SubmitHub Underground

This is a space for people creating from obsession, instinct, and lived experience...not for being judged by someone who’s never finished a song, chased a sound at 3am. No gatekeeping. For artists who make music because they have to, not because it fits an algorithm or a curator’s mood. #fthealgo

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SubmitHub Underground exists for musicians who create out of love, not strategy. A place beyond gatekeepers, playlist politics, and armchair critics who’ve never made a track themselves. This is where artists support artists, share honestly, and reclaim the joy of making music without permission.

Email me: [email protected] or DM me on IG and I’ll add your song after review.

Send it over for placement on SoundCloud, YouTube, and Spotify.

Let’s get this moving and build something powerful…a collective of souls who deserve to belong.

Power to the people.

What matters to me is that people are trying and doing their best and expressing themselves in a non-formulaic way

As in be yourself, that's what makes music special.

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https://band.codes/clelia/ancestral

Artist you’ve probably never heard of: Clelia...one of many hidden talents in the SubmitHub underground playlist scene. Download the latest album for free. Officially released on Spotify February 13, though it was originally created in fall 2023.

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Be You Festival... a possible evolution of this grassroots music movement.

Imagine it somewhere in Virginia: maybe a farm near Richmond/Henrico, or out on the magical shores of the Eastern Shore. A real place, real people, real sound.

Artists could pay a small, accessible fee ($10–20) for a vendor spot and get a genuine chance to perform. This isn’t about clout or algorithms...it’s a festival for musicians/artists who want to play, who feel like the digital gods and tech machinery are doing everything possible to keep them from shining.

Our philosophy is simple: it’s about what you give the listener. Whether that’s someone discovering your track on a long walk, or the joy they feel standing in front of a live performance.

Everyone deserves a chance to practice in front of a real audience, to create a good time, to feel the exchange that music is actually about.

See these photos? That’s the heart of the industry...not the metrics determining your value.

Some of the best talent out there is completely unheard and honestly, it’s almost criminal how much great music gets buried by arbitrary gatekeeping.

That’s the goal here: level the playing field and bring joy and fun back into music. Not this constant misery where people feel defeated just because they’re not big on social media or seeing a lot of streams. Music was never meant to be a numbers game...it’s meant to be felt, shared, and enjoyed. It's supposed to bring people together not alienate them into a bubble.

P.S. Possible idea for the festival: phone lockers. Step away from constant handheld devices that pull you out of the moment and back into real presence. Hand out disposable cameras instead and bring back the magic of film.

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Calling all artists and musicians dropping new work 👀 If you don’t have a huge following yet, you’re just dipping your toes in, or you’ve been locked out of the usual promo game but still want a fair shot at being heard, this is for you.

Every music promo says the same thing: get on a playlist. And what do they usually want in return? 💸

Not here.

Submit your track. we'll actually listen to it, review it, and if it fits, add it to SoundCloud, Spotify, and YouTube. No paywalls, no gatekeeping...just music from real people getting into circulation the way it should.

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THE ULTIMATE LIST OF CURATORS TO AVOID BY GENRE ON SUBMITHUB

THE ULTIMATE LIST OF CURATORS TO AVOID BY GENRE ON SUBMITHUB: SubmitHub Playlist Curator Feedback & Accountability Form (should we make a