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Thanks For Your Interest!
ElectricBlues Radio strives to feature quality, guitar oriented contemporary blues
by Major Label, Independent, and International blues artists. Promotional contacts
for netcasting consideration are very much appreciated, and all suggestions are
checked out. However, only music
which fits the strict format and quality standards of ElectricBlues Radio will be
added to the line up. Some background on EB Radio's procedures and format is provided
below to help you determine if you feel it would be worthwhile to submit your music.
The Program
ElectricBlues Radio is a 24/7, random-play blues radio
station hosted at Live365.com, a remote service which is fully licensed for netcasting
performances. Playlists are typically 20 to 25 hours in length, reshuffled after each run,
and updated with a completely new batch of songs on a monthly basis. There's a HiBand channel
(EB Radio 56) for cable modem and DSL listeners, and a LoBand channel (EB Radio 16) for modem
users. EB Radio has been netcasting the blues since January of 2000, and has consistently
maintained a position among the Top 5 blues stations at Live365.com. Most days close to 1,000
streams are launched and listeners spend an average of 70-80 minutes listening in on the HiBand Channel.
Preferred Styles
EB Radio's program format focuses primarily on guitar-driven blues (Luther Allison,
Buddy Guy, Smokey Wilson, John Primer, Tab Benoit), blues-rock (SRV, Jimmy Thackery, Walter Trout,
Gary Moore, Melvin Taylor, Bugs Henderson, Johnny Winter, Robben Ford, Debbie Davies) and a few
classic performers (Albert King, B.B. King, Albert Collins). While the considerable range of blues
styles is appreciated, Acoustic, Country, Delta, Soul, Zydeco, R&B, jazz, and Vocal oriented blues
are not within EB Radio's limited format. And while EBR's focus is on guitar oriented blues, there is
an upper limit as well, where the music can be too heavy, the guitar playing too rock oriented.
The best thing to do is listen to the station a few times to get a good idea of the format.
The plain truth is, EB Radio's program format is fairly narrow and very strict.
Please Note: Audio samples are helpful in determining if the suggested music will fit EB Radio's format. I prefer previewing songs before anyone goes through the effort and expense of sending promotional material. If available online, I will visit the site where they are available. Failing that, 3-4 samples can be sent to me via email. Keep each email below 10 meg in size or my mail server may refuse it. If the previewed songs are of appropriate quality and format, you will be contacted by email to make further arrangements. I am sorry, but only those who's music is expected to fit the station format will be contacted. EB Radio is over-run with music submissions and this is a one man operation... it simply isn't possible to response personally to everyone. Once approved CDs are in EBR's posession, they are added to the Artist/CD Index at ElectricBlues.com. This listing includes a link to the artist's website or label promotion page if one is available. Select songs will be added to EB Radio's song library, and the artist will be notified as to when they can expect their music to go into rotation. EB Radio is hosted by a fully licensed service and all licensed songs (BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, etc) are elligable for netcasting. If you are an Independent song writer not affiliated with any licensing agency, then I will need your expressed permission to netcast your original music (but not cover songs you record).
EB Radio Station IDs
ElectricBlues Radio is always in need of Station ID spots from participating artists, and I greatly
appreciate receiving from those who have the time, resources and inclination to make one.
Click Here for more info on this, and let me know if you'd like to create a spot for EB Radio.
CD Reviews
While I have reviewed many CDs in the past, in recent times I have become more focused on netcasting,
which has left me little time for writing reviews. At the same time, highly regarded
BluesRockers reviews many of the same CDs that
I would recommend as noteworthy. So for the foreseeable future I will continue to accept material
for netcasting consideration, but defer all requests for online review consideration to
BluesRockers.
Independent Distribution Through CD Baby
Looking for a distribution outlet for your independently produced CD? Check out
CD Baby, a distributor
exclusively for Independent artists, possibly the largest on the Internet.
They accept CDs from all countries, and deliver world wide as well. I have
heard only good words from artists who have used CD Baby.
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