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Submit Music for the OWS May Day Mixtape

Submit Music for the OWS May Day Mixtape
Mon, 4/16/2012

Painting by Lopi Laroe

Occupy.com is excited to be working with the good folks at RadiOWS and the OWS Music Working Group to create "Shut It Down: The May Day Mixtape," featuring labor-themed songs, interviews and more in solidarity with the May 1st General Strike. The project will be released as a free download on Occupy.com on May 1st, in support of the global actions taking place that day. To submit material (original preferred), please send an email to music@occupy.com with "May Day Mixtape" in the subject line and include detailed credits and lyrics for each submission where applicable. Feel free to send in any ideas or questions to the same address as well and please forward this post to any musicians that might be interested. Thank you!

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