About

What Is This Place? Who Are You? What Have You Done With My Wallet?

Ampeater Music is a web­site devoted to bridg­ing the gap between unsigned (or just plain under­ex­posed) artists and music lovers every­where. Every day we fea­ture a dif­fer­ent artist on what we call The Ampeater Review. Each fea­tured artist sub­mits a “dig­i­tal 7-inch” which we then com­ple­ment with a detailed review and offer as a free down­load. Our mis­sion is to help music lovers every­where con­nect with new artists, and in turn help artists reach out to new listeners.

Artist Infor­ma­tion

Can I sell my music through ampeater?
Yes! We sell music and mer­chan­dise (both phys­i­cal and dig­i­tal) through our store. Plus, any artist (whether fea­tured on the Ampeater Review or not) can opt to use Ampeater Music to release albums dig­i­tally on iTunes. There’s no signup fee, no annual fees, and an 85/15 split on all net receipts. The con­tract is non-exclusive and has no stated term. Basi­cally, no strings attached. Plus, we’re a licensed ISRC man­ager, and pro­vide all Ampeater dis­trib­uted artists with ISRCs and UPCs gratis. See? We’re nice guys.

What is a dig­i­tal 7-inch?
A dig­i­tal 7-inch is essen­tially a pro­mo­tional sin­gle. like the clas­sic vinyl 7-inch format, an ampeater dig­i­tal 7-inch includes two songs–an A-Side and a B-Side. The artist may choose both songs, but we encour­age artists to come out strong with an A-Side designed to hook new lis­ten­ers and a B-Side crafted for some­one a bit more adven­tur­ous. The tracks can be stu­dio record­ings, demos, or live tracks — new or released.

Who owns my music?
You do! As an ampeater artist you are required to make your dig­i­tal 7-inch avail­able for
free down­load on our site. How­ever, you retain full own­er­ship of your music and if you want it taken down at any point, you may request its removal by email­ing us at legal@ampeatermusic.com. We’ll remove it within 72 hours, no ques­tions asked, but we will pre­serve the orig­i­nal review, sans dig­i­tal 7-inch.

How can I become an ampeater artist?
There are two ways to become an ampeater artist.
1) Invi­ta­tion. If we hear you and we like you, we will extend an invi­ta­tion.
2) Sub­mis­sion. If you want to be an ampeater artist and have not yet received an invitation, you may com­plete our online sub­mis­sion form.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact us at submit@ampeatermusic.com

Nice Things

“The Ampeater Review is a new blog/record label that fea­tures free down­loads of “dig­i­tal 7-inches” from unsigned bands every week­day. Designed as a means for pro­mot­ing fledg­ling artists, the site is a ver­i­ta­ble gold­mine for adven­tur­ous music lovers look­ing for some­thing new, as well as a much needed out­let for bands in search of expo­sure.“
–Owl And Bear

“I truly believe in what this site is doing, bring­ing back the heart and warmth, care and atten­tion to the cold cyn­i­cal blo­gos­phere. In depth reviews from peo­ple who truly care and think about their music for peo­ple who feel the same.“
– Mr. Reader