So, you are about to release your new CD and it’s time to get it ready to go to both the media for reviews and radio stations for airplay. One of the important items that should be included with your CD is your Onesheet! With that in mind let’s take a look at what a […]
Spinitron caters to college, community and educational stations where the DJs spin the tunes according to independent aesthetic policies. Thousands of these stations across the country provide the alternative to the narrowly-defined music repertoire that commercial stations are forced to present. Apart from serving their listeners and pursuing their educational objectives, these non-commercial stations also […]
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) […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 01/08/18 – SHOW #403 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10401337 PREVIEW SHOW # 2 for the 34th IBC JANICE JOHNSTON Dr. Janice is a member of The Blues Foundation Board of Directors with responsibilities for The H.A.R.T. Fund (Handy Artist Relief Trust). For the last six years, Dr. Janice and her incredible volunteer staff […]
HOME PAGE FACE BOOK PAGE Check out this interview with an Indie blues artist Albert Cummings on Making a Scene Albert Cummings writes, plays and sings the blues like nobody else. He has played with blues legends B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Buddy Guy. Taken with Albert’s fire and passion bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris […]
We are now broadcasting on DeepJams.net every Saturday from 8pm to midnight EST This IS the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues, with artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These are the innovators, not the imitators These are the Indie Blues artists.. […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Little G Weevil was born with a soul for adventure. Growing up in Hungary in its final years as part of the Soviet Union, young Gabor Szucs cast his eyes to the West and fell in love with American Blues. He immersed himself in the music and the culture, devouring books […]
In Meet Me In Memphis, Eric Hughes and his band do a fabulous job of not only capturing Memphis in all its diversity but of moving smoothly from blues to blues-rock with hints of soul and country as well. Hughes and the band start out with a powerful blues rocker, “Freight Train of Pain,” just […]
Jay Willie Blues Band Jay Walkin’ Zoho Music The Jay Willie Blues Band was formed in 2001 by guitarists Jay Willie and Bob Callahan; and former Johnny Winter drummer Bobby T Torello. Although based out of Newton, Connecticut they are a Texas Blues band with one foot in the traditional and the other in a […]
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 […]
Are you looking to do a radio promotion in Blues radio? Are you looking for somewhere to listen to Blues? Well here is the updated Blues Radio Master List for October 2014 FREE!! Who Loves you? <Click Link Below> BLUES RADIO MASTER LIST!
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 […]
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 […]