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Looking to move back to 77 and all that raw musical power? well the BBC has another great show buried away on its programming schedule.
Mickey Bradley from the famour Undertones punk band has a show on BBC radio Ulster. Since he was there during 77 he’s a good host. The Undertones are now most famous […]

After listening to the BBC’s various indy music shows you might need a change of pace and try out some classical music on the BBC. The problem is that the BBC keeps cutting into the shows with information or quite simply the classical music they are playing is not really what you are looking for.
Well […]

Speaking about the whole recording process reminds me to point out that one of the legends of indy music industry is now on the BBC.
Don Letts the man, the legend behind some classic music projects is now on the BBC’s 6 Music on Friday night/Saturday morning. His show is called Culture Clash. The music selection […]

One thing that came out of the whole SXSW experience are the differences that you’ll notice when you look for a recording studio. I’m not just talking about the hourly rates.
There are plenty of studios that you can choose from when you are looking to record something. With the advent of more computer based recording […]

I forgot to mention this somewhat funny story regarding my friends trip down to SXSW in Austin, Texas. As everyone knows the music industry invades Austin during March for the South by South West music conference.
All the industry folks are looking at every act for the next big indy hit while they get drunk on […]

Ok I have to admit I missed the boat on this one. Totally missed the boat. Didn’t even know it was in the harbour.
I needed a new cell phone. No big deal. I was checking out the different models and I asked the sales person about music downloads and how many songs I could save […]

One interesting thing regarding the whole internet revolution and music is that every band now has a website. While the band websites at Myspace are useful for promotion they are somewhat limited.
If any band wants to make make money online they need to create their own website. The design of Myspace is really all about […]

Just finished listening to one of the BBC other fine shows replay shows. The Sean Rowley show is archived and you can listen again. He’s listed under Radio London.
One thing about Sean is that he’s not afraid to play some new acts mixed in with some older ones.
He’s played some new acts that were recorded […]

For fans of the old BBC Radio One show the Blue Room early Monday morning was a weird one.
You had Rob da Bank doing his regular slot on Radio One.
But the other half of the old Blue Room Show Chris Coco was doing a special two hour show on Radio Two. It was a special […]