OFF: radio

[Doug Pearson]

Well, you're in Australia, so you should start by contacting the cool
labels there, like Camera Obscura (home of the Skye Klad-related band
Salamander and a couple lineups of Primordial Undermind, one of which
includes me, as well as a pair of compilations entitled - you guessed it! -
'SEROTONIN Ronin' [did I spell it correctly this time?]) or Lexicon Devil
(the folks behind the great F/i reissue that I've been flogging here
recently).

When I did community college radio (KFJC 89.7 in the Bay Area), I spent a
*lot* of time writing letters to small, obscure labels who put out the kind
of music I was interested in.  Some wouldn't do promo at all, or only on
certain items (I'm pretty sure that every F/i record in the station library
was paid for by the station), but most, once they realized that it would be
sent to a station (even if a low-wattage one) where they'd get real
airplay, were happy to send promos.  They can't afford to send promos to
*every* little station in the country, just the ones that express interest
in them.  Including a playlist from your show is always a good idea, since
that will give the label an indication that you'd be a sympathetic outlet
for their releases.

Good luck, and have a blast with it!

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com

On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:33:57 +1030, Michael Blackman
<michaelangelo68 at OZEMAIL.COM.AU> wrote:
>I recently got my membership to our local volunteer radio
>station - a pretty decent one at that - and have a friend
>there who is gonna help me get a spot as a volunteer DJ -
>not sure exactly when this will happen but I'm gonna do a
>space rock set featuring Hawkwind and related material -
>I have a great CD from Steve Hayes that I want to use and
>I'm waiting on a skyclad cd and also have a CD from a
>Melbourne band called Brainstorm.
>I'm currently looking for any other related original bands
>to include in my collection?
>
>Can anyone help?