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Rue Defense Tape Club

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We are a quarterly, mail-order, compilation cassette club launching in July 2025. JOIN THE CLUB or SUBMIT YOUR MUSIC at https://tapeclub.substack.com/ We also produce THE J-CARD PODCAST: https://tapeclub.substack.com/p/coming-this-summer-the-j-card-podca

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · 8d

If you’re a musician and want to submit a track to our compilation tapes, we’re always looking for music! - forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2B...

We make 1 comp per quarter, and they are exclusively analog, short-run editions. If we select your track, and you’re US-based, we’ll ship you a tape or two as well!

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Hi there! Thank you for wanting to submit your track to the Rue Defense Tape Club -- we can't wait to listen to it. If you somehow found this form without going through our website, here's our about p...

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · 8d

Music Submission - Rue Defense Tape Club

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · Jul 21

This week: we chatted with @ciaomalz.bsky.social about the "slot machine" mentality that goes hand-in-hand with digital music distro.

Plus: 3 artists we’re loving, and Tiberius’ Brendan Wright’s humble beginnings playing a TikTok chef’s bar mitzvah

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The Social Media Slot Machine: Navigating Music PR as a DIY Artist

Plus: Three artists we’re loving, and Tiberius’ Brendan Wright’s humble beginnings playing a TikTok chef’s bar mitzvah

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · Jul 7

Here's our first "official" newsletter, diving into the relationship between musicians and photographers.

Plus: some highlights from past newsletters, and a look back at some memorable live shows from Committeemen's DJ Gilmore-Innis.

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Will Work For Drink Tickets: How Musicians and Photographers Are Cut From The Same Cloth

Plus: a look into some memorable (for better or worse) live gigs from Committeemen’s DJ Gilmore-Innis

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · Jul 3

Excited to officially launch our podcast today (The J-Card Podcast!) -- you can find it wherever you get podcasts, and there's a video version on substack and youtube

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Substack - tapeclub.substack.com/p/how-to-bre...

How To Break Into Concert Photography w/ Graham W. Bell // The J-Card Podcast

YouTube video by Rue Defense

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · May 6

As we gear up to our launch this summer, we've been rolling out a stealth newsletter for early subscribers.

We've talked about killing metrics, the best music festival, weird cruises, musicians spending money on ads, and much more.

Subscribe for free here: tapeclub.substack.com/archive

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Full archive of all the posts from Rue Defense Tape Club.

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · Mar 27

If you're an artist looking to get some music out into the world, we're currently accepting submissions for our September 2025 compilation!

All genres are welcome, no song is too big or too small -- more details here: forms.gle/h2MGTF27n5gS...

Music Submission - RD-TC2501 - Set To Release Sept 1, 2025

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Rue Defense Tape Club @tapeclub.substack.com · Mar 10

We're excited to launch the Rue Defense Tape Club later this year! Here's an overview of what we're trying to build: tapeclub.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to the Rue Defense Tape Club

We're launching in July 2025, but for now, you can read this to get familiar!

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