No. Well, you can, but it won't be reviewed. "If you can't bother to tell us up front what band, (what style, what instrument, or what kind of information you) have, why should the editors look at it?" Or, more tactfully, "Music comprises a broad range of interests. Editors edit what interests them. Don't you want to find an interested, sympathetic reviewer for your site?"
My band plays Techno and Heavy Metal and Rock. Can I submit it under all those style categories?
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No. Well, you can, but the merest whiff of spam brings editors out of the bushes with torches and pitchforks -- and that positively reeks. If the site is about a band, put it under "Bands and Artists" -- in the proper letter category.
If your band is not an international fad yet, you may -- you are encouraged to submit your site to a "Regional" category for your county or city.
I think "Squashed Gourds" is the greatest band since ... I have a neat site with every song on both of their albums. Squashed Gourds already has an official site, but it doesn't have that info. Do you accept fan sites?
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Yes: if you have information that is not copyrighted (or that you have permission to host) ODP will consider it. Many fan sites are listed.
Should I submit my site to all the categories I think it might fit, just to make sure it gets to the right one?
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No. This is considered Superfluous, Perverse, and Malicious ("SPAM"). Submit it to one specific category. ODP editors often try to find a more appropriate category for a site. Only egregious misfits (such as your commercial "live sex acts to music") will be deleted or blacklisted.
But my company sells parts for all different instruments (or sheet music for all different styles of music). How can I get my site listed under all those categories?
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Don't try. ODP editors are human and may not notice -- for awhile. Then your site will be listed only in the "Known Spammers" category.
You should submit to a Shopping/Music subcategory,
and also to a category in Regional under your city or county.
Skip unnecessary words. Don't tell the user where to go or what to do there. Don't praise your site. Tell what it has, and how much of it.
Here's an all-too-typical site "description":
Welcome to my site. It is about Squashed Pumpkin. It is the only source for all your Squashed Pumpkin info. Come in and look around, listen to some super cool MP3's ...
You've already raised some formerly sympathetic editor's blood pressure 20 points.
What is on really on your site? 5 photographs from a live concert; 2 MP3 files; list of released albums; and a bulletin board?
Well, then, describe your site as
(fan site) 5 concert photos; 2 MP3 files; list of released albums; bulletin board.