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BBC Introducing Mixtape: 20 May 2013

Download or subscribe to Tom’s BBC Introducing Mixtape Every Sunday night/Monday morning on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader in an hour-long music mixtape. Some of the tunes are recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, others are handpicked by me more »

BBC Introducing Mixtape: 13 May 2013

Download or subscribe to Tom’s BBC Introducing Mixtape Every Sunday night/Monday morning on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader in an hour-long music mixtape. Some of the tunes are recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, others are handpicked by me more »

Would You Let A Poet Drive You To Work?

Guest rant by Robin Millar Robin is a musician who has conquered blindness to become a world famous record producer with over 150 gold, silver and platinum discs to his credit – not to mention 55 million record sales. He was made a CBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours.  He has contributed this post to more »

BBC Introducing Mixtape: 06 May 2013

Download or subscribe to Tom’s BBC Introducing Mixtape Every Sunday night/Monday morning on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader in an hour-long music mixtape. Some of the tunes are recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, others are handpicked by me more »

Money And How To Get It

Earlier today at Liverpool Sound City, I chaired a discussion panel on funding options for musicians and songwriters entitled Money And How To Get It. It featured Joe Frankland from Generator, Laura Whitticase from the PRS For Music Foundation and our very own Chris Bye wearing his hat as an employee of Arts Council England. more »

BBC Introducing Mixtape: 29 April 2013

Download or subscribe to Tom’s BBC Introducing Mixtape Every Sunday night/Monday morning on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader in an hour-long music mixtape. Some of the tunes are recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, others are handpicked by me more »

BBC Introducing Mixtape: 22 March 2013

Every Monday morning from 2-3am on BBC Radio 6 Music you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes in  an hour-long music mixtape. All the audio is sourced from the BBC Introducing Uploader – some of it recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, some from the inbox at my own Fresh On The more »

BBC Introducing Mixtape: 15 April 2013

In the small hours of a Monday morning from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes compiled into an hour-long mixtape of nonstop music. All the audio is sourced from the BBC Introducing Uploader – some of it recommended by friends and colleagues and some discovered via Fresh On The Net. more »

Fresh Faves: Batch 55

Fresh On The Net isn’t any kind of news, opinion or current affairs blog – but given a news agenda today that seemed at first like some grimly awful kind of April Fool’s joke, it’s felt odd to be writing about mere pop music for the last few hours. So here’s a small reminder of more »

BBC Introducing Mixtape: 1st April 2013

Jimmy Binks And The Shakehorns Every Sunday night/Monday morning on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader in an hour-long music mixtape. Some of the tunes are recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, others are handpicked by me from our inbox more »

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