this might sound like a stupid question (but im not in the know with this one) how do you get on labels mailing lists?

i spend a lot of money on records etc and it would be great if i received some extra stuff sometimes, do you just email them enquiring about it, do i have to have a residency or a place i regulary appear at to receive some?

how would u suggest i go about contacting the labels etc

if my website encorporated a review section with a decent number of weekly views would this be in my faviour?

im really not in the know about this stuff so any help would be cool,
im not a record bum either :) i spend between 40-100 a week if theres enough out there that interests me, just would like another source of music that i might not normally come across