Introducing Rachel Colton

Rachel is a DJ, songwriter and producer, most known for co-writing and producing Celine Lyng’s EP Sugarcoated’ and the singles ‘Appetite’ and ‘Love At First Swipe’ which became a regional number one at Radio 102 in Norway.

She was educated at LIPA and BIMM Birmingham where she studied bass guitar, songwriting and production. During this time, Rachel was mentored in songwriting one-to-one by Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney.

As a bassist and touring musician, she fell in love with the unsigned and independent musicians she was listening to and was shocked at how little following or streams these artists were receiving.

In March this year, she started her “Hidden Harmonies” radio show on Crags Radio and quickly gained followers and submissions, primarily through TikTok. For many musicians, her show is the first time they hear their music live on air and has become a safe place to showcase demos and songs before release.

Beginning in May, Rachel will present weekly interviews with an unsigned or independent artist on her show. This August she will be part of Crags Radio’s first-ever music festival, providing a paid performance opportunity for new artists.

In collaboration with the songwriting circle “The Narrative” based in Liverpool, she is working to host live and online events for unsigned and independent musicians, with the potential for wider events across the Midlands and North.

Rachel is determined to provide a platform for artists. Her ever-growing social media presence and weekly radio takeover have proved that the UK’s music scene needs her and we’re delighted to welcome her to the Right Chord Music family.

Rachel will be scouting the Right Chord Music submissions database. Submit now and you could be the next new artist to feature on her radio show and playlist.

Introducing The RCM Indie Collective

The Right Chord Music Blog started the RCM Indie Collective to champion more incredible independent artists.

The RCM Indie Collective allows unsigned and independent artists to pick up promotional support from a network of partner Blogs, Playlisters and new music champions all from one free submission to Right Chord Music.

Music blog aggregation services are nothing new, but with SubmitHub and now Musosoup charging musicians to submit their music, costs are spiralling.

“We wanted to create a service which is fairer and more accessible for everyone, with our service, the submission is free and you only pay for a guaranteed review or feature, there is no obligation to accept.” Mark Knight (Founder)

Here is the growing list of RCM Indie Collective partners

• Right Chord Music Blog
• Right Chord Music Playlists
• Blackmarket Playlists
• Bored City
• Eclectic Ear Candy
• Euphonixx
• Heresiarch Music Reviews
• Honor Morrison (BBC Radio 6 & 1, Good Vibes Only Live)
• Indie Music Women
• Jodie Bryant (Discover Live & BBC Radio 1)
• Lost In The Nordics
• Poco Poco Records
• Pop Passion Blog
• Pretty White Blog
• Rachel Colton (Hidden Harmonies Crags Radio / Playlist/ Live)
• Rats On The Run Blog
• Tonitruale Blog
• Unseen Plays Blog
• Unseen Plays Podcast
• Up & Coming Blog Blog
• We Make Music Playlists

Submit your music to Right Chord Music for FREE here. You can also read case studies and success stories here. If you are a music blogger, playlister, podcaster, DJ or live promoter interested in joining our team, please get in touch here.

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Introducing Poco Poco Records

Poco Poco Records was formed in the UK in 2010 by musical duo The Daydream Club. The name ‘Poco Poco’ roughly translates to “Little, Little Records”. It’s a deliberately eclectic record label covering indie-folk to electronic, ambient to neo-classical and alt-pop to experimental jazz. Nothing is off the table as long as there is passion behind the tunes. The label is currently home to The Daydream Club, A. J. Pickering and Toba Fakt, with more to come.

Adam Pickering from Poco Poco Records will be scouring the Right Chord Music submissions database to scout incredible new talent. Rather than writing blog reviews, he will be creating short-form video reviews highlighting his favourite discoveries. These videos will be shared across the Right Chord Music social channels.

About The RCM Indie Collective

The RCM Indie Collective was created by the Right Chord Music Blog to help promote more incredible independent artists.

We allow unsigned and independent artists to pick up promotional support from our network of partner Blogs, Podcasts, Playlists and now Record Labels all from one free submission to Right Chord Music.

Music blog aggregation services are nothing new, but with SubmitHub and now Musosoup charging musicians just to submit their music, costs are spiralling.

“We wanted to create a service that gets back to the music, which is fairer and more accessible for everyone,” says founder Mark Knight. “With our service, the submission is free and you only pay for a guaranteed review or feature, there is no obligation to accept.”

Mark Knight still continues to write reviews for free, but there are only so many reviews one person can write! To support more artists, Right Chord Music now employs a team of 20+ freelance writers this allows RCM to dramatically increase the number of reviews they can publish. A review on Right Chord Music with a freelance writer costs £6 with 100% going to the writer.

All members of the RCM Indie Collective set their own prices which are agreed upon between the artist and the blog before agreeing to a review.

Here is the growing list of RCM Indie Collective partners

• Right Chord Music Blog
• Right Chord Music Playlists
• Blackmarket Playlists
• Bored City
• Eclectic Ear Candy
• Euphonixx
• Heresiarch Music Reviews
• Indie Music Women
• Lost In The Nordics
• Poco Poco Records
• Pop Passion Blog
• Pretty White Blog
• Rats On The Run Blog
• Tonitruale Blog
• Unseen Plays Blog
• Unseen Plays Podcast
• Up & Coming Blog Blog
• We Make Music Playlists

You can read case studies and success stories here. If you are a music blogger, playlister, podcaster, DJ or live promoter interested in joining The RCM Indie Collective please get in touch here. Artists can submit music for consideration here

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Words Mark Knight

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Introducing Unseen Plays

Unseen Plays began with a dream to build an online space where emerging artists and bands could get ahead with valuable organic press. It’s a blog built by artists for artists. They want to help bring the best unheard music to music lovers to help good music get ahead.

In addition to a tastemaker music blog they recently launched the Unseen Plays Podcast where they showcase the best artists featured on the Unseen Plays Blog. The Podcast is only available on Spotify which means every play of the Podcast contributes a Spotify stream to the featured artists.

About The RCM Indie Collective

The RCM Indie Collective was created by the Right Chord Music Blog to help promote incredible independent artists. 

We allow unsigned and independent artists to pick up promotional support from our network of partner Music Blogs, Podcasts, Playlists and even Radio stations all from one free submission to Right Chord Music.

Music blog aggregation services are nothing new, but with SubmitHub and now Musosoup charging musicians just to submit their music, costs are spiralling.

We wanted to create a service that gets back to the music, which is fairer and more accessible for everyone says founder Mark Knight. With our service, the submission is free and you only pay for a guaranteed review or feature, there is no obligation to accept.

Mark Knight still continues to write reviews for free, but there are only so many reviews one person can write! To support more artists, we employ a team of 20+ freelance writers this allows us to dramatically increase the number of reviews we can publish. A review on Right Chord Music with a freelance writer costs £6 with 100% going to the writer.

All members of the RCM Indie Collective are free to set their own prices which you agree with them before agreeing to a review.

Here is the full list of our RCM Indie Collective partners

• Right Chord Music Blog
• Right Chord Music Playlists
• Blackmarket Playlists
• Bored City
• Eclectic Ear Candy
• Euphonixx
• Heresiarch Music Reviews
• Indie Music Women
• Iraina Mancini (Soho Radio)
• Lost In The Nordics
• Lost On Radio Playlist
• Pop Passion Blog
• Pretty White Blog
• Rats On The Run Blog
• The Daydream Club Presents Podcast
• Tonitruale Blog
• Unseen Plays Blog
• Unseen Plays Podcast
• Up & Coming Blog Blog
• We Make Music Playlists

You can read case studies and success stories here. If you are a music blogger, playlister, DJ or live promoter interested in joining The RCM Indie Collective please get in touch here

Submit music for consideration here

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Words Mark Knight

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Introducing Heresiarch

Heresiarch means, “a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.” The music that they enjoy reviewing the most is usually heretical: experimental/freak folk, ambient, lo-fi, and anything else experimental (although they are open to submissions from any genre).

About the RCM Indie Collective

The RCM Indie Collective was created by the Right Chord Music Blog. The aim is simply to allow unsigned and self-released musicians to pick up editorial support from multiple press outlets (Blogs, Podcasts, Playlists and even Radio Stations) from one free submission via the RCM submissions website.

Music blog aggregation services are nothing new, but with SubmitHub and now Musosoup charging musicians just to submit their music, costs are spiralling.

We wanted to create a service that gets back to the music, which is fairer and more accessible for everyone says founder Mark Knight. With our service, you only pay for a guaranteed review or feature, and there is no obligation.

All members of the RCM Indie Collective are free to set their own prices which you agree with them before agreeing to a review. A review on RCM costs £6 with 100% going to the writer who does the work. We currently employ a team of 22 freelance writers which allows us to feature more incredible new music than ever before.

RCM Indie Collective Members

• Right Chord Music
• Bored City
• Eclectic Ear Candy
• Euphonixx
• Heresiarch Music Reviews
• Indie Music Women
• Iraina Mancini (Soho Radio)
• Lost In The Nordics
• Lost On Radio Playlist
• Pop Passion Blog
• Pretty White
• Rats On The Run
• The Daydream Club Presents Podcast,
• Tonitruale
• Up & Coming Blog
• We Make Music

You can read case studies and success stories here. If you are a music blogger, playlister, DJ or live promoter interested in joining The RCM Indie Collective please get in touch here

Submit your music for free today

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Black Friday / Give Back Friday

Is it just me or does everyone just want your money on Black Friday?! It’s relentless and let’s face it most of us don’t have too much money to give at the moment. In recognition of the realities of life and economic struggles, we’re renaming ‘Black Friday’ to become ‘Give Back Friday’ and we’re giving £50 of our own money back to promote one an incredible independent artist or band.

What’s The Prize?

The Right Chord Music editors will pick one independent artist or band who will win.

• A featured review on the Right Chord Music Blog
• We’ll make a bespoke piece of social content which will be shared across our socials
• We’ll spend £50 promoting you and your music with a paid Meta ad

How To Enter

For your chance to win, you just need to visit our Give Back Friday competition page and submit your music. We only want original music and released music available on Spotify. In addition to sending us great music, we also want you to tell us an interesting story about you and your music. Think of something that will inspire us to feature you! Entry is free and you have until Saturday 26th November at midday. The entrance is open to artists anywhere in the world. The judge’s decision is final. The winner will be announced on the Right Chord Music Blog soon.

About Right Chord Music

Right Chord Music (RCM) is an unsigned music blog. We’ve been championing incredible unsigned and independent artists since 2010. We are proud to be ranked in the Top 5 independent music blogs and websites by Feedspot. Our mission is to get music heard by more people, more often.

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Words Mark Knight

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Introducing Pretty White

Pretty White believes that music and writing have the power to connect people and help them better understand themselves and each other. They are dedicated to sharing music from Independent artists that they feel do this particularly well.

There are two types of people in the world. Those who like to listen to that classic record by iconic musicians and those who get excited about listening to an unknown artist. Pretty White, like RCM, definitely falls into the latter camp.

The last artist featured on Pretty White was Callum Scott with his epic track ‘Heaven’ taken from his album ‘Bridges’. Want to discover more like this get over to Pretty White now!

Musicians visiting the Pretty White blog now have two choices:

1. Continue to send it directly to Pretty White for coverage on this blog
2. Submit it to the RCM Indie Collective via Right Chord Music for the chance to feature on multiple blogs, playlists Podcasts and even radio.

About the RCM Indie Collective

The RCM Indie Collective was created by the Right Chord Music Blog (ranked 5th in Feedspot’s top 50 indie music blogs and websites). All members get access to the RCM submissions database, so with one free submission musicians really can pick up multiple reviews and offers of support.

Current members include:

• Right Chord Music 
• Bored City
• Eclectic Ear Candy
• Euphonixx
• Indie Music Women
• Iraina Mancini (Soho Radio)
• Lost In The Nordics
• Lost On Radio Playlist 
• Pretty White
• Pop Passion Blog
• Rats On The Run
• The Daydream Club Presents Podcast,
• Tonitruale
• Up & Coming Blog
• We Make Music

You can read case studies and success stories here.

Blogger or new music champion?

If you are a music blogger, playlister, DJ or live promoter interested in joining The RCM Indie Collective please get in touch here

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Introducing Bored City

Bored City aims to provide music fans with the latest and greatest music, preferably from artists you’ve never heard of before. We provide streaming and/or downloadable audio in addition to accompanying write-ups. Most of our content is track-focused, with an option for listeners to hear more.

About the RCM Indie Collective

The RCM Indie Collective was created by the Right Chord Music Blog. The aim is simply to allow unsigned and self-released musicians to pick up editorial support from multiple press outlets (Blogs, Podcasts, Playlists and even Radio Stations) from one free submission via the RCM submissions website.

Music blog aggregation services are nothing new, but with SubmitHub and now Musosoup charging musicians just to submit their music, costs are spiralling.

We wanted to create a service that gets back to the music, which is fairer and more accessible for everyone says founder Mark Knight. With our service, you only pay for a guaranteed review or feature, and there is no obligation.

All members of the RCM Indie Collective are free to set their own prices which you agree with them before agreeing to a review. A review on RCM costs £6 with 100% going to the writer who does the work. We currently employ a team of 22 freelance writers which allows us to feature more incredible new music than ever before.

RCM Indie Collective Members

• Right Chord Music
• Bored City
• Eclectic Ear Candy
• Euphonixx
• Indie Music Women
• Iraina Mancini (Soho Radio)
• Lost In The Nordics
• Lost On Radio Playlist
• Pop Passion Blog
• Rats On The Run
• The Daydream Club Presents Podcast,
• Tonitruale
• Up & Coming Blog
• We Make Music

You can read case studies and success stories here. If you are a music blogger, playlister, DJ or live promoter interested in joining The RCM Indie Collective please get in touch here

Submit your music for free today

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Introducing Lost In The Nordics 

Lost In The Nordics began as a SoundCloud page in March 2015 that supported indie artists from around the world, but they have since evolved into blogging, with no genre limits. If a lot of the artists they cover don’t ring a bell to you, it’s pretty normal. They like to introduce the world to up-and-coming talents, the ones to watch who are about to become your future next obsessions.

Now there are two ways you get your music on the Lost In The Nordics blog.

1. Continue to send it directly to Lost In The Nordics for coverage on their blog
2. Submit it to the RCM Indie Collective via Right Chord Music for coverage on multiple blogs

About The RCM Indie Collective

Created by Right Chord Music, (ranked 5th in Feedspot’s top 50 indie music blogs and websites) the RCM Indie Collective invites music blogs, and new music champions to access our central submissions database.

What does this mean for artists?

Now with one free submission, musicians can end up with multiple reviews or offers of support across Blogs, Podcasts, Playlists and even Radio.

Current members include:

Right Chord Music, Lost On Radio Playlist, Rats On The Run, The Daydream Club Presents Podcast, Indie Music Women, Eclectic Ear Candy, We Make Music, Iraina Mancini (Soho Radio), Tonitruale, Euphonixx, Up & Coming and of course Lost In The Nordics.

“The RCM Indie Collective makes it easier for musicians to get heard and allows us to champion even more incredible new and undiscovered artists,” Mark Knight, RCM

You can read case studies and success stories here. If you are a music blogger, play-lister, DJ or live promoter interested in joining The RCM Indie Collective you can find out more and apply here.

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