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So many emails don't get responses. That's one of the reasons why media promotions people, who develop relationships with media personalities, exist: they get their emails opened. You could consider finding someone who owns those relationships if you're really uncomfortable promoting yourself and following up on it. It does cost money though. There are people like http://www.deathproofpr.com.au/about in Melbourne that do this for bands for a living. Maybe chat to them, or someone like them, and see if the return on investment seems worth it?

Boom-shakalaka! The ring is on fire! Seriously though, I 100% agree with this and many other things said in your post n00b0... There is (was, for the most part) prestige to being on a label people know and trust, that's deep set in the search results for 'chiptune' on google, that has a EDM database of fans and contacts that can get your music in games, or played on boutique radio shows. But realistically these labels don't exist in large numbers anymore, or they're insular.

What I'd suggest, rather than trying super hard to get your tunes on a label, is putting them up on bandcamp, then generating a bunch of download codes. Next, dedicate the time you would have spent finding a label to building a spreadsheet (hell, even work with each other in Sheets) that has an email contact for all the active chip blogs, VGM radio shows around the world, local even international promoters who book chip gigs, any other site/publication that might be interested (CreateDigitalMusic, your local city circle-jerk blogs or whatever) and give them your music and offer interviews, or further downloads as prizes. For the love of god, please include a press release that has a reason for people to care in the email body. "I played with important chipmusic or VGM artist you know at impressive event blah" or, "this is my first release since providing songs for the soundtrack of blah" or "this is the first full release ever made using this console/technique/something" who knows - just something to 'set you slightly apart'.

I'll start you off on your spreadsheet:

https://www.facebook.com/thevideogamemu … =page_info
http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/program/zedgames
http://gamewave.yays.co/
https://www.facebook.com/vgmawesome/inf … =page_info
http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com.au/
http://smbvgmp.blogspot.com.au/
http://pixelatedaudio.com/about/
https://rhythmandpixels.com/
http://thisweekinchiptune.com/

Expect low hit rates. Some people will only play music FROM videogames. Some people don't care for submissions, or have some other abstract reason to ignore you or turn you down - don't take it personally. Either way, I firmly believe that getting onto even 5-10% of these is better than getting put on someone else's bandcamp and having them do very little for you. Familiarity in your desired audience is half the battle. When you release your NEXT EP, you can contact all these people again and hell, they might even remember you!

The Second Floral EP.

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Kqb9bJDRgyJFkHwXtlXwT

Necrobump!

This is on Spotify now: https://open.spotify.com/album/4qAFlbfysb7ymZVtvtML2k

I really thought it was going to be one of the tracks from 10 Songs.

gracias señor spastic.

Check out what other people are doing to make sounds for inspiration:

http://lsdsng.com/
https://ucollective.org/patches/lsdj/
http://littlesounddj.wikia.com/wiki/Tra … nd_Patches

Just don't be lazy/a thief.