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Tom's still away and this week the wonderful Linda Serck was filling his shoes. Here's what she filled them with.

D.A.M.B – Daylight

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LANTERNS ON THE LAKE – I Love You Sleepyhead

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Emily Easterly - Shotgun Wedding

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PANTER – Tulips And Six Flags (Feat Firefox AK

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INTRODUCING ROULETTE TRACK (TW TO SORT)

FLY WITH VAMPIRES – Everything But Sleep

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THE GOOD NATURED – Be My Animal

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TRUCKERS OF HUSK – Awesome Tapes From Africa

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Matthew And The Atlas – I Followed Fires

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INTRODUCING INQUISITION

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DRY THE RIVER - Coast

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STANDARD FARE - A Night With A Friend

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ENDOR – Without The Help Of Sparks

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SESSION TRACK

THE NEAT - Hips

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ICE SEA DEAD PEOPLE - Grean Tee

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THE LUYAS - Tiny Head

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TALONS – Peter Pan

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HELLO SHARK – My Life

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CHAD VALLEY – Anything

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Tom Williams and the Boat – See My Evil

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CATGUT - Spiders

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LONG LONG LONG – Ponytail Ambition

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GLASS CAKE - Slow Hands Long Reach

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WHAT DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES (TW TO SORT)

GLOVER- Love Skank

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ARTHUR RIGBY & THE BASKERVYLLES – White Houses

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EN BJORNEN - Prince

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OVERTHEWALL - Shifts

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GABBY YOUNG - Were All In This Together

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SESSION TRACK

THE NEAT – Doodle

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EX LIBRAS - Underachiever

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DEM HUNGER – Wanda Hena El Hawa

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This is a guest blog from our Girl Music Guru Ruth Barnes. Just in case you thought I was lamenting on the lack of romance at ITC this year. Anyways I've got a girlfriend so stop trying to get me in trouble.

And now, without further ado here's Ruth Barnes.....

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ITC 2010 - WHERE WERE THE WOMEN?

This year was my first at In The City, the Manchester-based music industry conference that shines a spotlight on new and unsigned talent. If, like me, you are interested in women artists being fairly represented on occasions such as this, you would have been left with a bizarre impression of the state of unsigned female artists in 2010.

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I trawled the line up (200+ bands), simply putting the name of the band in a search engine and looking at pictures on their Myspace page. Nine times out of ten the images were the same: three or four skinny lads with guitars or synth’s staring defiantly out at me, daring me to listen to their music which had undoubtedly been described as ‘synth-led’ or ‘spiky guitar rock’ by some music journo.

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I can’t be the only one to find this depressingly predictable? Of course the best of these bands deserve their rightful place at the conference, but where were the women artists whose music floods my email inbox and lands on my front door mat most weeks?

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Sure, the rather excellent Sky Larkin performed, but they’re already signed and established, well on their way up the industry escalator... the same can be said for Glasser. There's nothing wrong with big indies signing young bands and celebrating them, however, I landed in Manchester expecting a greater spirit of adventure and exploration at In The City: A fearless advocacy of great artists - both male and female - often overlooked by the increasingly market driven and conservative record industry.Ìý

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There were other excellent bands on the bill including Standard Fare, Introducing fave's Seerauber Jenny and Catherine A.D. to name a few. But it was genuinely - a few!

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Surely those artists working outside the restrictive norms prescribed to most women in music (ie. image before sound) desperately need In The City? My hope was that the music conference would dig out the best of unsigned bands and give them much needed exposure - not add to the hype for bands like Kisses or T3ETH. Also both Sky Larkin and Glasser have had nearly half a million views on their Myspace profile - surely they are too big for ITC?

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I’ll put my money where my mouth is - here are twelve, original, unsigned (or signed to the tiniest little indie) female bands/ artists from the UK, America and Ireland who could have really benefited from being showcased at In The City this year:

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Me and Bethan did enjoy ourselves on the Sunday show. We had a real blast on Monday too, here's what we played.

CAUSE CO-MOTION – Which Way Is Up?

OBERHOFER – Ooo

EAGULLS – Council Flat Blues

DOM – Hunny

SPOKES – We Can Make It Out

BO NINGEN – Maguro

ANTARCTICA TAKES IT – C & F

INTRODUCING INQUISITION
ECHO LAKE – Young Silence
ECHO LAKE – Everything Is Real

DEERHUNTER – Helicopter (diplo rmx)

MEAN LADY – Rain

HOLY OTHER – Yr Love

D.A.M.B – Daylight

HUW STEPHENS TIP
PHANTOM THEORY -Ìý Shotguns And Shark

PLANET EARTH – Falling Into Love

DAN MANGAN – Robots

PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL – Seed, Crop, Harvest

LAS ROBERTAS – Back To The End

LA SHARK – A Weapon (Fiction Remix)

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
FUN FUN – Rear Window

WICKES – Binary Code For Love

HOUSES – Endless Spring

SEA PONY – Dreaming

A LULL – Weapons Of War

SLOMATICS – Superclap

SESSION TRACK
SUPER BEST FRIENDS CLUB – Apple Crumble

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FEVER FEVER – Bloodless

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CHAD VALLEY – Anything

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DOG IS DEAD – Young

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ISLET – Ringerz

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ESBEN AND THE WITCH – Marching Song

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WHITE HINTERLAND – Icarus

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BEACH FOSSILS – Face It

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SEIZURE – Love

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TRUCKERS OF HUSK – Awesome Tapes From Africa

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INTRODUCING INQUISITION

DUTCH UNCLES – Fragrant

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GLASSER – Ö÷²¥´óÐã

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BRAVE TIMBERS – Let’s Never Go Back

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RUNAROUND KIDS – Falling Into Better Hands

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SESSION TRACK

WASHINGTON IRVING – Sisi

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MUSEUM OF BELLES ARTES – Watch The Glow

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FRANKIE AND THE HEARTSTRINGS RADIO PLAY: The Story Of Frankie And The Heartstrings

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FRANKIE AND THE HEARTSTRINGS – Ungrateful

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MOTHER OF THE FOREST – Branna Broar (Feat Magnus Ekelund)

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TRWBADOR – Off Beat

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SEA OF BEES – The Woods

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CRASH.DISCO – Something Like This

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TIM AND SAM – Finders Keepers (Foreign Office Remix)

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READING RAINBOW – Wasting Time

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

VICTORIA AND JACOB – Night Time

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CROOKED MOUNTAIN CROOKED SEA – They Don’t Mean Anything

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STILL CORNERS – Endless Summer

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THE APPLES OF ENERGY – New York Awakens To Snow

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In The City special from Manchester, Part 2

KISSES - People Can Do The Most Amazing Things

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TEAM GHOST - Colors In Time

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WORSHIP - In Our Blood

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ORPHAN BOY - Some Frontier

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LIVE INTRODUCING TRACK FROM ITC

SEERAUBER JENNY - Push It Away

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ELLEN+THE ESCAPADESÌý - Without You

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YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS - Lived In Skin

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INQUISITION: RUTH THEODORE

RUTH THEODORE - Overflow

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ICE BLACK BIRDSÌý - As Birds We'd Be Fine

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CALORIES - Ffwd

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MUJERES - Amusement

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LIVE INTRODUCING TRACK FROM ITC

THE STEALS – Stay In Silence

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RAPIDS! - Fuses

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CATHERINE A.D. - Missiveh

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STANDARD FARE - A Night With A Friend

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LIVE INTRODUCING TRACK FROM ITC

DRY THE RIVER – History Book

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THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT:Ìý

ÌýCRUSHING BLOWS - Tie Them Down And Get The Answers

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STILL CORNERS - Endless Summer

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GALLOPS - Miami Spider

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PICTURE BOOK - Sunshine

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LIVE INTRODUCING TRACK FROM ITC

TIM+SAM BAND - Finders Keepers

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FACTORY FLOOR - Lying

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In The City special from Manchester, Part 1

LETS BUY HAPPINESS - Six Wolves


T3ETH - See Spaces


DOG IS DEAD - Young


COME ON GANG - Fortune Favours The Brave


INTRODUCING ROULETTE: CHRIS LONG from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Manchester Introducing
SEERAUBER JENNY - Captain Ahab


THE KILL VAN KULLS - Wooden Heart


PODCAST INSERT.
FENNEL SEEDS - I'm A Traitor My Parents Will Never Want To Know


STEALING SHEEP - Shoot The Ducks To Win


INTERVIEW: VINYL JACKET
VINYL JACKET - Broken Record


PULLED APART BY HORSES - High Five Swan Dive Nose Dive


THESE MONSTERS - Call Me Dragon


INTRODUCING LIVE TRACK FROM ITC
VINYL JACKET - Peaches


FRONTIERS - Alibi


KLAUS - I Saw the Light


FICTION - Phyllis


I AM BLACKBIRD - Setting Sun


BRONTIDE - Crunk Anansie


WORRIEDABOUTSATAN - You're In My Thoughts


WHAT DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES
EMILY AND THE FAVES - Golden Hair


RICHARD DUTTON - You Cant Lose



BUGS IN EMBER - Do It Again (Chemical Brothers cover)


RAMONA - How Long


INTRODUCING LIVE TRACK FROM ITC
RUTH THEODORE - Overflow


THIS MANY BOYFRIENDS - I Don't Like You (Cos You Don't Like The Pastels)


THE STEALS - The Weight

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Here's what TR played on Monday....

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GABBY YOUNG - Were All In This Together

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TOUPÉ - Belly Laughs

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IN ATLANTA - Stars

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CALM AS THE COLOUR - The Rain Must Fall

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FAMILY OF THE YEAR - Stupidland

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MACHINE BOY - People

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THE DOMINO STATE - We Must Not Shut Ourselves Away

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BROOHAHA - Incredible Weapons

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GOLAU GLAU - Neuro

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THE FORTRESS PROJECT - Wolves

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HUW STEPHENS TIP

EAGULLS - Council Flat Blues

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SESSION TRACK

OVERTHEWALL - Thurso

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MIS-SHAPES - Forlorn

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BIRDEATSBABY - Gone!

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2000FASTWOMEN - Letters From Vienna

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THE PORTLAND AUTHORITY - A New Year

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BOBBY FRICTION TIP

SEIZURE - Love

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PLANTAGENET 3 - Nocturne

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THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

THE LITTLE EXPLORER - Chair Legs

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GLASS ANIMALS - Life Lomographic

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RUTH BARNES TIP 1

SLEEP OVER - La Rose

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RUTH BARNES TIP 2

CHAPTER 24 - Love

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IT CAME FROM THE UPLOADER

A MELODIC - Trilobita

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HER NAME IS CALLA - Pour More Oil

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INTRODUCING SESSION TRACK

OVERTHEWALL - History Of British Welfarism

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COLOUREDS - Filofax

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Look at the wonderful things Tom played on Sunday

THE BEAUS - In The Red Corner

COCKNBULLKID - One Eye Closed

FENNEL SEEDS - I'm A Traitor My Parents Will Never Want To Know

SHANNON WRIGHT - Black Rain

INTRODUCING ROULETTE
CHAD VALLEY - Acker Bilk

ERROR OPERATOR - Follow

SPACESHIPS ARE COOL - She

JUFFAGE - My Weakness

INTRODUCING INQUISITION
WE’RE ONLY AFRAID OF NYC - Louder Loudest

TOODAR - We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea

SARAH WILLIAMS WHITE - Watch A World

SESSION TRACK
ATLUM SCHEMA – Hunting For Rabbits

VILE VILE CREATURES - Second Storey

AIR TO ACHILLES - Holy Ghost

KIRBY HOWARTH - My Life

VINYL JACKET - Broken Record

RUTH THEODORE - Race Cars

BETHAN ELFYN TIP
BROOKE - The Softest Touch

GREGOR+THE MARTIANS - Keanu Reeves

ECHO WANTS HER VOICE BACK - Pink Shorts

GILBERT LINLEY - Red Leaves Floating On The Water

WEAREANIMAL - Black Magic

PANDAS AND PEOPLE - Throw Me Away

LIES - Your Heart Just Keeps Getting Further Away

SESSION TRACK
ATLUM SCHEMA - The Ballad of the Self-Blessed, Self-Less

IT CAME FROM THE UPLOADER
CAR ALARM QUARTET - Times Are Hard

TIM+SAM BAND - Finders Keepers

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Like most national stations we receive hundreds of CDs a month, and last week I was working my way through a big stack of dull, safe "radio-friendly" tracks sent by record companies who really ought to know better. Your EP blasted out of the speakers like a breath of fresh air, so I ejected it and looked for the sleeve to see what it was.

Here's a suggestion. When you make a great sounding EP and send it to radio stations hoping they'll play it, how about putting it in an actual sleeve that includes a tracklisting, band info, release date and a contact number on it. Rather than just slipping a narrow band of arty carboard around the outside (see above). I know you probably enclosed some sort of letter or info sheet, but that got lost days ago when the last mountain of jiffy bags was being opened by some luckless intern.

Professional pluggers and record companies ALWAYS put an info sticker on the sleeves of all promo CDs they send to radio. There's no reason why independent artists can't do exactly the same. This promo CD for - sent by in London - is a classic example of how to send music to a radio station. Laser printed info on a big clear sticker, plastic disc wallet, plain white paper insert. Job done. Other radio promotion companies are of course available.

Anyway there I was, excited by a record that sounded like a 21st Century English-electro Cramps, wondering what it was and hoping to play it on my suppertime show last Friday. The only clue was the words VANILLA NIGHTMARE scrawled in felt tip pen on the disc itself. Luckily was the number one search result.

Here's another suggestion. When you make a great sounding EP and hope people will buy it, how about putting the tracklisting, release date and purchase links on . Instead of it still saying "NEW EP COMING SOON!!!!" a month after release. And if there's more up-to-date news on a somewhere, how about including a link to it ?

I was going to email this letter to you privately as a bit of friendly advice. But there's no contact details for you anywhere on the web - so here's one last suggestion.

With music as good as yours, it's possible that journalists, bloggers, presenters, producers, record companies, managers, promoters, publishers and (shock horror) members of the public may want to offer you their support. HowÌý about including an email address and contact phone number on your web pages so they can get in touch. Just a thought....

Luckily, for my Ö÷²¥´óÐã Introducing show Fresh On The Net, the whole process is a lot easier. No need to send us CDs in the post or MP3 files by email. Just nip along to our web page and click Recommend Music. Fill in the form telling us where to hear your music online, just the once, and we guarantee to listen and consider it for the show. Simple as that.

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Here's what Tom played on Monday

ÌýSMILE - Closer

NAPOLEON IIIRD - The Unknown Unknown

EXPERIMENTS WITH MACHINES - Owls

SPACESHIPS ARE COOL - She

ICE SEA DEAD PEOPLE - Grean Tee

THE APPLES OF ENERGY - New York Awakens To Snow

THE BIG PICTURE - Wherever I go

TRWBADOR - Off-Beat

INTRODUCING INQUISITION

WASHINGTON IRVING - Sisi

PAWS - Violent Vicky Violet

BAD BAD BIRD - Wire Tongue

HUW STEPHENS TIP

LINGO SCOTT - Elope (EVM Remix)

SESSION TRACK

DUTCH UNCLES - Fragrant

THE ROOFTOP GAMBLER - Yet To Feel (Like I Needed Someone)

MANSFIELD HOLIDAY - Priorities

CROOKED MOUNTAIN, CROOKED SEA - They Don't Mean Anything

MY GREY HORSE - You'll Never Learn

BOBBY FRICTION TIP

SHAAIR AND FUNC - My Roots

BOAT TO ROW - A Boat To Row, To Row, To You

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

ITCH -This Place Is Full Of Dinosaurs So I Waited For The Next Big Bang And Two Came At Once

EX LIBRAS - Underachiever

RUTH BARNES TIP 1

FLORENCE JOELLE - When I Get Low I Get High

RUTH BARNES TIP 2

NALLE - Lily

ALISIA CASPER - Mother I Am Free

CAUSE CO-MOTION! - Which Way Is Up?

BRAVE TIMBERS - Let's Never Go Back

SESSION TRACK

DUTCH UNCLES - Cadenza

FIELDHEAD - Of October

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MENHIRS OF ER GRAH - Long Time Gone

FAMILY MACHINE - See You

ROXY RAWSON - Riddle it

EVOKATEUR - Wolf Girl

INTRODUCING ROULETTE

BURNT DENNIS AND THE INJUNCTIONS - What Were You Thinking Of

OLYMPIANS - Foreign Language

PANDA PARTY - Defiance Protect Me

WE ONLY SAID - Driving My Car https://soundcloud.com/florianmarzano

INTRODUCING INQUISITION

LIES - Coming Ö÷²¥´óÐã

WEAREANIMAL - Black Magic

DELAY TREES - Cassette 2012

SESSION TRACK

ADMIRAL FALLOW - Four Bulbs

BIRDEATSBABY - Gone!

BODEBRIXEN - I Was Sad & You Were Lonely

LION O'BRIEN - Is That Alright

JAKE HART - You Could Be

STICKPIN/PSYCHEDELIC KRULL - Careen

BETHAN ELFYN PICK

VANGUARD - Loving Someone Else

BETTY LENARD - Message in the Snow

GIDEON CONN - Eccentric

WHAT DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES ELSPETH - 24Hour Paramedic

TARGET TIP

LIL-C - Stay Up

PANDA SU - Eric Is Dead

HOLY COVES - Come Alive

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ADMIRAL FALLOW - Subbuteo

SUPER BEST FRIENDS CLUB - People We Forget This Is Love

RODBUJAN - Tilcara Sintetica

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