The intro, extended
Tremolo guitar, a slow chord cycle, a little reverb. The first two minutes of most post-rock songs, made to last twenty.
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Post-rock artistsfor the quiet half of the song.
Yes, though nobody has sent any yet, so the first post-rock artist in rotation is still to come. What would get a track in is the part of the genre that usually comes before the crescendo: clean guitars with delay, a slow bass, brushed drums or none, held for ten minutes without the lift. If your band has an intro that could run for a whole side, that is the submission.
Where it lands in the sessions
What a curator hears as a fit
Drums as texture or absent
Brushes, mallets, or no kit at all. A snare hit at full level is the loudest thing in a work session by far.
A long, flat arc
One mood, one tempo, no destination. Bands who improvise long ambient passages live already have this recorded.
Why tracks get turned down
- The crescendo. It is the reason the genre exists and the reason it gets refused here.
- Distortion arriving. A clean track that turns overdriven at minute four is a change every listener notices.
- Drum builds. Rolls, crashes and a kit that grows louder toward the end read as a countdown at a desk.
Before you send
- Record the soundcheck. The long, aimless jam before the set is often the best work track a band has.
- Take the drums out entirely and listen. If the piece still holds, send that version.
- Send a private link if the track is not released. Unfinished material is fine, and a curator answers within seven days.
Post-rock artists in rotation
Nothing in this genre is in rotation yet. Yours could be the first.
Common questions
Does Music For Work accept post-rock?
Yes, the quiet, instrumental, non-building side of it. No post-rock is in rotation yet, so the first artist to send a fit will stand out.
Which session would post-rock land in?
Creative Flow for guitar pieces with a little movement, Late Shift for the darker, slower ones. Say which you are aiming for in the application.
Can a track have a crescendo if it is gentle?
A slow rise across twenty minutes that never gets loud can work. A rise that ends in distortion and crashes cannot.
Send your post-rock.
Two or three links, a square photo, one line about how you made them. A curator listens end to end and answers within seven days.