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Category Archives: Music Resources

A Howl Of Rage

Fast, furious and with an echo of Pop Will Eat Itself at their agitrap finest.

BBC Introducing Masterclass

On Thursday 3 February 2011 BBC Introducing hosted a unique event at two world famous studios, Abbey Road and Maida Vale, where 250 new musicians got an opportunity to hear from some of the biggest names in the industry – including established artists, record labels, managers, BBC DJs and many more. The list of experts [...]

Tom Robinson Band 1978 Documentary

Two Great Voices: Tanya & Lee

Tanya Auclair was first recommended to Fresh On The Net by the wonderful Ruth Barnes and from the moment of first hearing the opening bars of this song I knew we were in the presence of a major new talent. Tanya came in to record a session for us at BBC 6 Music where her [...]

Doubling Your Chance Of Airplay?

Q: I’ve recently finished an album which is about to be released and I’d love your opinion. Could I send you a copy? A: Could you do us a favour and recommend your two favourite tracks  to my show via tinyurl.com/recommendmusic – that way they’ll get logged and the whole programme team will be able [...]

New Acoustic Music

At a party the other week Zoe Konez picked up a guitar, swiftly re-tuned it and performed this tune in front of a room full of gobsmacked people, me among them. Click play and hear it for yourself. Her percussionist Will Connor joined in with telepathic tightness,  playing just one tiny hand-drum. A studio version [...]

Ed Sheeran Album “+”

“Would an artist only let people see half a canvas then expect them to buy the painting?” Jonny Taylor tweeted this morning: “One of my very best mates @edsheeran released his Album ‘+‘ today!! It’s a great day for UK music!! Go buy it now!! #nothingbutlove”. I’ve loved Ed Sheeran’s songwriting, stagecraft, hard work ethic and [...]

Showing Label Love

Reblogged from by Generator on Tuesday 9th August 2011 Posted in Independent, Learning Zone, Major Labels, News A huge number of independent labels are in turmoil today after a fire at their distribution warehouse destroyed much of their stock in unprecedented rioting on the streets of London this week. Shocking footage throughout the early hours [...]

BITTER RUIN – Trust

The battle of the sexes as depicted in this vivid and unsettling video by Bitter Ruin for their forthcoming single “Trust”. We first played the song after hearing it on their MySpace page in November 2008, but it’s now getting a full release -  backed by a tour – on October 3rd, 2011. Full marks [...]

Pioneering UK Indie?

This week, in the run-up to the AIM Independent Music Awards this November I was asked to nominate the most pioneering UK Indie label founder and most inspirational Uk indie artist of all time. Before choosing it seemed wise to take soundings from my friends on Twitter and I duly threw out the question. There [...]

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