In case you missed us we were featured on last nights BBC6 music show Now Playing. We got to select the track and artist we thought would break through in 2012. It was a great show and there was lots of great interaction going on on twitter too. A big thanks goes out to OhDearyme.com and also Will @ Somethinelse for letting us take part. If you want to listen again of for the forst time Click Here.
All the tracks featured are on the BBC6 music blog. Click Here to see our suggestions and all the othger bloggers thoughts too.
Tonight is the first ever Now Playing 2012 Blog Preview on BBC 6 Music. We were asked to contribute to the show a few weeks ago and it looks like we made the cut, although nothing is ever guarenteed in this life, I've seen the contributor tracklisting and it looks hot and includes our tip for the bigness in 2012.
I won't tell you what the tracks are becuase that will spoil the surprise for tonight but here is a few of the other blogs that have contributed:
A New Band A Day, Dummy, 4Clubbers, Muso’s Guide, Drunken Werewolf & Music Liberation, Strikes Spark Anywhere, Fear of Fiction, Details of My Life, Oh Deary Me, Faded Glamour, Beats and Beyond, Dalston Oxfam Shop, We Are Pop Slags, God is in the TV Zine, Cougar Microbes
The show starts at 7pm GMT tonight (Friday 30 December 2011) and will also feature contributions from the presenter Tom Robinson, and 6 Music listeners.
Live tweeting will be on during the show, and they will be Tweeting all of the tracks as they come out.
Get involved and join the tweetversation tonight by using the hashtag #6music2012.
In a recent article penned by Greg Cochrane for BBC an interesting debate has been started. Apparently there are a group of organisers that represent independent music festivals that claim that if artists fees aren't cut fans could suffer, presumably because the smaller indy festivals wont be able to pay the fees that festivals like Glastonbury can and will shut down as a result.
Have a read of the article Here. Would be interested to hear your thoughts on this. Personally I think that it would be unfair to artists to be unable to get as much money as they can from performing live, even if it means higher ticket prices and a loss of some smaller festivals. I think people forget that it's a very short career span for most artists and even if you are this years 'hottest thing' you could find yourself on the shelf in a matter of months.
There are millions of arguments for and against but if you have the time please read the article and let us know your thoughts.
