How to Contribute - Tracks & Tales
How to Contribute
You don't need a press pass to shape the guide. Just good ears.
Somewhere in your city there's a room that deserves to be found — the bar that takes its system seriously, the café where the record actually matters. You know the one. Most guides will never find it. You already have.
Put a venue on the map.
If a space deserves recognition for how it sounds, tell us. Every submission is read. No venue pays to be included, and none can — that's what keeps the map worth trusting. If it earns a place, it's published, Stars and all, and the city you know becomes part of the atlas everyone can find.
Become an Ambassador.
The deeper commitment: Ambassadors scout and assess venues in their city and their travels, using the same Star criteria we use ourselves. Your ears, your ground truth, your name credited on what you helped find. The most consistent venue contributors are usually where Ambassadors come from.
What happens to what you send.
Everything goes through editorial curation — Tracks & Tales is not open source; it's open minded. If your submission fits, we'll follow up, often to dig deeper. If it's published, it's published with your name on it.
Why it matters.
Because the map is only as good as the people who've actually stood in the rooms. Your city, heard properly, by everyone who lands in it. Less noise. More meaning.