# Release Request

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**FYI**

This is a BETA feature! If you experience any issues with this feature, please contact us at <support@rhapsody.la>
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If you have accepted or been assigned to a Rhapsody Project but would like to ask your Contractor whether or not you can be dismissed from a Rehearsal or Piece, Rhapsody offers a Release Request!

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**FYI**

Release Requests are only available if your have **Accepted** or been **Assigned** to a Call. If you want to request a change to Contractor/Personnel manager such as missing a rehearsal or playing a different part in a piece PRIOR to making your decision, please either Hold the call and message your Contractor/Personnel manager, or contact them outside of Rhapsody. [*Read more on messaging your Contractor/Personnel Manager*](https://helpdesk.rhapsody.la/rhapsody-helpdesk/for-musicians/musicians-faq/message-contractor-personnel-manager)*.*
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## How to Ask for Release

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Some Rhapsody users do not wish to allow musicians to request a release. If this option is unavailable to you on your Rhapsody Call, please speak directly with your Contractor/Personnel Manager.
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1. Locate the latest Rhapsody Call relating to the Project.
2. Underneath the Project name, select the "or open call in browser" text (mobile users skip this step)
3. Underneath your **Accepted** status tap or click the **Ask to be released** text under the status of your call. *Only statuses **Accepted*** *will have this option available.*
4. In the prompt, select the dates you are asking to be released from.
5. Fill out the appropriate information regarding your reasoning for asking for a release
6. Acknowledge that you understand this request does not guarantee the release and that you will need this to be approved by your contractor/personnel manager/administrator.
7. Select `Submit`
8. Viola! You have now asked for a release!

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