How To Tutorial
In summary, we need three files from you to enter our peer voting system;
1) A digital image, be it disc artwork, photography or anything else you deem appropriate.
2) A complete, full length version of your track encoded as an MP3 at 128Kbps. Please only use MP3 files. Do not use any other file formats as they are not compatible with this site.
3) A thirty second clip of your chosen song encoded as an MP3 at 128Kbps (optional, but preferred).
This following tutorial will detail your end of TheNextWave.co.uk submission process - taking your digital audio file and creating both the whole song and 30 second clip mp3s at a 128Kbps Bit Rate.
Audacity is a free, lightweight and powerful open source audio editor and recorder (further detail can be found at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/).
How To Tutorial & Software Download Links
Audio tutorial .pdf (850kb)Legal Statement
As this site is not broadcasting to the public and is for use only by people in the music industry in the West Midlands the legal aspects are quite straightforward.
By uploading a track to this site you confirm that everyone involved in the track - the owners, performers, writers and publishers (if published) agree to the track being streamed from this site. You also confirm that you have permission to use any images that accompany your track.
NB: Although we are only streaming tracks from this site it is not possible to stream with absolutely no chance of a streamed track being stored by a user.
We the owners of the site are bound by all current UK legislation.