My name is Jeremy Young, I’m a composer and maker of concrète electronic tape music from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. I’m a member of the experimental poetry_sound unit Cloud Circuit, and the electroacoustic modern classical trio Sontag Shogun. I’m also a writer and editor, and here is where I plan to put your money where my mouth is, or something.

Wait, what?

The Royal Editoryal is a blog for music-writing-as-a-service (MWaaS?) I started in February 2024, when it felt like the world was crashing down on the music industry from all sides. My writing is impressionistic and borrows elements from stream-of-consciousness but it draws on a life of deep listening and empathetic creative connection. Once published, this writing belongs to the artist, and you have my permission to use this for any applicable purpose.

This is a personal challenge and a personal passion all wrapped up in what I hope will also be valuable for a very vulnerable community of artists. But, why this? Why now? Why anything? Read this, please.

So, here’s how this works.

• Do not add me to a bulk press list. I am not the “press.”
• Send me your new record with a personal note using the Contact page. Either format, physical or digital, is fine but it must be an “official” release. I’m unlikely to review singles and EPs, but if it’s really, really good I probably will. *Labels are welcome to submit multiple records at once.
• And send $15 CAD via Paypal to comet.meteor@gmail.com per release, with a note referencing your artist name and album name.
• Send any press release and promo materials along for context.
• I will share the review with you when it’s live, and tag you on Instagram at @theroyaleditoryal.

My preferential genres include: experimental, avant-garde, jazz, free jazz, free-folk, improvised music, “sound art,” ambient, electroacoustic, electronic soundscapes, and independent, progressive songwriting of all sorts. But when it comes down to it, I’m pretty excited to hear something that you’re excited about making.

Thanks for reading, and for doing your thing.

Jeremy Young