January 23, 2010 – 9:26 pm
On Monday December 28th we broadcast a two-hour virtual mixtape of favourite tracks from the show during 2009; it then became downloadable as two one-hour podcasts. We’ve had a few requests for the tracklisting, so here it is. Also the podcasts themselves:
Christmas Mixtape Part 1
Christmas Mixtape Part 2
————————————————————
Christmas Mixtape – Part 1
————————————————————
THE SILK [...]
January 5, 2010 – 6:55 pm
Even now with 2010 upon us, we still see oldschool record labels putting only short clips of their new singles online – I guess to prevent illegal copying of the 96kps MySpace version. Presumably the idea is that we’ll all be so astounded by hearing a fraction of this fantastic song that we’ll rush out [...]
December 12, 2009 – 9:48 pm
Introducing:Fresh On The Net is a radio show devoted to the best new music that listeners can hear legally and for free online. Anyone’s welcome to recommend tunes for the show via a public webpage and if we like a song we play it, end of story. Understandably, most of the suggestions we get are [...]
December 10, 2009 – 10:43 pm
It was nice surprise to be asked to contribute to the advice section for independent musicians on the main BBC Introducing website, alongside such Radio One luminaries as Huw Stephens and Tim Westwood plus various managers, engineers, record company executives, promoters and upcoming artists. Gratifyingly, the BBC Introducing Blog has also started including the Websites [...]
November 17, 2009 – 10:14 pm
When music fans start campaigning for a BBC Introducing show in their region, it shows that in little over two years Introducing has not only arrived but become an integral part of the independent music scene. Actually there are now only three BBC regions that don’t have a specialist Introducing show: Somerset, Cumbria and – [...]
October 25, 2009 – 5:41 pm
FANGS, NEPHU HUZZBAND and ICE, SEA, DEAD PEOPLE live at Riverside Studios for the opening night of Fresh On The Net Live, 20th October 2009.
October 21, 2009 – 11:05 am
From The Times
October 16, 2009
Fresh on the Net showcases new talent
Tom Robinson, the pop star turned radio presenter talks about the birth of his show
I joined my first proper band, Café Society, back in 1973 and somehow managed to earn a living as a musician for the next 29 years. Today in the MySpace era [...]
September 3, 2009 – 9:04 am
Just a quick posting to say thanks to the people who’ve been emailing and messaging via MySpace to suggest music for my radio show. Also to those who’ve asked where they can send their music on CD. Instead – let me introduce the Recommend Music form on our BBC webpages.
We actually have a special page at [...]
August 24, 2009 – 8:59 pm
The BBC is currently working in partnership with Music Brainz – the world’s largest public domain music database, which currently lists 8 million tracks by half a million different artists. The eventual goal is to create and maintain an artist page for every performer whose music is played on BBC radio and television. The front [...]
Sunday
show
Blog RSS
Festival at Riverside Oct 20 – Nov 1
To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of BBC Introducing: Fresh On The Net we present a fortnight of outstanding new songwriters, indie bands and electronic artists at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, West London from Tuesday 20th October to Sunday November 1st. All artists have equal billing and all tickets are £6 – click here to book.
We’ve [...]