So You Want Your Song Played On Radio?

[john]

Hey

Getting airplay for the independent artist has never been harder. Radio consultant Richard Wilkinson discusses changes in the industry and speaks plainly about getting airplay for your songs in the UK.

So You Want Your Song Played on Radio?

Richard is a member of our community, please feel free to provide feedback and discuss his article here!

Cheers

John

[musicthom]

Very acurate if you ask me, with some recent experience in this indeed it is difficult to get played on all well known stations

it is worth while building some sort of relationship with local presenters gets some airplay

one thing i did find, although my music is not the sort to be played on a folk station we modified some in an acoustic set and the reward was a live set on a local based station

so it pays to try out new ways

[Lazz]

Good article.

Well-written, cogent, fun to read.

Nice job.

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[Donna]

I read it, too!

Agree with Lazz and thanks to Richard W. for outlining and confirming that which is ominous and hopeful.

(Thom, nice one)

[Donna]

I read it, too!

Agree with Lazz and thanks to Richard W. for outlining and confirming that which is ominous and hopeful.

(Thom, nice one)

Badly worded sentence, mea culpa.

What is hopeful: relationships do matter in this industry as elsewhere, they can make a difference.

[Prometheus]

I always feel in danger of coming across as sounding like a sufferer of the sour grapes of the guy who just never quite made it, but in this highly homogenized age we live in, it's a very tough world for the aspiring musician. I for one would rather be a maverick sitting on the sidelines for the rest of my life than start paying teenagers who can't sing to track a wall of autotune and get myself on the radio.

That said, I have had several songs played on the radio. Quite what that says about the songs I'm not sure...

Edited January 30, 2010 by Prometheus