The home of free dance music.

Is this a record deal?

No, it is not!

We do not offer record deals. We simply offer you a portal where you can share your electronic dance music with the world, for free!

If you are lucky enough to be offered a record deal elsewhere, we wish you every success!

Who owns the music?

You do!

There is no contract between yourselves and Dance Music Organisation, so you will always own all aspects of your music including the copyright.

We simply offer you a place to give your dance music away for free to the general public with the single condition that they download it for personal listening pleasure only.

You are not tied to Dance Music Organisation and you are most welcome to sell, upload or give your music away any other way you see fit.

After all it's your music and we wish you every success with it!

Who can join DMO?

More or less anyone!

The simple rule is this:-

As long as you are an independent electronic dance music artist, you fully own the music you plan to upload and you have full permission to give it away for free, then you are exactly what we are looking for!

Please remember we are an electronic dance music website, so as long as it is electronic and you think people will dance to it, you are most welcome to apply!

How much does it cost?

Absolutely nothing!

We offer you this facility totally free of charge and hope to always keep it that way!

The reason we do this is simple :-

DMO is basically Craig Chant (DJ C.D.C.), so to help promote his music, we help promote your music.

The more artists we have, the more music we have to give away for free and so the more visitors we receive to our website.

The more visitors we get, the more potential fans you, DJ - C.D.C. and all the other artists get exposed to and can accumulate. Simples!

Do I get an artist profile?

You most certainly do!

We believe having an artist profile is an important part of your membership as it helps to promote you as an artist and gives you valuable exposure to potential new fans.

Having a comprehensive artist profile ensures that every visitor to your artist biography gets to learn intimate details about you and can connect with you on a more personal level.

You have complete control over your biography including the ability to upload up to 10 images which will be dispayed in a random order each time your biography page is visited.

To learn more about the user interface provided with your membership simply hover over the image below to investigate the options available.

Can I manage my own music?

Of course you can!

We believe you should have total control over your own music, from the album cover, the album title, genre listing, track names, track times (initially auto populated on upload!), album description, you name it, you have total control over it!

Whether you wish to edit an exisiting album because you have made a slight alteration or you simply changed your mind about the album cover design, you can make any alterations you desire including deleting a track or an entire album should you wish, which we hope you won't want to do!

As well as having full control over your album discography, you are also provided with an interface where you can work on your current album. This way you can come back at any time to make changes and build up your next album release at your leisure.

Once you are ready to tell the world all about your new album, simply use the activation option to send a request for approval. Once your album is approved, it will be placed into the main download area as well as being instantly promoted throughout our website and an email notification sent to our subscriber list.

To learn more about the user interface provided with your membership, simply hover over the image below to investigate the options available.

What images are allowed?

JPG, PNG & GIF

You can upload any image you like as long as it is decent, does not blatantly offend and is your own work. Please do not upload images that you have stolen from someone elses website!

Creative artwork crafted by your own labour from acquired imagery is perfectly acceptable.

All images must be either (png / jpg / gif) and at least 5K in size and no more than 100K.

The largest image displayed on our website is H:220px by W:220px, so as long as you resize your images to this optimum, you shouldn't have a problem with the file size restrictions.

What audio files are allowed?

192kbps CD Quality MP3 Only!

We only allow a single audio format of 192kbps CD quality bitrate MP3 files.

This way we can control the quality and consitency of the music we offer, while balancing hosting file sizes and download bandwidth requirements.

Each MP3 audio file must be at least 1MB in size and no larger the 12MB and you can only upload a maximum of 15 tracks per album and only one album at a time.

There is also a lower limit of 5 tracks per album which allows you to decide if you want to put out 3 x 5 track EP's, or 1 long play, 15 track album, the choice is yours!

Don't forget to include your ID3 tags when creating your MP3 audio files, that way your listeners can see your album and track information in their MP3 audio player!

We do not want to restict you on what your music contains, but we will not tollerate abusive and indecent material. Any such material will be deleted instantly without warning and may result in your entire account being removed completely.

Remember, try to make the best, most decent and honest dance music you can, that hopefully the public would love to hear, not love to hate and most importantly, it must be your own work!

How do I get in the Top 40?

That's really rather easy!

If you want a shot at the No.1 spot in our exclusive DMO Top 40 Dance Music Downloads chart, simply release some free dance music!

Like everything in life, you have to be in it, to win it.

The way our website works is simple, all new releases not only receive pride of place in the new releases section on our home page, but also get a 'New Release' email sent to our email subscribers telling them about your new album.

We also have a second section on our website where the 10 most obscure DMO tracks are displayed, but as new releases will have few downloads to start with, they also will appear under this section, giving all new album releases another bite at the home page cherry!

Also remember, our top 40 charts is driven by a 120 day encapsulation period, so only recent downloads within those 120 days are counted towards the top 40 chart positions.

Although a track or an album may have been at the top spot with pleny of downloads, if its current downloads dwindle so will its chart ranking position, giving everyone a chance at getting into the top 40.

Don't worry, you will still be able to see your total downloads and top MP3's when viewing your album discography or our main site's artists profile section!

Who knows about my music?

That's entirely up to you!

Firstly you need to release some electronic dance music, then there are many areas of our website where we showcase the music we have to offer.

1. 10 Most Obscure DMO Tracks - This displays the bottom 10 tracks on our website that have been downloaded the least amount of times, helping new releases and old ones alike get the extra exposure they need.

2. Top 40 Dance Music Downloads - This is our exclusive top 40 downloads chart where the top 40 track and album downloads over the past 120 days battle it out for the coverted top 10 positions!

3. DMO New Releases - All new releases are given a 'top of house' home page location, so it is easy for our visitors to get straight to our latest dance music releases!

4. Top MP3 Albums - This displays the top MP3 albums ever downloaded and takes centre stage on our home page. You will have to work hard and make some great music if you want to earn a place in this location!

5. Artists' Spotlight - Not only are the artists randomly selected that appear in this section, but also the images displayed are randomly chosen from the pool of pictures available from your artist profile, keeping the website fresh and engaging for returning visitors.

6. Email Subscribers - Every email subscriber will receive an automated 'New Release' email each time a new album is uploaded and activated. This gives you that instant boost of exposure and ensures our subscribers are the first to hear about your new dance music releases, while helping you gain those valuable initial downloads!

7. Free MP3 - As well as our home page, we have a dedicated section for all our available audio MP3 downloads via a comprehensive search facility, enabling all visitors to narrow down their music preference and giving you the chance of being found by their search criteria.

8. Artists - We also have a dedicated artist biography section where our visitors can browse all artists available and discover more details about you, your album discography, your artist images and your top MP3 downloads.

9. Facebook - We have integrated facebook into our home page, every album release page and every artist profile page, helping you to keep your friends and family up-to-date with your latest dance music releases.

If however, like DJ - C.D.C. your friends and family are feed up of you ramming your music down their throats, then why not 'like' one of the other artist on our website via facebook!

You may find that an album by another DMO artist is just what your friends or family have been looking for, and in return their friends or family might just become fans of your music as well!

As you can see the exposure we offer you and the many facets to our website ensures you get the best possible chance of building a loyal fan base who will enjoy and dance to your music for years to come!

Remember, it's ok to 'like' your own albums and artist profile via facebook and spread the word about your music and all the other artists here at Dance-Music.org.

Together we can help each other get the valuable exposure we all deserve!