During October four BBC colleagues from around the country are standing in for me to host the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape - each curating a selection of favourite artists from their local region. This week sees the long awaited return of Nick Roberts (above) who presents BBC Introducing in The North East, with some favourite tunes from the astonishing range of musical talent to be found across Tyne & Wear. This is the episode broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music at 2am on Monday 28 October 2018 and in this edition you can hear:
A FESTIVAL A PARADE, MARTHA HILL, PRIZE, ANOTHER SKY, PENSACOLA MIST, NE DONS, DETROIT SOCIAL CLUB, NANO KINO, AJIMAL, FLETCHER JACKSON, TRAVIS ROUSH, THE AETHER, JAMILAH, SHIELDS, ECHOLINES and IMOGEN
How to Listen...
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All music has been sourced from BBC Music's Introducing Uploader and start times below are for the podcast version of the show...
A FESTIVAL, A PARADE - The Vineyard [ 00:44]
https://www.facebook.com/afestivalaparade
MARTHA HILL - Wallflower [04:07]
https://www.facebook.com/marthahillmusic
PRIZE - Is That Right? [ 07:22]
https://www.facebook.com/weareprize
ANOTHER SKY - Chillers [11:13]
https://www.underneathanothersky.com
PENSACOLA MIST - Neon Glow [13:32]
https://www.facebook.com/PensacolaMist
N.E. DONS - NANG [18:48]
https://www.facebook.com/DonsNorthEast
DETROIT SOCIAL CLUB - Oh! Heartbreak [21:20]
https://www.facebook.com/detroitsocialclub
NANO KINO - Back Soon [25:34]
http://nanokinoband.com
AJIMAL - It’s Real [28:46]
https://www.ajimal.co.uk
FLETCHER JACKSON - Prelude [34:46]
https://www.facebook.com/FletcherJacksonFJ
TRAVIS ROUSH - Hard To Say [38:08]
https://www.travisroush.com
THE AETHER - Kanvrs [42:34]
https://soundcloud.com/theaetherreal
JAMILAH - Low Life [45:43]
https://www.facebook.com/JamilahOfficial
SHIELDS - Babel [50:42]
https://www.behindshields.com
ECHOLINES - Ready Player 1 [53:12]
http://www.echolines.co.uk
IMOGEN - We Never Dance, Do We? [56:10]
https://soundcloud.com/imo_g_en
PS from TR
ARTISTS! Some important words of warning... After being featured by BBC Introducing you may receive emails from PR companies with impressive client lists. These emails will say they like your music and want to help you get further radio airplay. Please be aware this does NOT make you unique or special - it simply means they want your money. Large numbers of artists we play receive these emails from companies seeking new customers for their paid services.
Hiring a professional radio promotion team - just because they happen to send you an email - isn't necessarily the best use of your money at this point in your career. 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 just because somebody once did promotion on a record by a famous artist doesn't mean they did a great job. Before paying for promotional services of any kind, ALWAYS get an independent endorsement from a couple of their clients before parting with you hard-earned cash. You can find the management, record company or booking agent for most artists using Google.
It's true that further down the line - as your career gathers momentum - you may want to invest serious money in a professional PR campaign. The most effective pluggers charge a lot of money because they're good - these things can't be done on the cheap. But once again - be careful! All effective pluggers charge a lot of money, but not all pluggers who charge a lot of money are effective.
So if you do plan to invest several thousand quid on radio promotion at some point in the future, here's my advice. Do some research and find out which indie labels regularly get their artists played on your favourite radio stations. Then make friendly contact with whoever runs that record company to find out which PR company they would recommend.
Finally, 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
