Radio Charts

Discussions on the various radio charts and how they work

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2023 Independent Blues Awards Winners Announced!!

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock September 26, 2023

Making a Scene Presents The 2023 Independent Blues Awards Winners! This is the 8th year we have produced and honored independent blues artists with the Independent Blues Awards. The voting this year has broken all records and was the largest voting participation since we began. As always we believe that not only are the winners […]

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Independent Blues Awards 2022 Winners Announced!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, blues rock, indepedent blues awards, indie Blues, indie blues awards, making a Scene, roots, roots rock October 4, 2022

Acoustic Blues CD Nominees Best Independent Blues Acoustic CD CD’s that were produced with primarly acoustic instrumentation Ghalia Volt Donna Herula Steve Hill Chris Bergson Hector Anchondo Elly Wininger Cole Allen Little G Weevil

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Get your Music on Spotify Playlists!

Richard L'Hommedieu making a Scene, Playlists, Spotify September 26, 2018

Let’s face it, the age of buying music in a physical form is on it’s way out, Radio is losing its influence in breaking new artists and new cars don’t even come with CD players! We are in new territory in the music industry. Record companies and their PR arms are now pitching their artists […]

DIY Radio/ Music Business/ Radio Charts

Take Control of your Roots Music Report Data

Richard L'Hommedieu DIY Radio, independent music business, indie Blues, Indie music business, making a Scene, music business, radio charts, Roots Music Report January 23, 2018

Whether you are doing your own radio promotion, or you have hired a professional radio promoter and you are working towards RMR Reporting stations. It is a good idea to sign up for an RMR account, where for less than $10, you can search for who is playing you (or any artist for that matter) […]

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Blues Radio Charts Explained!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues radio charts, blues-rock, cd review, cd reviews, celebration of Blues and Soul, Circus americana, DIY Radio, Funk, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, internet Radio Free, live from the midnight circus, Living Blues, making a Scene, r&B, radio charts, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, Roots Music Report, roots rock January 5, 2018

Even though this article concentrates on Blues, the information on the RMR charts is relevant to all the genres and Indie Musicians the RMR Charts report on. The Blues World in particular spends a lot of time on Radio Charts. Unfortunately, many don’t understand the facts behind the charts and how they work. What makes the Living […]

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The State of Internet Radio and Why is it Important to the Independent Artist

Richard L'Hommedieu Copyright Royalty Board, CRB, internet radio, making a Scene, microcasters, Small Webcasters, the end of internet radio, webcasters July 8, 2016

There has been alot of conversation out there between independent webcasters and independent artists about the new royalty schedule from the Copyright Royalty Board. Some webcasters have cut their loses and ran, some have geo fenced off the whole US market. If none of this makes sense to you, well you are not alone. I […]

DIY Radio/ Radio Charts

Reporting Stations for Folk and Bluegrass

Posted by Editor bluegrass, folk, making a Scene, radio, Reporting Stations July 19, 2014

The Folk/Bluegrass Charts is compiled monthly by Richard Gillmann richard@NWFOLK.COM FOLKDJ-L is an electronic discussion group for DJs and other people interested in all folk-based music (bluegrass, old-time, traditional balladry, traditional international music, singer-songwriters, etc.) on the radio. With over nine hundred subscribers from all corners of the earth, they are a lively bunch with a […]

DIY Radio/ Radio Charts

Root 66 Alternate Roots Reporting Stations!

Posted by Editor alternate roots, americana charts, making a Scene, radio airplay, Reporting Stations, Root 66 July 17, 2014

The Roots 66 Alternate Roots was originally formed in 2007 as The Artist Development Group, The Alternate Root, LLC is a multi-media company dedicated to the development and advancement of American Roots music and the artists, composers and producers that that comprise the format. By offering a comprehensive collection of services and expertise including radio promotion, marketing, […]

DIY Radio/ Radio Charts

Reporting Stations for the Americana Charts

Posted by Editor americana, Americana Radio Charts, making a Scene, Reporting Stations July 16, 2014

Americana is an amalgam of roots music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influences. Americana, as defined by the Americana Music Association (AMA), is “contemporary music […]

DIY Radio/ Radio Charts

Reporting Stations for the JAM BAND Charts!

Richard L'Hommedieu DIY Radio, jam band, Jam Band charts, making a Scene, radio airplay, radio charts July 15, 2014

Jam bands are musical groups whose live albums and concerts relate to a unique fan culture that began in the 1960s with The Grateful Dead, and continued in the 1990s with bands like Phish. The performances of these bands typically feature extended musical improvisation (“jams”) over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music that can often cross genre boundaries. While the seminal […]

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RMR Blues Reporting Stations

Richard L'Hommedieu DIY Radio, making a Scene, music radio promotion, Radio Promotion, RMR, Roots Music Report July 15, 2014

The RMR (Roots Music Report) are probably the most important chart for the independent musician. They track radio airplay for a wide variety of genres. The list of reporting radio stations that we are providing to you today is for the genre of Blues. The information we are providing is the results of years of […]

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Living Blues Chart Reporting Stations!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, Living Blues, Living Blues Charts, making a Scene, Radio Promotion July 15, 2014

Living Blues is a bi-monthly magazine focused on covering the blues tradition, and its America’s oldest blues periodical. The magazine was founded as a quarterly in Chicago in 1970 by Jim O’Neal and Amy van Singel. Alligator Records owner and founder Bruce Iglauer was also one of the magazine’s early editors. Howlin’ Wolf was featured on the cover of the first issue. In 1983, O’Neal and van […]