ryan_waf Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Found out yesterday that one of my band's (We Are Fiction) tracks will be played on daytime BBC Radio 1 each day next week (starting Monday 21st), on different shows throughout the week. This is pretty big for us, being unsigned and self-managed, so any support anyone wants to give by tweeting (@BBCR1), texting (81199) or writing on their Facebook page ([url="http://www.facebook.com/bbcradio1"]http://www.facebook.com/bbcradio1[/url]), if you like the track would be amazing. Here's the schedule for what shows it will be on; Monday: Sara Cox (10:00-12.45) Tuesday: Greg James (16:00-19:00) Wednesday: Dev – early b’fast (04:00-06:30) Huw Stephens’ midweek show (Wednesday Midnight-02:00 Thursday morning) Thursday; Scott Mills (13:00-16:00) Saturday: Huw Stephens (13:00-16:00) Sunday: Gemma Cairney (07:00-10:00) Here's the song if you wanted to check it out before the radio play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m9kdO_dK0U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Well done - that's superb exposure, especially for an unsigned band! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Congratulations! My band is looking to step up the promotion for our next single - which Plugger/PR Agency did you use for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_waf Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1358432770' post='1939016'] Congratulations! My band is looking to step up the promotion for our next single - which Plugger/PR Agency did you use for this? [/quote] No plugger or PR for this, was purely through our local (Cambridgeshire) BBC Introducing passing our tracks over to the main Introducing team, and them liking it enough to give us this opportunity - more luck than anything else. Thanks for the congratulations, we're rather happy about it ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 BBC Introducing can get you very far, just look at Gabrielle Aplin as an example. Congrats on the brilliant exposure. Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Sweet! Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackers Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 nice one dude! I really like the song you posted too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Well done mate, we managed to get played on Radio 1 a couple of times last year, it's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 [quote name='ryan_waf' timestamp='1358433724' post='1939042'] No plugger or PR for this, was purely through our local (Cambridgeshire) BBC Introducing passing our tracks over to the main Introducing team, and them liking it enough to give us this opportunity - more luck than anything else. Thanks for the congratulations, we're rather happy about it ourselves. [/quote] Even more congratulations are due then. It's a pity then that Nottingham's version don't much like my band... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butlerk02 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Congrats man. We've just had our tracks listened to by the Manchester introducing team, so fingers crossed for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_waf Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thanks for the kinds words people - and yeah, the Introducing team are great to unsigned bands, would advise everyone to upload to their local teams and just get some friendly chat going on with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I like that song!! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunEye Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Congratulations on the airplay. Hopefully the song is registered with PRS so you will get a few quid for being played on Radio 1. I know how hard it is to get daytime plays on Radio 1. A few years back I recorded a single B side and a download only track for Ben Volpelierre-Pierrot from Curiosity Killed the Cat. His record company employed top PR to get the necessary promotion and despite very good figures from DJs across the country and local radio stations (comensurate with a potential top 10 single according to the PR company) Radio 1 and Radio 2 refused to play it, so the song never ever charted. To get played on daytime Radio 1 as an unsigned band with no PR is a great achievement. The best my studio has ever got from Radio 1 is plays on specialst shows e.g. Fabio & Grooverider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 That's fantastic and amazing! Many congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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