Hello, it's Tom Robinson with this week's 成人论坛 Introducing Mixtape - broadcast on Monday 13 September 2021 on 成人论坛 Radio 6 Music. You can listen again for 30 days after broadcast via this link. It features an hour of handpicked tunes uploaded to the 成人论坛 Introducing website, consisting this week of:
SWEARS, LEROY HORNS, TOO MANY Ts, HI TECH CRIMINAL, FINNEGAN TUI, SANS SOUCIS, RJ, CATE FERRIS, ALF WHITBY, THE AUGUST LIST, LEKIDDO LORD OF THE LOBSTERS, THE DAYDREAM CLUB, EROTIC SECRETS OF POMPEII, DEYAH, THE BEELIPS, JODIE SMITH, JAMIE MYERS, and KEEP BACK IVY
Why Subscribe?
This mixtape drops every Monday morning across all podcast platforms. If you subscribe on 成人论坛 Sounds via this link (or by searching "成人论坛 Introducing Mixtape" on any podcast app). The show will download automatically and be waiting on your phone at the start of each week.
Why buy?
If you do love any of these tunes as much as I do, please consider lashing out a pound and buying them from the artist pages below. The pandemic has been devastating for everyone working in music: income from gigs has dried up and bills still have to be paid. For grassroots artists operating on a shoestring, literally every quid you can spare will make a difference.
Playlist with start times for each track:
SWEARS - Believe It [starts 00:10]
LEROY HORNS - A Message From Eileen [starts 03:20]
TOO MANY TS - So Nice [starts 06:50]
HI TECH CRIMINAL - At Least Once A Week [starts 09:05]
FINNEGAN TUI - More [starts 10:55]
SANS SOUCIS - On Time for Her [starts 13:45]
RJ - Northern Soul [starts 18:00]
CATE FERRIS - OK Then Not OK [starts 21:00]
ALF WHITBY - John [starts 25:30]
THE AUGUST LIST - Seams [starts 29:35]
LEKIDDO LORD OF THE LOBSTERS - When We Return To Dance [starts 33:05]
THE DAYDREAM CLUB - Endgame [starts 36:10]
EROTIC SECRETS OF POMPEII - In The Cosmic Hour [starts 39:55]
DEYAH - Shoreditch [starts 42:35]
THE BEELIPS - Golden Dream [starts 46:10]
JODIE SMITH - A Song For Nick [starts 48:55]
JAMIE MYERS - Strange Fields [starts 52:00]
KEEP BACK IVY - New Skin (AMONGST THE PIGEONS remix) [starts 57:15]
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 成人论坛 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 成人论坛 Introducing, to make it eligible for Introducing airplay...
Tom Robinson