Music Review Submissions: How to Actually Get Coverage
Learn how to get your music reviewed by independent blogs and magazines. Practical submission tips, email templates, and realistic expectations for DIY artists seeking press coverage.
Most music submissions get deleted within thirty seconds. Not because the music is bad—because the pitch is.
You’ve spent months on your record. Studio time, mixing revisions, artwork debates, release strategy. Then you fire off fifty identical emails to music blogs, wait two weeks, hear nothing, and wonder if anyone even opened them.
Here’s what actually happens: music editors receive 50-200 submissions per day. Most pitches look exactly the same. Generic subject lines. Attachments nobody asked for. No clear reason why this site should care about your release. Delete.
Getting music reviewed isn’t about luck or connections. It’s about understanding what makes a pitch worth opening, what makes music worth covering, and what makes timing actually work. This guide walks you through the real process—from pre-submission readiness to follow-up etiquette—so your next campaign doesn’t vanish into inboxes.
Before You Submit: Is Your Music Actually Ready?
Most artists submit too early. They’re excited, they’ve got a release date, so they start pitching. But excitement doesn’t equal readiness.
