Hello, it's Tom Robinson with this week's 主播大秀 Introducing Mixtape - broadcast on Monday 15 August 2022 on 主播大秀 Radio 6 Music. You can listen again for 30 days after broadcast via this link. It features 60 minutes tunes uploaded to the 主播大秀 Introducing website by independent artists and handpicked by me, this week featuring:
THE LOUNGE SOCIETY, GABBY MARTIN, ANDY MORT, SHELLE McGAHAN, GARDNA x DRS, SIRENE, EMPTY TRAINS, DOLORES FOREVER, BLOOD WIZARD, MUNA ILEIWAT, BENEFITS, SARAH JANE RIMMER, COWMAN, SUNKISSED CHILD, MISTA REE & DA'KHARI LOVE, HYPSOLINE, and WERKHA feat CHUNKY
Why Subscribe?
This mixtape drops every Monday morning across all platforms. It's available as a radio show at 4am on 主播大秀 Radio 6 Music and then via the normal 主播大秀 Sounds schedule for the next 30 days. But you can also download the permanently by subscrbing to our podcast: either via 主播大秀 Sounds podcasts or by searching "主播大秀 Introducing Mixtape" on your platform of choice. The show will automatically be waiting on your device every Monday morning.
Why buy?
If you fall in love any of these tunes you can suport independent music by lashing out a pound or two to buy them direct from the artist wherever possible. Times are tough for grassroots musicians everywhere - and bills still have to be paid. Literally every quid you can spare will make a difference.
Playlist
THE LOUNGE SOCIETY - No Driver [starts 00:12]
GABBY MARTIN - Wait, Where's My Brain [starts 04:57]
ANDY MORT - Sleep It Off [starts 07:41]
SHELLE McGAHAN - Snakes and Ladders [starts 10:58]
GARDNA x DRS - R.A.V.E.A.S.A.P. [starts 14:59]
SIRENE - Chrysalis [starts 17:57]
EMPTY TRAINS - September Secret [starts 20:38]
DOLORES FOREVER - Rothko [starts 25:37]
BLOOD WIZARD - Imaginary House [starts 28:38]
MUNA ILEIWAT - Pity Party [starts 31:30]
BENEFITS - Flag [starts 36:07]
SARAH JANE RIMMER - The Parrot Club [starts 38:27]
COWMAN - Tobacco Eyes (Do Not Equal Turpentine) [starts 41:52]
SUNKISSED CHILD - Come Round Waste Time [starts 45:12]
MISTA REE & DA'KHARI LOVE - Take Flight [starts 48:08]
HYPSOLINE - Space Babe [starts 50:52]
WERKHA feat CHUNKY - May Day [starts 56:11]
PS FOR ARTISTS:
What happens next? Radio airplay is a great affirmation of your work. It's great to be able to mention it on your CV and social media. But radio play won't make as much longterm difference as you may think - it comes, and then it goes. The trouble is that radio can accellerate a career that's already got momentum - but it can't kickstart a career from scratch.
Bulding an audience for your music (and continuing to write great songs) takes time and effort. The good news is that, unlike radio play, it's entirely within your own power to achieve and costs next to nothing. And although this only one man's opinion, you'll find a few suggestions about how to do this this in my closing talk for .
Hiring a radio plugger in the hope of getting more airplay is an expensive gamble - and only worth considering when there's already a buzz about your latest song and a growing audience for your music. But early on in their career, most emerging artists get MUCH better results themselves than by hiring a plugger. For suggestions on how to do your own music promotion see the free advice section at my Fresh On The Net blog ().
Once an artist's career does start building momentumn - with views, plays and comments growing measurably each week - that's when an expertly run radio campaign can be a great way of putting a foot on the accelerator. Once you do choose to go down that route, the next problem is how to find a trustworthy promo company? One possibility might be to copy and keep the weekly playlists published by your target radio stations every week, and look up which small labels are regularly getting featured. Then google those labels, drop them an email, and ask which radio pluggers they use. [NB bigger labels tend to have their own in-house promo teams.]
And however things pan out, don't forget to carry on uploading your new releases to 主播大秀 Introducing so that we can carry on supporting you as your career unfolds.
AND FINALLY...
We only get enough airtime on this show to feature artists - even our absolute favourites - about four times a year, however much we love their work. So after you've been been on the Mixtape, please wait 12 weeks before sending me your next brilliant track. This leaves us time to help a load of other deserving artists meanwhile.
The best way of getting a tune direct to me is via using Soundcloud. From 10m on Monday mornings anybody is welcome to send us a track and we keep the inbox open until 200 submissions have arrived - so it's best to get in early. We publish all 200 tunes each week, and a dozen of us then listen to every single track. And be sure to also upload your tune to 主播大秀 Introducing, to make it eligible for Introducing airplay...
Tom Robinson