Hello, I'm Tom Robinson and here are the tracklistings for The BBC Introducing Mixtape - a podcast and radio show broadcast every Monday from 2-3am on BBC Radio 6 Music. Each week we showcase some of my favourite new tunes by emerging and independent artists, and in this episode you can hear:
ARROWS OF LOVE, SHADOWLARK, CIARAN AUSTIN, ETHAN THOROGOOD, TAKOTSUBO MEN, MELANIE CREW, SPEAKMAN SOUND, TOKYO TEA ROOM, DAZNEZ, DAN O’FARRELL & THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE, FIRST WORLD PROS, SAKURA KATSUURA, NB (NINETIES BOY), BERRIES, ZOMBIE HAND CLAP, BLUE JOHN BENJAMIN & HIS AMATEUR HUMANS, UMBRELLA ASSASSINS and FAODAIL
How to Listen...
This is the episode broadcast on Monday 15th July 2017. You can listen again for 30 days (until Wed 17th August) on our programme page via this link, using the BBC iPlayer Radio App on your mobile device, or as a rich playlist on the BBC Music app and web pages.
Best of all...
You can receive the show automatically every week as a podcast by subscribing via iTunes or direct from the Podcasts app on your mobile device: just search "Tom Robinson Introducing". This podcast is also downloadable direct from the 6 Music website.
All music has been sourced from the BBC Introducing Uploader and start times below are for the podcast version of the show...
ARROWS OF LOVE - Signal (Redux) [starts 00:11]
http://www.facebook.com/ArrowsOfLoveMusic
SHADOWLARK - Control [starts 05:18]
https://www.facebook.com/shadowlarkmusic
CIARAN AUSTIN - Red Eyes (ft Felicity Hamilton) [starts 08:34]
https://soundcloud.com/ciaranaustin
ETHAN THOROGOOD - Apart [starts 13:02]
http://ethanthorogood
TAKOTSUBO MEN - Jon E Demotivator [starts 14:52]
https://takotsubomen.bandcamp.com
MELANIE CREW - Evening Light [starts 17:24]
https://melaniecrew.bandcamp.com
SPEAKMAN SOUND - Pangea [starts 20:35]
https://www.speakmansound.com/
TOKYO TEA ROOM - Sunset Exit [starts 24:29]
http://www.musicglue.com/tokyotearoom
DAZNEZ - Won't Go Back To The Ball [starts 28:04]
https://soundcloud.com/daznez
DAN O'FARRELL - Your Facebook Feed Is Not The World [starts 31:47]
https://soundcloud.com/danofarrellandthedifferenceengine
FIRST WORLD PROS - Check Your Phone [starts 35:12]
https://www.facebook.com/firstworldpros
SAKURA KATSUURA - Evolve [starts 39:48]
http://www.facebook.com/sakurakatsuura
NB/NINETIES BOY - Goin Off [starts 42:11]
http://www.ninetiesboy.co.uk
BERRIES - Wild Vow [starts 45:14]
http://facebook.com/Berriesband
ZOMBIE HAND CLAP - I'm In The Band [starts 47:13]
https://www.facebook.com/Zombie-Hand-Clap-1692371067732066/
BLUE-JOHN BENJAMIN & HIS AMATEUR HUMANS - Deadtown [starts 49:38]
https://bluejohnbenjamin.bandcamp.com
UMBRELLA ASSASSINS - Dark Horse [starts 51:39]
http://www.umbrellaassassins.com
FAODAIL - Wren [starts 55:26]
https://www.facebook.com/Faodailmusic
ARTISTS…
After being featured by BBC Introducing you may receive emails from PR companies with impressive client lists, saying they like your music and want to help you get further radio airplay. Please be aware this doesn't make you unique or special - lots of our artists receive these emails from companies who are simply seeking new customers for their paid services. Hiring a professional radio promotion team - just because they happen to send you an email - isn't neccessarily the best use of your money at this point.
In our experience emerging artists often achieve the same results as a plugger - sometimes very much better - by simply contacting radio shows and DJs themselves 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)
If you do decide to pay a PR firm to do this work for you, there are over a hundred to choose from in the UK. Most of them have impressive-looking client lists - but not all of them deliver good value for money. Before paying anybody for promotional services of any kind, always contact at least two of their clients first to ask if they'd recommend that particular company. You can find the management, record company or booking agent for most artists using Google.
Further down the line - as your career gathers momentum - you may decide to invest serious money in a professional PR campaign. The most effective pluggers do charge a lot of money because they're good. But the ones that charge the most money aren't neccessarily the best, so do some research. Check which indie labels are regularly getting their artists played on national radio - then make a friendly phone call to their offices and ask which PR company they would recommend.
And whatever route you choose, don't forget to carry on uploading your new releases to BBC Introducing so that we can carry on supporting you as your future career unfolds.
Tom Robinson
