THIS IS A GENERAL CLUSTER ADVISORY
THE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF MUSIC TRACKS FOR THE FIRST UMIJam COMPILATION CD/DVD HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 7th 2008.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION AND THE CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR EVERY TRACK SUBMITTED.

PROCEDURE
PHYSICAL CD’S MAY BE DEPOSITED AT THE OFFICE OF RIAJam (16a Worthington Terrace, Kingston 6)
IN ADDITION  ONLY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS CAN RECEIVE PHYSICAL CD SUBMISSIONS:
Hemsley "Benzly" Morris 477-4774 benzlyhype@gmail.com
Chukwuemka Cameron 460-9327 chukwuemeka.cameron@gmail.com
George Golding 875-9759 ggold7@gmail.com
Sophie Marmol 390-4823 sismattaniah@gmail.com
Vernita Fort 877-7363 vernitapearlfort@gmail.com
Paul Barclay 361-3998 wpaulbarclay@gmail.com
Michael Hoppe 376-0724 mrmichaelhoppe@gmail.com
Yolande Rattray-Wright 314-2290 thewrightagency@flowja.com
Jens Thielker 421-0493 umiprojects@gmail.com

ALL MUSIC FILES BEING SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL MUST BE SUBMITTED IN MP3 128K STEREO FORMAT AND SUBMITTED TO music@umijam.com

PHYSICAL CD’S MAY BE IN ANY FORMAT; THE PHYSICAL CD’S WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

EVERYONE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVE COPYRIGHT IN THE SONGS SUBMITTED. Acceptable proof of copyright is registration with a collecting society for composers and authors such as JACAP, PRS or BMI. Please Contact the JACAP representative Paul Barclay wpaulbarclay@gmail.com  for more information on registering with JACAP. If you have registered with a copyright registry or by post please inform the head of label Loyal Haylett loyalsr@aol.com prior to submitting music.

ALL GENRES OF MUSIC WILL BE ACCEPTED. THERE ARE TWO (2) COMPILATIONS; ONE FOR REGGAE/DANCEHALL AND THE OTHER FOR OTHER MUSIC FORMS BEING PRODUCED IN JAMAICA.

A MAXIMUM OF 3 TRACKS FROM ANY ONE ENTITY (includes, companies, partnerships, individuals, associations) WILL BE ACCEPTED.

ONLY FINISHED (MIXED) MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED

THE PERSON SUBMITTING THE TRACK MUST HAVE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE TRACK; THE TRACK SHOULD NOT BE PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED OR LICENSED TO ANYONE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

UPON RECEIPT OF THE MUSIC FILES, CD’S ETC. EACH TRACK WILL BE GIVEN A RANDOM NUMBER AND A BLIND COPY (means the names of the artist etc will be removed) OF THE MUSIC SENT TO A LISTENING COMMITTEE WHO WILL VOTE BASED SOLELY ON THE AUDIO. THIS LISTENING COMMITTEE WILL COMPRISE MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.

ALL CLUSTER MEMBERS PLEASE ADHERE TO THE DEADLINE, THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER EXTENSION OF TIME DUE TO EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
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