Simon Pursehouse (Director of Music Services at Sentric Music) The glut of recent news stories surrounding the financial woes of HMV, the UK's last remaining high street music store, clearly demonstrates a change in consumer habits. Physical format is out, save for a few luxurious niches, digital is in. Streaming and downloading dominate the way that the majority of us consume music in 2013. The…
Read MoreFive Things I Learnt From Two Months On Tour Three months ago almost to the day I arrived in Oxford carrying nothing but a bass guitar, an amp and a nervous knot in my stomach. It was a sunny August morning and I was on my way to my first practice with a band I've admired for a long time, Spring Offensive (if you don't…
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THIS WEEK: LAURENCE MADE ME CRY Laurence Made Me Cry is multi-instrumentalist Jo Whitby, a West Country girl at heart but now making roots in Cardiff. I have fallen in love with her voice very recently: the tone and the delivery relaxes me. Like Tracey Thorn's early work, Jo's voice the same sense of a journey being undertaken - of restless emotion & connection being delivered:…
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[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/liam-burke-uk/down-to-dannys-1[/soundcloud] @freshnetThank you for Favouriting Down to danny's on soundcloud any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks Again. — Liam Burke (@LiamBurkeMusic) September 18, 2012 Hey Liam - cheers for your tweet. Happy to give feedback but any meaningful feedback will probably need more than 140 characters. So my first suggestion would be to put an email address on your Soundcloud and Facebook pages so fans,…
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The people have spoken, we've done the artithmetic and the result has been a dead heat in this week's crowded field of excellent submissions. Accordingly, Team Freshnet's Nico Franks has increased capacity this week to a dozen so as to accommodate two extra bangers for your ears, and with good cause. In alphabetical order: BALLERINA BLACK - NTSB BALLERINA BLACK are an LA-based four-piece that…
Read MoreHello everyone - sorry, it's time to repeat last month's rant about the BBC Introducing Uploader. Last week about eighty people clicked on our Send Us A Track link on this blog and eleven of them have duly ended up as this week's Fresh Faves. Every one of those artists saw a link saying: "UK artists: be sure to submit your latest tracks to the…
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Amazing Radio has been forced to pull out of DAB in the UK as of midnight last night. For a full explanation as to why we've been bullied off this platform read our Boss-Man Paul Campbell's statement here. In a nutshell it's all about money, they want more money and we've dug our heels in and said No. Isn't the point of DAB to have…
Read MoreHello everyone. Please excuse me, but it's time for a heartfelt personal moan Last week 70 people clicked on the Send Us A Track link on this blog and every single one of them, er, sent us a track. Every one of them will also have seen the above link saying: "UK artists: be sure to submit your latest tracks to the BBC Introducing Uploader"…
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...from Press Kit to Print Media So you've made a recording you're really proud of, whether it be a single, EP or album, this is your best work to date. Now the only problem is getting people to listen to it. The good news? In the UK right now there are more avenues for promoting new music than ever before. From Blogs to BBC Introducing,…
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Tinnitus Awareness Week
This week (4th - 10th February) is Tinnitus Awareness Week and UK charity Action on Hearing Loss has been campaigning to raise awareness about Tinnitus and the dangers of exposure to loud music. (more…)
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