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Author Archives: David Carpenter
Moshua
Joshua aka “Moshua”, musician and BCB radio DJ, has recently got hisRSL Grade 5 electric guitar exam by performing radio friendly(!)classics such as “Hell ain’t a bad place to be” by ACDC and “Loseyourself” by Eminem. AND because there’s never enough noise in hishouse, he’s also achieved a distinction in the Trinity grade 1 drumsexam. …
Interviews, Profiles, Clips
Young Musicians are often interviewed on BCB Radio. Sometimes it’s a live interview with a presenter, or a pre-recorded interview with one of our reporters, or sometimes we ask them to do a profile piece without another reporter present. Sometimes we ask other band members or friends to be the reporter. These are all ways …
Will you play this?
We had a great example of how to approach a radio station recently from Echoviolet. This was the email they sent: Hi BCB Radio, We are Echoviolet, Alternative rock band from Bradford. We would love to be considered for the Track of the week! We have submitted the form from the website, but just …
Track of the Week – Playlists
Our Track of the Week initiative that showcases great music made by young people in the Bradford district continues to amaze and surprise us with the great quality of the work people are producing. We’ve made it even easier for you to follow along by putting the tracks on Spotify, YouTube, and Soundcloud playlists. Not …
With a little help…
We’ve just provided a little help that will make a big difference to 16 young musicians. Under lockdown, these young people have lost access to equipment, and expertise that has meant they were stuck, unable to be as creative as they wanted to be. We’ve redirected some of the budget, that we should have spent …
Livestream Top Tips
Lukas from FUSE (who you might remember from Masterclass 1) posted some tips on Instagram about livestreaming, and said we could reproduce it here. It something that they have a good deal of experience with at Fuse. If you’re thinking about doing your own livestream, here are a few things to consider: Part 1 – …
Track of the Week
BCB Radio is pleased to announce a new push on Youth Music across the station. As such, we are featuring a track made by young people (aged 12 – 25) in Bradford as the ‘Track of the Week‘ across our schedule. You’ll be able to hear the track in our About Bradford shows between 11am …
What’s next in Covid times?
It looks like it may still be a long time before we can run our Masterclasses again. So, in the meantime we’d like to hear from you about we can do to help young musicians in the district at this time. BCB Radio is still broadcasting, and we continue to broadcast a show made by …
Masterclass 5 -Play at Prospect
Last Sunday we all met up at Prospect Studios, a professional recording studio & rehearsal facility located in Allerton, Bradford. The idea was to get a feel for what it takes to run a professional rehearsal and recording space in Bradford, but also to simply have another chance to play together. We heard from Luke …
BCB Radio - Youth Music Live! 