Getting Radio Play is hard. Every artist wants to be heard and radio airplay is the way to do it. Unfortunately getting your music is incredibly hard…and it only gets more difficult with each passing year. But here are some tips we have for you.
1. LOCAL AIRPLAY
Determine the local indie station in town (if your city has one). Reach out to their Music Director and send her a copy of the album. Do what you can to get your stuff played in your hometown first before trying to venture out.
We recommend calling the station to ask who packages should be sent to before sending anything over. Even better, we recommend visiting the station’s website, getting the email of the Music Director and shooting him/her an introduction email before sending your album. Keep it short, professional, and to the point. Ask them if they prefer a digital download or hard copy. In most cases, stations still prefer hard copies. Just imagine how flooded their inbox would be if everyone were sending them audio files.
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Prior to that an artist should register with Neilson BDS. BDS, is a service that tracks and detects monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detection
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