Of course, we would like to consider your music for review on our blog. Please be aware that we get tons of digital or physical music every month. As we want to describe what we feel and think about your music, we need time. Because there are so many we cannot dig into all of them. Before sending your physical (finished product) promo you might consider this. To increase the possibility of having us review your music you might consider sending us your promo at least one, better two months, before the release date. That doesn’t mean that we will not review your music if you send us the promo one week before the release date. Just send us as much stuff that makes our job easier. Please do not send us MP3 files or zip files attached to your email.
Please know that since July 1st, 2021 we must pay customs clearance costs. When we receive a package from a country outside the European Union, tax and import duties (customs clearance costs) are charged. However, this is not the case when you send it as a GIFT. In the Netherlands, we do not pay VAT for GIFTS with a value of up to €45. This only applies if the package comes from a private sender to a private receiver. By gifts, they mean items that we receive as a gift from someone outside the EU.
To avoid unnecessary custom clearance taxes costs on reception (especially from outside the European Union), please send your CDs as if it was a regular letter with a document, that is to say, with an envelope (non-machinable yellow or hard one with international first-class stamp) as “standard post”, without “Customs Declaration CN22 label”. The envelope has to be 6 inches by 9 inches and the spine of the cd can’t be more than 1/4 inches.
So please send CDs (disable the barcode) as if they were a letter with a document inside, by ordinary post, and never with the label “Customs Declaration CN22”. If finally, you have to include CN22, please write “Document” instead of “merchandise” and specify “GIFT without venue” and “value € 1,00”.
I know it is a lot and I’m aware that this EU legislation is anything but sustainable, but what do we do about it? So if you can live with that you may think about sending us your physical promo copy to:
Jan Janssen
Lincolnstraat 2
6566 CT Millingen aan de Rijn
The Netherlands
We are old school and hope you understand that we almost can’t accept digital promos anymore. We did get about 100 download links every week, almost impossible to listen to them all. So we prefer reviewing physical promos. Please realize that we can’t send you your promo back. We’d be bankrupt if we did.