Pittsburgh, PA  –  Wednesday, September 20, 2023  – 

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is inviting local musicians to join more than 200 of their colleagues in having their work featured in the Library’s digital music collection. STACKS, the Library’s free streaming ever-growing, online collection, serves as a living document of Pittsburgh’s vital, evolving music scene. 

Selected STACKS artists are not only promoted on the platform, they’re also paid a one-time stipend of $200 for their albums of at least 10 minutes length or four tracks.  

By contrast, popular streaming service Spotify generally pays between $.003 and $.005 per stream on average, meaning artists would need to amass around 50,000 streams to earn that much for their work.

STACKS accepts submissions from Pittsburgh musicians through scheduled submission windows. The current window opens Sunday, October 1 and runs through Saturday, October 21, 2023 at stacks.carnegielibrary.org.

To be considered eligible, an album must meet the following criteria:  

• Artists must reside in and perform regularly in the Pittsburgh region 
• Album must have been published within the past 5 years 
• Albums must be a minimum of 4 songs or 10 minutes in length
• Artist must own the rights to their music, or have properly cleared all samples

With just a library card, patrons can stream and hear sounds from all over this incredible community of diverse creators. Currently, more than 200 local artists representing a wide range of genres are featured on the STACKS site. Since its launch in 2019 STACKS has witnessed more than 34,000 streams and downloads. To listen to music from local musicians, learn more about the curators or submit music to STACKS please visit stacks.carnegielibrary.org.  

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