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:
THE HAPPY SOMETHINGS, ZACH SAID, JON JONES & THE BEATNIK MOVEMENT, GRETA JAIME, CARO, CATGOD, RUN THE RIVER, OTIS MENSAH, GLENDALE FAMILY, LA BÊTE BLOOMS, GOTTS STREET PARK, LEVI WASHINGTON, POLO, ESME NEALE, FIZZY BLOOD, RUTH OWENS, SELF HELP and MONO LIFE.
How to Listen...
This is the episode broadcast on Monday 11 September 2017. You can listen again for 30 days (until Wed 12th October) 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...
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All music has been sourced from the BBC Introducing Uploader and start times below are for the podcast version of the show...
THE HAPPY SOMETHINGS - Looking For Perfection [starts 0.11]
https://soundcloud.com/user-800217859
ZACH SAID - No Love [starts 3.55]
http://www.zachsaidmusic.com
JON JONES + THE BEATNIK MOVEMENT - No Brainer [starts 6.06]
https://www.facebook.com/jonjonesandthebeatnikmovement
GRETA JAIME - Lost in Mexico [starts 10.04]
https://www.facebook.com/GretaJaimeMusic
CARO - Eyes On The Ground [starts 13.38]
https://www.facebook.com/caroetos
CATGOD - Blurry Days [starts 17.26]
https://soundcloud.com/catgodmusic
RUN THE RIVER - Build Me Strong [starts 21.05]
https://www.facebook.com/runtheriverband
OTIS MENSAH - Aurora (prod. NOMAD) [starts 25.26]
https://otismensah.bandcamp.com/
GLENDALE FAMILY - Honey Makes You Happy [starts 28.25]
http://www.facebook.com/theglendalefamily
LA BÊTE BLOOMS - What You Want [starts 30.18]
http://facebook.com/labeteblooms
GOTTS STREET PARK – Control [starts 32.43]
https://soundcloud.com/gottsstreetpark
LEVI WASHINGTON – Wanderlust [starts 36.03]
https://www.facebook.com/leviwashingtonmusic
POLO – Zeitgeist [starts 39.26]
http://polomusic.co.uk
ESME NEALE - Find You There [starts 43.23]
http://soundcloud.com/esmeneale
FIZZY BLOOD – ADHD [starts 47.07]
https://www.facebook.com/FIZZYBLOODMUSIC
RUTH OWENS – Strong [starts 50.15]
http://www.ruthowensmusic.com
SELF HELP – Gooey [starts 52.29]
https://youneedselfhelp.bandcamp.com
MONO LIFE – Midnight [start 56.28]
http://www.monolifemusic.com
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
