One's enough, MAG! I just saw a note from some friends of ours who self-produce their CDs. They had just sent our 500 copies of their new one to various radio hosts! FIVE HUNDRED for God's sake! How could they hope to get their bait back?

As a folk music record company with a web site, we get requests for freebies from places like Slovenia, with no confirmation of the existence of the station. The other day we got a request from "a very small FM station in Siberia" for play copies of our CDs. We can't afford to be all that charitable, I'm afraid.

Sign up on the FOLKDJ-L listserv and read playlists diligentrly between now and the time you are ready to send out play copies of your CD. By that time, you should know which "folk" DJs might actually play it. Remember, though, these poor folks get dozens of freebies every week or so, and probably don't even have time to audition all of them. I suggest a conservative approach.

Sandy