Total Fest XII: Band Submissions Update

Our April 1st deadline for Total Fest XII band submissions has passed. Thanks to all of the bands and artists who sent in their submissions for this year's fest. Our volunteer committee will be working our way through the pile of submissions and will begin making decisions over the next two weeks. If you submitted, please be patient with us in the process and expect to hear from us in the coming weeks. Thank you!

TOTAL FEST XII SUBMISSIONS

With another awesome and excellent Total Fest behind us, we've started on planning for the twelfth annual  Total Fest, which is scheduled for August 15-17, 2013.

We're now accepting band submissions through April 1, 2013. As you route your late-summer tours, please consider that the best way to the Northwest from Minneapolis, or to the midwest from the west coast is on scenic I-90, via Missoula.

What do we want from you? The usual luddite feast: some tracks (a CDR is fine; vinyl or other material is great), a photo, a brief write-up of you and your mates (a review is ok), and reliable contact info (point of contact, email AND phone) for your band.

Additionally, we're happy to accept mp3s via the submissions email mentioned below, but please don't simply send us links to websites and ask us to choose what to listen to; we appreciate you taking the time to select tunes that best represent your sound and making sure to include the additional items requested above.

Please send band submissions to:

Total Fest
P.O. Box 7784
Missoula, MT 59807

For digital submissions or questions, please email us at submissionstotalfest@gmail.com.

Submission Deadline Approaches!!

Hey Total World,

In spite of this drab March 25th, April will still come (if we allow ourselves to believe in calendars). April means that the submission deadline for Total Fest X is a week from today! Grab your puffy envelopes, your sharpies, your rolls of penny stamps and send it in already! We're super excited and determined to make Number 10 one of the most memorable Total Fests to date, and we'd be saddened if you somehow missed out. We look forward to this part of the planning process so do whatever it takes -- stalk that mail carrier, push yourself to the front of the line, etc. -- to drop it in the mail:

Wantage USA Attn. Total Fest X Submissions
P.O. Box 8681
Missoula, MT 59807

TOTAL TIME.

2011 will mark the tenth year we will have gotten all Total out here, and to celebrate, we're working on some extra-ambitious stuff. More on that soon, but for now, let's just commence the accepting of applications. We want you. Deadline: April 1, 2011. Here's what an application looks like:

1) A good recording, CDRs are fine, of three or four songs that best represent your band. One CD is fine. Electronic submissions are a hassle for us, so don't email us saying "Bro! Just go head and go to our myspace page. It's all there." We are old, weird, "traditional" folks for whom computers, MP3s and the like still are confusing and frightening.

2) A promise that you understand that by applying, you're holding onto the days of August 18-20, 2011 and not simultaneously figuring out how to do 16 other things simultaneously.

2.5) Some type of paragraph explaining your deal. Who are you? Where do you live? Why do you play tunes? Why do you like the Pink Fairies and Karp? We don't need a long list of the bands you've played with, but we like context, and if a decent writer has written about your band, that'd be a nice thing to get.

3) Good contact information for you (i.e. a single contact person for your band, a good phone number and email address).

4) Your patience. We will listen to everything we get, discuss it, give it a fair shake and decide upon the bands and artists that most help us with our mission of Totality. Totally. Thank you.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2011. Send to:

Wantage USA Attn. Total Fest X Submissions
P.O. Box 8681
Missoula, MT 59807

TOTAL FEST IX: OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Total Fest IX will break loose from its cage August 19-21, 2010 in majestic Missoula, Montana. We've officially opened the submission floodgates. We'll consider bands, one-person acts, special performance art outfits and the like. We're officially a music festival, but like creativity in all its forms.

To submit, we need a few things from you:

1) A good recording, CDRs are fine, of three or four songs that best represent your band. One CD is fine. Electronic submissions are a hassle for us, so don't email us saying "just go to our myspace, dude. It's all there." We are old, traditional, luddites who like the U.S. Mail, CD players and tactile experiences.

2) Some type of paragraph explaining your deal. Who you are, where you live, whether or not you like Hawkwind. We don't need a long list of the bands you've played with, but if a decent writer has written about your band, that's a helpful thing for us to have.

3) Good contact information for you (i.e. a phone and email address).

4) Your patience. We will listen to everything we get, discuss it, give it a fair shake and decide upon the bands and artists that most help us with our mission of Totality. Totally. Thank you.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 2, 2010. Send to:

Wantage USA Attn. Total Fest IX Submissions
P.O. Box 8681
Missoula, MT 59807

(the crowd photo above was taken by Andy Kemmis at Total Fest VIII)