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:
FIRST TIGER, GAFFA TAPE SANDY, PERKS, SHAODOW, OTIS MENSAH, JAMES P M PHILLIPS, BROKEN BY ROCK, MARTHA BAILEY, AUGUST, THE LAST DINOSAUR, H.GRIMACE, FOLLY RAE, ST£FAN, ROE, THE HANGMEN, LULU JAMES, CAMPFIRE SOCIAL, AISLINN LOGAN and PARTICK SWAYZE
How to Listen...
This is the episode broadcast on Monday 3rd July 2017. You can listen again for 30 days (until Wed 2nd 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. Our 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...
FIRST TIGER - Falling Elevator [starts 00:11]
https://www.facebook.com/firsttigermusic
GAFFA TAPE SANDY - Water Bottle [starts 03:48]
http://www.gaffatapesandy.co.uk
PERKS - For You [starts 05:10]
https://www.iamperks.com
SHAODOW - Morning After Morning [starts 08:55]
http://www.diygang.co.uk
OTIS MENSAH - Shadows x Void [starts 10:08]
https://otismensah.bandcamp.com
JAMES P M PHILLIPS - Blindsided [starts 12:47]
https://jamespmphillips.bandcamp.com
BROKEN BY ROCK - BluGlo [starts 14:55]
https://soundcloud.com/brokenbyrock
MARTHA BAILEY - Tectonics [starts 19:04]
https://www.facebook.com/marthabaileymusic
AUGUST - Chemical [starts 22:20]
http://www.soundcloud.com/augustthemusic
THE LAST DINOSAUR - All My Faith [starts 26:40]
http://www.thelastdinosaur.co.uk
H.GRIMACE - Call It Out [starts 29:58]
https://www.facebook.com/h.grimace
FOLLY RAE - U [starts 33:36]
http://www.follyrae.com
ST£FAN - Boring [starts 37:05]
http://youtube.com/stefanwithapound
ROE - Cheek, Boy [starts 40:15]
http://roeofficial.com
THE HANGMEN - Heartbreaker [starts 42:50]
https://www.facebook.com/Thehangmenuk
LULU JAMES - Terrifying Thing [starts 46:34]
http://www.lulujamesmusic.com
CAMPFIRE SOCIAL - Playwright [starts 49:15]
https://campfiresocial.bandcamp.com
AISLINN LOGAN - So Loud [starts 51:57]
http://www.aislinnlogan.com
PARTICK SWAYZE - The Bell Rock [starts 55:51]
https://soundcloud.com/user-639237818
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
