joe's Blue Plate Special is changing the course of music today by allowing talented musicians to have an impact without the financial backing of mega corporations. joe’s Blue Plate Special is dedicated to helping indie artists take back the college airways and gain national recognition.

Who knows? Many of the independent and unsigned bands played on joe’s Blue Plate Special have gone on to taste sweet success. L.A.’s Jurassic 5 were signed to Interscope Records, The Rosenbergs from NYC turned down an opportunity to appear on Universal Record’s Farmclub TV show because of unfair contract terms and miraculously earned their music more listeners. Now, these bands work really hard, and we’re not saying their success is because they were on the BPS, but it couldn’t have hurt! Click here for this year's track listing.

NO! Artists do not pay to be featured on joe's Blue Plate Special; it is free to the artists and free to the college stations. We leave the paying to the nice folks at the large corporations who keep our doors open with their sponsorship dollars. Past sponsors include Dr. Martens, Lycos.com, Samsung Electronics, and Sennheiser Audio. And don’t ask, joe’s isn’t bribable. OK, well, you can ask.

We have played most types of music in our 3 years of airing joe's Blue Plate Special (listen to the shows online for a sample), but those genres most frequently added are:
• indie rock
• indie pop
• hip-hop
• punk
• electronic
• singer/songwriter
• hip-hop
• alt-country
• anything that's too original to be ignored or categorized.

CDs of most of the music played on joe's BPS is available for purchase through www.joesgrille.com, (the first online, independent CD store, featuring music for independent people)

• Send us your music! Submissions are accepted on CD, CDR and Vinyl (we love vinyl, but if you have your vinyl recording on a CD, it will get listened to faster).
• Please include a contact name, phone, and e-mail, bio/press information, lyric sheet if possible.
• Mark which track(s) you think would be most radio friendly (usually 4 minutes or under).
• Please, please, mark which tracks have swear words if they are not radio edits, which are much preferred.

No, and since we are a small company, we don’t have much time to chat! It can take anywhere from a month to forever to listen to your music. Hang tight, we listen to EVERYTHING eventually. We do NOT usually contact you unless you are selected to be on the show. If we like your music, we will find you, we promise. If we like your music, but it is not the right genre for the radio show, you'll still go to the top of the pile when we are considering artists for other joe's promotions.

If you are asked to be on joe's Blue Plate Special, you are one of only a handful of musicians world wide. Toot your horn. Put it in your press kits! Mention it on your web site! Send out emails to everyone on your fan list! Tattoo it on your forehead!

There is no catch, of course. We do hope that you think of us when you are planning your next release. We are one of the leading CD, CD-ROM, and DVD manufacturers in the independent music world. Click here to get a quote, or give us a call!

Our list of featured artists is constantly growing, but here’s just a partial list:
• Moby
• Q-Bert
• Pavement
• Atari Teenage Riot
• Luscious Jackson
• Mike Ness (Social Distortion)
• Olivia Tremor Control
• R.L. Burnside
• DJ Spooky
• Morphine
• Public Enemy
• Rancid
• Superchunk
• At The Drive-In
• Mix Master Mike
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Bouncing Souls
• Dick Dale
• Long Beach Dub All Stars
• Guided By Voices
• Kid Koala
• The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• Bright Eyes
• Blonde Redhead
• The Flaming Lips
• Kristin Hersh
• John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood)
• Strung Out
• T-Model Ford
• Snapcase
• Less Than Jake
• Gary Numan
• Badly Drawn Boy
• Hank Williams III
• Doves
• White Stripes
• Radiohead
• Ian Pooley
• Judah Bauer (Jon Spencer Blue Explosion)
• Modest Mouse
• 764-HERO
• Ozomotli
• North Mississippi Allstars
• Creeper Lagoon
• Shane MacGowan
• Fugazi
• Amon Tobin
• Kid Koala
• Frank Black
• Alex Gopher
• Your Mom

"Very professional, good music, funny!"
–KMNR Missouri

"Good outlet for new bands."
–CKDU Canada

"Awesome sound, cool edits!"
–WMWM Massachusetts

"Access to music we don't have."
–KCAT Washington

"Excellent program!"
–CHMR-FM, Newfoundland, Canada

"Not too overly commercialized."
–WRKU, Pennsylvania

"Wacky.good mix of music."
–WVUA, Alabama

"The beat was great."
–WJRH, Pennsylvania

"Good!"
–WVRU, Virginia

"Nice variety, lots of good songs."
–WPBK, Florida

"Selection, broad range, great bands."
-–KSLU, Louisiana

"Hilarious/good mix/indies!!"
–KRVA, Arkansas

joe's offers many ways for your to promote your music, many of them free. If we like your music, we will put our name behind you and give you the opportunity to be featured in promotional e-mails, online at joesgrille.com, on CD compilations and various other licensing projects that come through joe's CD manufacturing dept. If you are chosen as a Blue Plate Special artist, you automatically qualify for any promotions that joe's is doing.

Remember, Let's all be independent together.