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. This week we look ahead to the 6 Music Festival taking place in Glasgow this coming weekend, with a sprinkling of my favourite Scottish acts alongside other new tunes from around the UK. And tonight's mixtape finishes with all four artists featured at our BBC Introducing Showcase this Wednesday March 22nd at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. Artists included in this week's programme and podcast:
PALE FIRE, JOHNNO CASSON, MIKE VASS, FIRST TIGER, METAL MACHINE MUSIC, MANISTONE, K. ANDERSON, LITTLE RÊD, GLASS PEAKS, HORSEFLIES, EMOTIONAL RESCUE, LIZABETT RUSSO, JR GREEN, ST.MARTiiNS and PRONTO MAMA.
This is the episode broadcast on Mon 20 March. You can listen again for 30 days (until Wed 17 April) on our programme page via this link - or using the BBC iPlayer Radio App on your mobile device.
You can also download and keep the most recent 4 shows permanently on our podcast page or subscribe using these links [iTunes/iOS | Android/Google Play | Windows Phone | RSS] to receive all future shows automatically on your phone, tablet or computer.
All music has been sourced from the BBC Introducing Uploader and start times below are for the podcast version of the show...
PALE FIRE - Times New Roman [starts 00:18]
http://palefireglasgow.bandcamp.com
JOHNNO CASSON - Ain't Got Time For [starts 04:40]
http://www.johnnocasson.co.uk
MIKE VASS (ft. MAIRI CAMPBELL) - Eyes Fixed [starts 07:57]
https://mikevass.com
FIRST TIGER - For Pete’s Sake [starts 11:21]
https://www.facebook.com/firsttigermusic
METAL MACHINE MUSIC – Demons 85 [starts 15:17]
https://soundcloud.com/metalmachinemusic
MANISTONE - Living An Eternal Life [starts 17:27]
http://www.manistone.co.uk
K. ANDERSON - Bitter Wind [starts 21:05]
http://www.kandersonmusic.com
LITTLE RÊD - Hell [starts 25:39]
http://www.facebook.com/littleredmusicofficial
GLASS PEAKS - Speak And Spell [starts 29:35]
https://www.facebook.com/glasspeaksband
HORSEFLIES - Cake Delivery [starts 32:19]
http://www.facebook.com/horsefliesband
EMOTIONAL RESCUE - The Rib Tickler [starts 36:25]
feat THE NEW DUNDEE HORNS
http://www.emotionalrescue.co.uk
LIZABETT RUSSO - You May Go Further and Find Worse [starts 40:30]
https://www.lizabettrusso.com
Plus the latest tracks uploaded to BBC Introducing by all four acts featured in our Glasgow showcase for this weekend's 6 Music Festival 2017. Co hosted by Vic Galloway and myself, this sold-out BBC Introducing special takes place at King Tuts this Wednesday (22nd March). More details here...
JR GREEN - Do The Katie Step [starts 43:49]
http://www.jrgreenmusic.co.uk
ST.MARTiiNS - Bite [starts 47:21]
https://www.facebook.com/stmartiins
PRONTO MAMA - Arabesque [starts 50:10]
http://www.prontomama.com
RITUALS - Black River [starts 54:37]
https://www.facebook.com/RitualsOfficial
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
