Hello, it's Tom Robinson back hosting BBC Music'sIntroducing Mixtape - the new music podcast and radio show broadcast every Monday from 2-3am on BBC Radio 6 Music. In this episode you can hear:
SOCIAL STATE, SATIN BEIGE, KIRAN LEONARD, AFRIKAN BOY, CARCRASH CASINO, MURIEL & BLAZQUEZ, LEWIS BOOTLE, DEXTER SELBOY & THE SHONKY TRIO, LONGTOOTH & WASTERMAN, THIS ELEGANT GULL, SAM EAGLE, MARK CORBETT, HAVVK, SMASHING LADS, AUTUMNMUSIC, RICHARD SNOW & THE INLAWS and YUN SEN
How to Listen...
This is the episode broadcast at 2am on Monday 10th December 2018. You can listen again for 30 days (until Wed 9th January 2018) on our programme page via this link, or listen by downloading the BBC Sounds app on your mobile device. In this episode you can hear
SOCIAL STATE, SATIN BEIGE, KIRAN LEONARD, AFRIKAN BOY, CARCRASH CASINO, MURIEL & BLAZQUEZ, LEWIS BOOTLE, DEXTER SELBOY & THE SHONKY TRIO, LONGTOOTH & WASTERMAN, THIS ELEGANT GULL, SAM EAGLE, MARK CORBETT, HAVVK, SMASHING LADS, AUTUMNMUSIC, RICHARD SNOW & THE INLAWS and YUN SEN
Podcast
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All tunes have been sourced from BBC Music's Introducing Uploader and start times below are for the podcast version of the show...
SOCIAL STATE - Never Gonna Get It [starts 00:11]
https://www.facebook.com/socialstatemusic
SATIN BEIGE - Being Me [starts 03:56]
http://www.facebook.com/MissSatinBeige
KIRAN LEONARD - Working People [starts 06:36]
https://kiranleonard.bandcamp.com
AFRIKAN BOY - Peppeh [starts 10:41]
http://www.afrikanboy.com
CARCRASH CASINO - Don't Make Me Laugh [starts 14:15]
http://www.carcrashcasino.com
MURIEL & BLAZQUEZ - Skin/Veil Me (Part 2) [starts 17:07]
https://www.facebook.com/murielandblazquez
LEWIS BOOTLE - Walking Away (Ft. SANSHA) [starts 19:32]
https://soundcloud.com/lewisbootle
DEXTER SELBOY & THE SHONKY TRIO - Lighthouse [starts 24:03]
https://www.facebook.com/dexterandtheshonk
LONGTOOTH & WASTERMAN - The End [starts 27:08]
https://www.facebook.com/Longtoothandwasterman
THIS ELEGANT GULL - Social Media [starts 28:54]
https://www.instagram.com/thiselegantgull
SAM EAGLE - Whistleblower [starts 32:06]
http://bit.ly/Sam-Eagle-SXSW
MARK CORBETT - Pack Your Bags [starts 35:46]
http://markcorbettmusic.com
HAVVK - Always the Same [starts 39:14]
https://www.havvkmusic.com
SMASHING LADS - Stuck [starts 43:29]
http://www.smashinglads.com
AUTUMNMUSIC - Drifting [starts 46:28]
http://autumnmusic.co.uk
RICHARD SNOW & THE INLAWS - Do You Want To [starts 49:28]
http://www.richardsnow.co.uk
YUN SEN - Golden Hue [starts 54:31]
https://www.facebook.com/yunsenmusic
PS for artists from Tom Robinson...
(1) WARNING: After getting airplay on BBC Introducing, you may get emails out of the blue from radio pluggers who have an impressive list of former clients. They'll say how much they like your record and offer their services. Typically something like:
"Hi - I'm a national radio plugger... I came across 'YOURTRACKNAME' today, I'm a big fan of the single and wanted to find out if you have anyone looking after national radio yet?"
Be warned: they don't actually think your music is special. They just hope you're inexperienced enough - and desperate enough - to give them your money in the hope of getting more airplay. Paying a complete stranger to try and get your music on Radio 1 - just because they happened to send you an email - is NOT a good use of your hard earned cash.
There are over a hundred music PR firms in the UK and they all have impressive client lists. Obviously some pluggers are really good and (equally obviously) some of them aren't. But trust me on this: the really good ones are too busy to spend their time emailing BBC Introducing artists to ask them for money.
In any case emerging artists usually get MUCH better results themselves than a plugger - just by targeting radio shows and DJs direct via social media. For suggestions on how to do your own music promotion see the free advice section at my Fresh On The Net blog (freshonthenet.co.uk).
And in any case radio probably isn't even the best goal to be chasing. One or two extra plays simply won't make much difference to the size of your fanbase, until that fanbase is up in the thousands. This early in your career, building a direct relationship with your audience is far, far more important than airplay. And unlike getting on Radio 1, building a fanbase for your music through Youtube and Instagram is something you can achieve yourself without spending any money at all.
The time to seek professional PR services is when the live crowds you can draw at every gig are in the hundreds, and when your genuine online 'likes' are in the thousands. With that kind of traction, a major investment becomes worth risking to help take the next step up.
The best pluggers and PRs will charge a lot of money because they're good at their job. But (again) just because somebody charges a lot of money doesn't mean they're any good. Tip: check out which indie labels regularly get their releases played on your favourite radio station. Then contact those record companies to find out which PR firm they use.
And however things pan out, don't forget to carry on uploading your new releases to BBC Introducing so that we can carry on supporting you as your career unfolds.
(2) We only get enough airtime on this show to feature artists - even our absolute favourites - about four times a year, however much we love their work. So after you've been been on the Mixtape, please wait 12 weeks before sending me your next brilliant track. This leaves us time to help a load of other deserving artists meanwhile.
The best way of getting a tune direct to me is via Fresh On The Net using Soundcloud. From 10m on Monday mornings anybody is welcome to send us a track and we keep the inbox open until 200 submissions have arrived - so it's best to get in early. We publish all 200 tunes on our Soundcloud each week, and a dozen of us then listen to every single track. And be sure to also upload your tune to BBC Introducing, to make it eligible for Introducing airplay...
Tom Robinson
