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Eduardo Lemos Martin's avatar

thanks for organising such an incredible & essential project! : ) happy to help in any way possible.

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Shanté's avatar

i appreciate that Eduardo — i’ll be looking for moderators and contributors in 2025, so i will definitely keep you in mind!

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Steve Bradley's avatar

Brilliant stuff 👏

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Oliver Picken's avatar

This looks to be a great resource, I will enjoy looking through this this evening

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Sonny Rane's avatar

Thank you so much for all your hard work. You've truly done a tremendous job!

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Jeremy Shatan's avatar

This is absolutely fantastic - thank you! My inbox is about to feel it when I start subscribing to all these new newsletters...oof.

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the sovereign audite's avatar

yay!!! it was an honor to assist, always! ✨

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Michael K. Fell's avatar

Thank you for all the work you have done to create this space, Shanté!

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Matt Thompson's avatar

Thank you so much for putting this together and giving us a chance to participate!

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Charles in San Francisco's avatar

Wow, this is amazing. It's not only valuable and useful, but it looks great too. Yes, truly a gift to us all. Thank you!

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Shanté's avatar

Charles, i appreciate your kind words. ngl, your comment sparked happy tears for me. thank you for seeing the work and resonating with it.

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Jess Burge's avatar

Love this! I’m new here. I write Mixtape. I focus on Australian music and curating playlists. Would love to be part of the next round!

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The Music Directory's avatar

Hi Jess, I’d be happy to include you next round! It’s a submission-based directory and the inquiry form will reopen on December 9th! I’ll be sending out a newsletter next week and I can tag you in a note when I make the announcement :)

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Beth Anderson's avatar

Thank you for building this, and thank you for including me! I very much appreciate it, and am having fun finding other like-minded people in it.

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Shanté's avatar

thank you for submitting Beth!! i’m happy to hear that you’re having fun with the directory and i look forward to checking out your work.

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Dan Harrison's avatar

thank you for such necessary work! this is wonderful and i cannot wait to watch it evolve.

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Lori Christian's avatar

How awesome! I would love to be a part of this!

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Shanté's avatar

hi Lori! i’d be happy to include you. it’s a submission-based directory and i’m reopening the form on Monday December 9th. as a subscriber, you’ll get the announcement when i send out the next newsletter :)

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Lori Christian's avatar

oh no I missed it somehow...

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Matty C's avatar

This is superb. Thanks so much for this.

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alt_version's avatar

I love this! I've been trying to find more music blogs to follow and you've done all the legwork. Fantastic!

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Shanté's avatar

thank you and i hope you have also submitted to the directory (forgive me if you have, i haven’t checked the responses yet). i’d love to spotlight more physical media collectors 😊

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alt_version's avatar

Sent my submission earlier this evening ☺️

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Charles in San Francisco's avatar

Hey Shanté,

I hope all is well with you. I listed my year-end roundup using the form, but just in case, as a backup, here is the link: https://zapatosjam.substack.com/p/my-favorite-musical-finds-of-2024. The interesting news is women dominated, especially in genres and roles historically reserved for guys (metal, hard rock, playing guitar like a badass)! I hope you find time to check out a couple of the links. Thank you for all you are doing!

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Shanté's avatar

thanks Charles. hope you’re doing well. i’ll be reviewing the form submissions tomorrow, so i’ll definitely make sure i have your list included in the draft. i’m excited to check your list out!!

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