The image above is screenshot of my Gmail when sorted by sender "Sonicbids." For those of you who don't know, Sonicbids is a pay-subscription based website on which you maintain an electronic press kit that you, for varying fees, submit to festivals, booking agents, publishers, magazines etc. Many music festivals require you to set up an account with and use Sonicbids as a means of submitting an application to perform. If, like me, you have made the tactical error of trying to forge a career in music, then you've likely had dealings with Sonicbids, or "services" like it.
When setting up my smart-phone I opted to receive personal emails on it. This was a mistake, as when making the decision I forgot about one unrelenting emailer who is indiscriminate about whose inboxes they barrage with opportunities to play Warped Tour and knows no appropriate time of day to tell you so: Sonicbids. Despite my subscription having long ago expired, Sonicbids still manages to thwart all attempts to block their various daily alerts—meaning that morning, noon and night my phone is blowing up with licensing opportunities, development deals, songwriting competitions and music festivals that I "might be interested in." I have the feeling that I'm not the only one who has this problem.
