Any advice fer how to go about gettin' labels/bands to consider you as a reviewer? I've been asked very rarely in the past when I did a radio program to review recordings for labels and now that I have a proper blog I'd really dig a steady flow of review material comin' my way so I can add more content to my blog...

I find the best way is to make friends with bands and labels, or at the very least send some PR companies emails to let them know you're accepting promos. Include your email and your mailing address and hope you get some cool shit!

 

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Thanks Kopper fer the advice...I figured it'd be an uphill struggle to get back into the music reviewin' world but I'm willin' to throw my hat into the ring...a short time after startin' this thread I've been contacted outta the blue by a few groups lookin' fer reviews...crazy timin'...and thanks fer the good luck! kopper said:

By the way, when you get caught up reviewing all of these records you're getting in the mail, how about making a new podcast for us? ;)

I promise that I'm studiously bashin' away on new episodes of WWS that'll see the light of day early '09...swear!

Well, good luck with that! Haha.

Seriously, lots of bands are looking for reviews... it shouldn't be too hard to get review material. But then again there are millions of blogs out there nowadays, so you have to make yours stand above the rest and get a good reputation for reviewing. You might just have to start out by reviewing stuff you buy yourself or already have in your collection until you get a name for yourself in the reviewer world.

By the way, when you get caught up reviewing all of these records you're getting in the mail, how about making a new podcast for us? ;)