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The Music That Moves Us Submission Guidelines
Guidelines for the publication
Do you like music? Okay, unless you’re a psychopath, that was probably a silly question.
Do you love music? Tell us why! Specifically — or inspecifically — we want to hear about your favorite songs, albums, artists and what you love about them.
Not all the music that moves us moves us positively, so feel free to tell us about that album you hated! … Or that artist that never recaptured the glory of their earlier days.
Tell us about the different places that music takes you, and how different songs have grown to mean different things to you as you’ve grown older. Tell us about those lyrics you misunderstood, and why the ones you inserted in your head in their muddled wake were actually better. Tell us how surprised you were when you learned that Jimi Hendrix kissed “the sky” and not just “this guy” in Woodstock.
Were you floored when you learned that the famously psychedelic rock band, The Beatles, said “I can’t hide, I can’t hide, I can’t hide,” and not “I get high, I get high, I get high”? I know I was.
Tell us about the first songs you learned to play or sing along to, or the bands and artists that made you realize that you love music. We want stories about bands and instruments and concerts and strange musical misadventures. If notes, staffs, or lyrics are involved, we want to hear about it. Whether anthems, musical documentaries, soundscores, soundtracks, theme songs, or ominous dirges, there’s not much that’s off limits here.
Whether a compendious review of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony or a critical insight into Micky Avalon’s “My Dick,” we’re all ears. Whether a research paper on Luciano Pavaratti, John Coltrane, Zakir Hussain, or a thorough exploration of Dubstep’s electronic escapades, our virtual doors are open. Earnest examinations of N.W.A’s “F**k tha Police” and angsty adventures into the tidings of early Tame Impala both have an equally important place here at The Music That Moves Us.
So the floor is yours! You can grab a mic if you’d like.
Image/video attribution:
Video embeds of the song are welcome and encouraged, but do your best to credit the proper parties when doing so. Simply embed the label with which the artists are affiliated beneath each video. Provide the name of the photographer for any photos you include.
AI and Plagiarism
AI Image generation for title images is allowed, but we encourage you to avoid it if possible. On this platform for writers, though, we have a near zero tolerance for AI content. It can be used as an editing tool, but if you’re using it as a cybernetic performance enhancer, it won’t usually be very difficult to discern. And if I’m suspicious of your phrasings, I’ll likely run your piece through an AI detector.
Editing and Inclusivity
I won’t make this too complicated. You don’t need to submit an application. Just comment your username and if we think your work is up to par, we’ll add you as a writer. This is mostly to minimize the work that our editors have to do. We prefer not to make changes and edits to anyone’s work, so we hope to cultivate a high enough standard of submissions that we won’t need to.
If you’d like your work edited, you can leave a note at the top specifying so, otherwise I’ll assume that you’d like your work published as is. I’ll do a scan through for any glaring errors but won’t fix anything beyond that.
With that out of the way, whether you’re an audiophile, melomaniac, a sound aficionado, a music buff, a vinyl collector, an unrepentant critic, or a casual listener, I’ll look forward to hearing about all of the music that moves you!
