Hi All - Just wanted to pass on this quick and inexpensive rallying call for CKUT radio station. There are very good reasons to send some bones to radio below, but I tell you, in my experience, CKUT is an incredibly welcoming and supportive media experience. People are learning on the spot and making mistakes [...]
Independent labels do not get the same treatment as majors in terms of radio airplay, a new survey finds.
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The study concludes that over 92% of indie labels reported no change in relationships with radio stations, and 41% claim payola still determines commercial radio airplay.
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As Rich Bengloff, President of A2IM explains: “We invite radio programmers to [...]
I started an Indyish blip.fm station a few days ago and spent a lot of time this morning playing with it, keeping my ears happy by featuring music from some of the artists we’ve gotten to work with, or who are from this crazy town, or who have come through recently, or who we listen [...]
Hey guys, I found out late yesterday that the interview Indyish did on the late night radio program with Peter Anthony Holder was picked for his yearly Best Of and rebroadcast over the weekend. I think this is because we brought James Finnerty and he played a lovely live rendition of his song Borderline Ferry. [...]
Conor is being interviewed and will play a song on FBi Radio in Sydney, Australia on March 30th. FBi has a strong focus on local bands; they’ve got Local Fidelity, a 2 hour show that plays only Australian bands, and The Bridge which features an hour of music from Sydney 5 days a week!
7pm Sunday [...]
Ok, so as James Finnerty mentioned, he, Tristan and I trundled down in the 1am to talk on the for-reals, air-waves-styles radio. Elran didn’t come because that’s the middle of his work day. Still, I think we held it down ok without our codeland wrangler, but you tell us what you think - That podcast [...]
Hi Indyish,
Just a heads up that there’s a bit of a buzz about sex this week if you’re inclined to listen. In true Indyish style, there’s something for everyone: radio, podcasting and real, live humans talking to one another!
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First off there’s a discussion called “Sex Talks! Can we say what we’re really thinking when it [...]
IndieCan Show II for Channel 52 THE VERGE on XM Satellite Radio will be aired the last week of February, as our second episode there. IndieCan is stoked to be able to bring our show and our artists to an even larger world stage and we look forward to hearing how some of the 10 [...]
IndieCan Music is so hyped about teaming up with Indyish and all of you members. We cover the emerging music scene in Canada in the rock, pop, punk, folk, reggae and alt-just about anything genres. We started posting our pod cast to the internet at http://www.indiecan.com early in 2006 and Episode 1 had [...]
This is a multiple-part post on getting your CD out of your living room. Part One is about radio airplay. Part Two will be about getting reviewed and sending your CD to record labels. Part Three might be about distribution if we have some by then.
I thought of blogging this a while ago, but wasn’t [...]