• ATTENTION ELECTRONIC BASED BANDS, SOLO ARTISTS AND DJS. GET OUT OF THE BEDROOM AND ONTO THE FORTHCOMING OPUS COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4 COMPILATION CD. • Opus Collective are now accepting submissions for the forthcoming OPUS COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4 compilation CD. • All styles will be considered -  From ambient grooves to digital hard-core and everything in between! • Send your high quality CD or DAT to - OPUS COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4 SUBMISSIONS PO BOX 7358 MELBOURNE 3004 • Closing date for track submissions - 31st October 2003. • There is no need to send any payment until you have been notified that your track has been selected to appear on the OPUS COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4 compilation CD. All efforts to return unsuccessful submissions to the artist will be made. • Please include all your contact details and any other relevant information. Do not send master copies as responsibility cannot be taken for loss or damage. • See the ' Submission Cost ' & ' Benefits for you ' sections for full details of the expense and benefits involved if your your track is selected for inclusion on OPUS COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4. • For further information call Brenden - 0418 128 033 or email - Here	Sobriquet - live at Revolver 2003
Richie / Guitar detail - live at Revolver 2003	• The cost for each accepted track on the CD will be - $200.00 [ inc GST ] You may submit up to 3 tracks for consideration with a possiblity of two tracks appearing on the CD. • Closing date for track submissions - 31st October 2003.
• An initial pressing of 500 disks will be produced of which 10 copies are distributed to each band / artist /  DJ for the purpose of self promotion. • Your track will be professionally mastered [ a date and time will be set for you to come to the mastering studio and provide information and input to how you would like the final mastered track to sound ]. • A photo shoot will be arranged for each band to be used on the inner cover of the CD artwork. The band / artist /  DJ’s track title and contact details will appear with the photo on the CD artwork inner cover. This is a sample from the Opus Collective Volume 3 CD cover - • Each band / artist /  DJ will have a page on this Opus Collective web site. This will be a very cheap and effective means of getting a web presence as well as a very useful promotional tool.   A typical web address would be - wwww.opuscollectve.org.au/yournamehere   Initial set up of the web page including text [supplied by you ], photographs supplied by you or from the CD cover artwork ] , links to other sites [ e.g. - if you have tracks on MP3.com or similar site ] are all included in the track submission cost. • Please note that this offer is for one web page only. It may scroll as much as is necessary to include the various information you wish to display, however total page file size will be limited to 50MB. Updates to web pages after  the OPUS COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4 release date will incur a small cost that will be put back into the Opus Collective pool.	Chris Holt a.k.a. Doghowz - live at Revolver 2003
Darren Mc Kinty from Xaeja - live at Revolver 2003	• Wherever possible, CD's will be sold at selected retailers, at promotional live shows, and via this website. All money from CD's sold via these three methods will be put back into the pool of promotional funds for future use. • Money from sales of CDs over and above the 10 given to each artist as part of the submission deal will be held in a Collective pool so that promotional funds can be maintained, but member sales activity will be acknowledged and greatly appreciated. • Promotion of the completed CD will include mailouts and press releases to record companies and the music press, live performances at selected Melbourne venues, and radio airplay. Your enthusiastic input to this process is vital to it's success and all ideas will be considered.
• Whether or not you track is selected for OPUS COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4 you are more than welcome to become a member of the collective. Membership is totally FREE ! And you can be involved as much or as little as you want. • The collective meets once a month at various pubs, bars or cafes around inner suburban Melbourne and members regularly keep in contact via e-mail. • The members of the collective come from an an incredibly diverse range of backgrounds with a wealth of knowledge an experience to offer up-and-coming new artists. • Between the members there is an in-depth understanding of the music industry from all aspects of song writing and copyright issues, music and recording technology through to insights on getting gigs, recording / distribution deals and the fine art of self promotion.	Chris, Darren & Sandra from Xaeja - Revolver 2003
Eleanor Raynor from Sobriquet - live at Revolver 2003	• Opus undertake CD launch gigs with every release, with as many live performing bands, artists and DJs appearing as we can manage. If you are a live unit you are welcome to become involved in the various ‘Opus Nights’ organized though out the year. All of these nights have been great successes over the years held in venues including Revolver Upstairs, The Evelyn Hotel, The Corner Hotel and the [ sadly missed ] Punters Club Hotel. • All door takings from live performances are used to pay for production / promotion, and any remaining funds are split between the bands.
• The Opus Collective is a totally non profit collective with the one aim to support, encourage and promote bands, artists and DJs working primarily within an electronic format. • Involvement in / submissions on the Opus Collective CD's should be viewed as a promotional opportunity for your music rather than a money-making exercise.	Janette & Gavin from Tectonic - live at Revolver 2003

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