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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ Secret Revelealed: How To Get Your Song Played On The Radio.
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 11 2014, 01:16 PM
I just found this phrase by Nikki Sixx funny... 
"If you don’t have a banjo and a beard you can't get played on the radio in the US," says Nikki Sixx.
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/motley-crue-there-will-be-no-final-album-blame-radio/
What style of music is played on the Radio in your country?
Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 11 2014, 02:15 PM
How to get your song played on the radio:
Money
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 11 2014, 02:26 PM
Money
haha yeah, but it seems that with the beard and the banjo it would cost less.
Posted by: bleez Feb 11 2014, 03:58 PM
a twitter following for airplay on uk rock radio.
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 12 2014, 03:15 PM
I don't understand what you exactly mean...
Posted by: bleez Feb 12 2014, 08:41 PM
well... this is just my own personal observations. I dont know if you are familiar with twitter at all but I'll try my best to explain my slightly cynical theory....
I follow a few rock stations & rock DJ's on twitter, a few of them have shows specifically where they play new bands. They nearly always tweet mentioning the bands who will be appearing on an upcoming show and they always use the bands twitter name within the post which inturn will get retweeted to all of the bands followers giving the DJ who made the original post ( or tweet ) exposure to ALL the people who follow ALL the bands he just mentioned, potentially getting themselves more followers. Its a great self promotion technique for the DJ or radio station but it will only work if the band has a twitter presence, if the band is not on twitter then obviously there is no retweet to fans of the band and no potential exposure for the DJ.
Some DJ's do this more than others but of the ones I follow I always make a point of seeing how many new bands they mention / play without a direct twitter link........... I cant really remember many!
I dont think its a bad thing, its just something that Ive noticed that certain DJ's always do. I guess the band needs to be kinda decent sounding as well
Posted by: AK Rich Feb 12 2014, 08:50 PM
Well , crying about no airplay and making ridiculous statements like that bearded banjo comment sure isn't going to help. 
It is probably more like the Justin Beiber, Miley Cirus and Beyonce types that get the most airplay here.Top 40 kind of music basically.
There are all kinds of music played on the radio here, there are Jazz and Blues stations, Classic Rock stations, Progressive Rock stations, R&B, Pop, Rap, Top 40,Country,Religious, Latin,Classical,the list goes on all according to what the market is for any given area of the country.
Posted by: Todd Simpson Feb 13 2014, 07:37 AM
What style of music is played on the radio in my country? That's easy
The style of CRAP That about covers it.
Radio is mostly just horrid and annoying. They play stuff that I personally find offensive (and I'm not that easy to offend)due to it's blatantness, overly Tpain Vocalized production. But I digress
"If you don’t have a banjo and a beard you can't get played on the radio in the US," says Nikki Sixx.
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/motley-crue-there-will-be-no-final-album-blame-radio/
What style of music is played on the Radio in your country?
Posted by: AK Rich Feb 13 2014, 07:44 AM
The style of CRAP
That about covers it.Radio is mostly just horrid and annoying. They play stuff that I personally find offensive (and I'm not that easy to offend)due to it's blatantness, overly Tpain Vocalized production. But I digress
Slav? Is that you?
Sorry , couldn't resist Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 13 2014, 12:33 PM
The style of CRAP
That about covers it.Radio is mostly just horrid and annoying. They play stuff that I personally find offensive (and I'm not that easy to offend)due to it's blatantness, overly Tpain Vocalized production. But I digress
This is my favourite post from you this year !!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 13 2014, 12:48 PM
I follow a few rock stations & rock DJ's on twitter, a few of them have shows specifically where they play new bands. They nearly always tweet mentioning the bands who will be appearing on an upcoming show and they always use the bands twitter name within the post which inturn will get retweeted to all of the bands followers giving the DJ who made the original post ( or tweet ) exposure to ALL the people who follow ALL the bands he just mentioned, potentially getting themselves more followers. Its a great self promotion technique for the DJ or radio station but it will only work if the band has a twitter presence, if the band is not on twitter then obviously there is no retweet to fans of the band and no potential exposure for the DJ.
Some DJ's do this more than others but of the ones I follow I always make a point of seeing how many new bands they mention / play without a direct twitter link........... I cant really remember many!
I dont think its a bad thing, its just something that Ive noticed that certain DJ's always do. I guess the band needs to be kinda decent sounding as well
Clarified! Yeah. That moment in which the dj needs help from the bands, then, when they are up, they forget who made them big.
hahaha we should have a top 10 of posts at the end of the year!!
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