This is how you'll appear on the player screens and your artist page. Choose carefully — contact us to change it later.
Your town or area. Helps audiences know where you're from.
Who you are as an artist — your sound, your story, where you're from. This is your profile bio: it shows on your public artist page and on the player. (You'll write a separate description for each track when you submit one.)
We review every submission personally. You'll hear from us within 7 days.
While you wait — make sure your profile is complete. A strong bio and artist photo give your submission the best context.
Your music plays in real venues and reaches real audiences. Submit a track, and if it's approved, it joins the Promoting Local network. If you don't already have an ISRC for the recording, you can choose to have one registered under our Music Monitor prefix — at no cost to you.
Submit your music. Get heard. Get registered.
Upload your track for review. Once approved, it plays on Promoting Local players across the Tees Valley.
Use the official title of the recording as you want it to appear on screen.
MP3, WAV, or FLAC format. Non-MP3 files are automatically converted to high-quality MP3 for the network.
♫
Click to select MP3 file
Optional — square image, minimum 800×800px. Appears alongside your track on player screens. If you don’t add one, a Promoting Local placeholder is shown.
☐
Click to upload
Two different descriptions: your profile bio (about you, set in your profile) and this track description (about this specific song). Your QR page can show both.
What this specific song is about — the story behind it, the mood, what inspired it. Shows on this track's QR page. Max 50 words.
0 / 50 words
Track descriptions over 50 words will be returned for editing before review.
No registration yet — that's fine. You'll have a choice about ISRC further down: enter your own if you have one, or tick the box to have us register one under our Music Monitor prefix at no cost. Collecting societies like PRS do important work — consider us the first step of that journey.
Make sure this specific track is registered, not just your membership. You can check at repsearch.ppluk.com. Collecting societies do important work — and accurate track registration is what makes them effective.
Not sure? If you haven't formally registered this specific recording with any organisation, select Not Registered.
Many artists join PRS for Music or another collecting society and reasonably assume their music is now registered and protected. But membership and registration are two separate things. Joining makes you a member. Registering each individual track is a separate step that has to be done manually for every recording you want royalties collected on. A track that has never been registered generates plays — on radio, in venues, on streaming platforms — but those plays generate royalties that can't reach you because there's no record of your ownership. If you're not sure whether your specific track is registered, you can check the PPL repertoire database at repsearch.ppluk.com. It's free and takes about thirty seconds. If it's not there, selecting Not Registered above is correct — and you'll have the option below to have us register an ISRC for you under our Music Monitor prefix, which is the first step toward making every future play count.
Already have an ISRC for this recording? Enter it here and we'll preserve it. If you don't have one, leave this blank and use the option below.
Please enter a valid ISRC (12 characters, e.g. GBGXC9K25001).
ISRC stands for International Standard Recording Code. It's a 12-character identifier assigned to a specific recording — not the song itself, but that particular version of it. Every commercially released recording in the world carries one. It's how royalties find their way back to the right artist when a track is played on radio, in a venue, on a streaming platform, or anywhere else that reports plays. Without one, those plays happen but the royalties can't reach you. If your track doesn't have an ISRC yet, leave this field blank. You can choose below to have us assign one under our Music Monitor prefix when your track is approved — at no cost to you, permanently yours, regardless of what happens with your music after that. If you later register the track with a collecting society, your ISRC travels with it — you'll need it for that registration process.
By submitting, you confirm the following. Read each point — they protect you as much as they protect us.
1. You own or control all rights to this music.
This means the recording is your own original work and you haven't signed any agreement that transfers the rights to someone else — such as a record label deal or a work-for-hire agreement. If you recorded it yourself and it's your original music, you almost certainly own the rights.
2. You have accurately declared the rights status of this recording using the selector above.
3. You grant Promoting Local a non-exclusive licence to play this track in public venues across the network for a period of 18 months.
Non-exclusive means you're not giving Promoting Local sole rights to your music. You can still release it on Spotify, submit it to other platforms, perform it live, and do anything else you want with it. We're simply asking permission to play it in our venue network for 18 months. If you register the track with a collecting society during this period, let us know and we'll update how the track is licensed accordingly.
4. If you register this recording with a collecting society during the licence period, you will notify Promoting Local. The track will be updated to reflect its new licensing requirements — it will continue to play at licensed venues within the network.
5. You may request removal of your track at any time by contacting us.
6. You retain full ownership of your music — Promoting Local does not claim any rights to your work.
7. Promoting Local may use your artist name, photo, and bio for promotional purposes within the network.
This means we may use your artist name, photo, and bio on the player screens, the Promoting Local website, social media posts about the platform, and in materials presented to venues and partners. We won't use your image in paid advertising or license it to third parties without asking you separately.
Uploading...
Once approved, your music plays in real venues and your track receives an official ISRC registration.
Tracks you've submitted appear here. We review every submission personally — you'll hear from us within 7 days.
Here's how your music is performing across the network. Play counts and ratings update daily.
Add a profile photo to get started
Your photo is the image shown across the Promoting Local network — on venue screens, your QR page, and everywhere your music appears. Upload one below to unlock track submission.
This is how you appear on the Promoting Local player and your public artist page. Keep it current — it's the first thing a new listener sees when they scan your QR code.
Artist Profile
Edit your details below. Use the demo link above to see how you appear on venue screens.
Square image, minimum 800×800px.
Contact us to change your artist name.
Promoting Local may make minor editorial adjustments to bios shown on venue screens to uphold display quality. Your original bio here is always kept.
Write a sentence or two about yourself — your sound, where you're from, what you're about — and we'll shape it into a polished bio.
Suggested bio
0 / 50 words
Where to find →
Optional. No obligation. We'll be in touch after approval if your content meets the standard. This is separate from any content produced by Promoting Local at our events or production space.
Promoting Local is building a visual library that reflects the breadth and culture of the region — not just music, but the places, spaces, and people behind it. If you have existing professional quality video or photography — a music video, a live recording, a photo series — you can license it to the network for display on player screens and the platform's digital channels. You retain full ownership. We agree a licence for specific uses and durations. The content standard is professional quality — well-lit, well-shot, fit for public display on screens of any size in the network. If you're not sure whether your content meets the standard, submit it anyway and we'll give you honest feedback. Content submitted for the network is reviewed within 14 days. This is entirely separate from content produced by Promoting Local at Unit 4 or our live events, which is covered by a separate agreement at the time of filming.
Want to see and hear the player in person? We run exclusive artist demonstrations where you can experience the platform exactly as your audience will — live, in a real venue, with the sound system it's designed for. To find out about our next session, contact Nicky directly.
Your upcoming shows appear here and on your QR code profile — so anyone who discovers your music in a venue can find you performing live. Keep it updated.
Add a gig
New venue? No problem — we'll add it.
No upcoming gigs. Add your next show — it appears on your QR code profile so anyone who discovers your music can find you live.
Your music is already reaching people in real venues. Your merch should too. Upload your designs below — when someone scans your QR code, they'll see your merch alongside your music. You provide the artwork, the platform handles the rest.
How merch earnings work
You set the price. When a fan buys through a venue QR code, you earn 70%. The venue earns 20% for hosting the player. Promoting Local takes 10%.
No merch yet. Upload your first design — it takes 2 minutes.
When you film a session with Promoting Local, it appears here — with your master files ready to download. Every asset is yours: use it anywhere, as delivered — any platform, monetised, forever. Need a clean version or a different format? Ask, and we'll cut it.
No sessions yet. Session invitations go out as the filming programme rolls — keep your profile strong.
