SUBMISSIONS

  • Which song is the single?
  • What genre is the album?
  • Give the tracklisting.
  • Give a summary of the album.
  • Give the album download link.
  • What genre is the band overall?
  • Who are the members and what instrument?
  • Location of the band?
  • Biography of the band.
  • What's your bands font? (for band page logo)
  • Any help on it? Album cover, features, etc?
  • Similar Acts? (pick 2 bands already on the label you sound similar to)

IMAGE SIZES

  • Home Page Promos: 950 × 600
  • Band Name Logo: 300 × 100
  • Band Page Banners: 950 × 400 *
  • Album Cover: 800 × 800 *


note: Never stretch an image to make it the size listed above. Instead, make the project canvas that size, then fill it in & design what you want. 
note: the ones with * are required, I make the others, but you can make them if you want too. 
note: first banner on a band page has the band name, next ones are band photos,

PROMOTIONAL TIPS

Album Covers: Aside for making an overall nice design, think about what the album cover will look like on the RELEASE page, BAND page and BLOG. Try to make it stand out and clear enough. Something really white, really dark or really random/spazzy with unreadable text might not be best. Sometimes text looks great on the big image size but on other pages when smaller it's not clear. If making art is not your thing, you can ask someone for help or us too!
Effort: Keep in mind POM2 has been out for a while now. So try to bring something different, something refreshing or really well done. If you're on the label, you're probably already really good because of the high requirements, hehe, but always strive to make your songs & album as tight as possible.
Stay Active: Once your album is out try to keep the momentum going. That doesn't necessarily mean churn out more music though. You can keep the interest going by setting up an interview, putting up new artwork/drawings, doing videos, comment other albums & bands and support fellow folks on here; they might do the same for you too! You can even collaborate with other bands/artists to bring in their fans! Have fun with it! No worries if you can't do stuff all the time.
Incentives: Try to give extra incentives for someone to download your album. Include an album summary that tells folks about how much thought went into your creative process or maybe a story around it, etc. You can also include the song data, album notes, nice PDFs like bands like Spanky Revolution do, special codes to unlock bonus materials, special art, a music video; anything really. Be creative & have fun with it. You don't need go all out, no worries! But try to think about what you can do to get people interested in grabbing that album you spent time on.
Support: Make sure you comment other peoples albums & bands and so forth! It's awesome when everyone is friendly and genuinely cares about what you work on. It's so much better knowing someone really listened to what you made and you can return the favor. If nobody communicates than even a nice designed website can be lifeless and be a waste! Know what I mean?
Expand: You can also promote yourself on social media sites like Youtube, Facebook & Twitter or even your own personal website/blog.

ALBUM PRODUCTION

MP3 Converter:  Once you complete your songs, you use the MP3 Converter to turn your POM data into an mp3 file.  When you download the converter, make sure you extract the entire contents into a folder, not just the .exe file.  Once done, open the converter.exe and paste your POM data into it. Your MP3's will show up in the Converted folder. Click here to download.

Placement: Once your songs are MP3's, make a folder and rename it what you want (your band name & album title), then copy/paste the MP3's in there. This makes it easier to compress & zip up to upload to a downloading site. It's really annoying to have to download individual songs or upload them one by one. It's much quicker and easier to just put them in a folder and upload it. 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

To the artists
By posting on this label:
  • You assume to be the sole creator of all songs featured on the releases and of the cover art or to have the explicit permission to use the work of everyone involved in the making of the release.
  • You assume that every information that you submit with your entry is correct and verified.
  • You assumed that the song(s) featured in your release can be used by anyone for inclusion, in parts or in its whole, in future POM related promotions & entertainment purposes, at any time.
  • You assume that POM Records is not responsible for dead links, wrong tags or any mistake or error that could be present in your releases' entry.
  • You assume that every song made with the Punk-O-Matic 2 cannot be used for public or commercial purposes without the explicit permission of the game’s creator, Evil-Dog.

To the broadcasters/Youtubers/social media influencers
By using any release from the label:
  • You agree that POM Records is not responsible for the quality or the quantity of new releases coming out.
  • You agree that you won’t use the songs to promote anything in a commercial, except for your own POM related project in which you have explicit permission from every artist featured on the tracks.
  • You agree that you won’t use the songs to humiliate an artist. While constructive criticism is always welcome, free bashing of a song will not be allowed.
  • You agree to always give reasonable credits for every song used. This include the title of the song and the name of the artist, being mentioned in the written description of the description of where posted. 

To the public
​By using this website and downloading a song:
  • You agree to use the music here for personal purposes only. You may not use any song or any cover art for public or commercial purposes without the explicit permission of every artist involved in making them.
  • You assume that every song made with the Punk-O-Matic 2 cannot be used for public or commercial purposes without the explicit permission of the game’s creator, Evil-Dog.
  • You assume that POM Records is not responsible for any dead link, misleading descriptions, viruses or any song that just really sucks.
(legal sounding stuff copied from Cookies & Biscuits Records)