribute
Select packages for distribution to industry contacts. Target by market (territory) and format or music genre. Send your promotion to radio, media, and industry VIPs. Add on global music supervisors, bloggers and/or curators in retail, restaurants and airlines to maximize your reach. You can also upload a custom lists of of professional contacts (they must have a Player account).
Step 5: Summary
Review a summary of the release and selected promotion packages before submitting and checking out. If you forgot something, or want to make an edit after the fact, changes can still be made after payment by contacting support.
Step 6: Export Songs to MTR
After finalizing the promotion, click ‘Track Music’ from the “…” drop-down beside the release. Once redirected to MTR, select songs for radio airplay tracking, choose a start date and purchase a plan. Caster users get 10% off MTR. Monitor radio with MTR and know when and where your release is gaining traction at radio.
