Tuesday, February 10, 2015

WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

Music Assistant: Aaron Scholz – musicass@wortfm.org (for record donations and sales, promos recording volunteers, etc.)

Music Calendars: Submit your events online here or send by email to calendar@wortfm.org

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

Action Calendar

Tonight is a free screening of “Stand.” Tavis Smiley is joined in this film by Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, Bebe Winans, Dick Gregory and five others on a journey into the legacy of the civil rights movement, sharing experiences that confront the diversity and complexity of being black in America. This is at 7pm in room 200 of The Fountain building, 122 State Street. For more info, call 608-438-9536.

Tonight is a free screening of “Genetic Roulette,” the documentary that points to genetically modified foods as major contributors to rising rates of gastro-intestinal disorders, allergies, inflammatory diseases, infertility, and other health problems in humans. Hosted by Natural Step Monona, this is at 6:30pm at Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road in Monona. For more info, call 663-2459.

Tomorrow night, the Alliance for Animals and the Environment hosts an info session on the circus that’s coming to town. This is tomorrow at 6:30pm at Hawthorne Branch Library Community Room, 2707 East Washington. For more info, email debbie@allanimals.org.

Today, the Havens Center Visiting Speakers Program presents Michel Bauwens, Founder of the Peer-2-Peer Foundation, giving two lectures this week. The title of his first talk is, “Premises for a Peer-to-Peer Economy”. This is today from 4 to 6 pm in room 206 Ingraham, 1155 Observatory Drive, on the UW Campus. Tomorrow, Bauwens will speak on “Premises for a Peer-to-Peer Society”. This second talk is tomorrow from 4 to 6 pm in room 8417 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive, on the UW Campus. Both talks are free and open to the public. For more information, call 262-1420.