One of the unique aspects of Hood Grown magazine is that it fosters the discovery of new music and artist whether they’re on a major or independent music label. Hood Grown is one of the few websites that support independent artists and labels without any payola or bullshit. As long as you’re an indie artist trying to do your thing, we got your back! To get featured in Hoodgrown Online’s “Up-Next” or “Producers” section, you’ll need to submit the following:

• 1. A WELL WRITTEN bio. I can’t stress this enough. Check out the stuff featured on the site, if you’re writting skills are not up to par get someone to do it for it. All bios should be in the "third person" meaning a sentence should not read "In 1990 I was featured in the Source Magazine" it should read "In 1990 (the artist) was featured in the Source Magazine". Bios should be in a format that can be easily copied and pasted (no jpegs or PDFs). No one has the time to retype your info.
• 2. A photo or logo of the artist/group in jpeg format (no bmp files) WITH NO TEXT ON IT.
• 3. If you’d like to include music with your article please upload your music to www.twtmuzik.com and send us the link to it.
• 4. To even be considered you should be a member of the Hoodgrown website. Registration is FREE and you can do it by signing up in right column of the site. We request that you become a member for two reasons. First, if we’re supporting you the very least you can do is show us some support as well. Secondly, the only way to find out when you’ve been featured on our site is when you receive our email updates or check the site. We will not email people personally when they or their artists are featured on our site. We run a new artist/producer every 3 to 4 days.
• 5. Send an email with the following subject line: “Up-Next Consideration” or “Producer Consideration” with all of the required information and email it to hoodgrown.productions@gmail.com

If the above instructions aren’t followed, you or your artist/group WILL NOT even be considered. I will not pull information from Myspace pages so don’t even ask. Send it to me in an email.

ALBUM LISTENING PARTY

You already know the climate of today’s market. There are just too many artists out there and it’s becoming harder and harder to get your music out in front of the buying public, which is why Hoodgrown Online has created the “Album Listening Party” section. Nothing works better for promoting your music than having people HEAR IT which is why all the online music stores have soundclips. Our album “Album Listening Party” will put your album or mixtape in front of the 1000 people who visit this site on a daily basis for a flat fee of $5.00. A small price to pay to promote your music.

You’ll need to submit the following:

• 1. An image of the album cover in jpeg format (no bmp files).
• 2. Your FULL album or mixtape (no soundclips) in a format that can be easily embedded into our site. For example, Twtmuzik.com or iMeem
• 3. A link where your album can be purchased or downloaded.
• 4. Your album’s tracklisting in a format that can be easily copied and pasted and a short paragraph describing your project.
• 5. Send an email with the following subject line: “Album Listenting Party” with all of the required information and email it to hoodgrown.productions@gmail.com
• 6. Make your payment of $5.00. Once your listening party will run within 5-10 days of having received your payment and mater
  

FREESTYLE FRIDAYS ONLINE COMPETION

To participate in Hoodgrown Online’s weekly "Freestyle Friday Online Competition"

• 1. Your verse must not be more than 16 bars
• 2. Your verse must be recorded on an popular industry track (no original joints, sorry)
• 3. All recordings must be CLEAR and of good quality.
• 4. Upload your track to www.twtmuzik.com
• 5. Send an email to freestyles.hoodgrown@gmail.com – containing: your rap name and link to track on www.twtmuzik.com
• 6. Each week we’ll choose 3 people to compete against one another letting our visitors vote as to who has the best Freestyle.
• 7. On Weds 7pm EST. The winner will be announced and will continue on to next week against two new opponents. The champion that week can choose to submit a new freestyle or continue using the current one.
• 8. Anyone who wins 4 weeks in a row will be added to the Hoodgrown Online hall of fame.
• 9. In December the "Hall Of Famers" will compete for that whole month and a winner will be announced on Christmas. The winner will receive prizes and bragging rights as the "Best of 2010".