RadioBritfolk needs you!!

Subject: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: GUEST, Tom Bliss
Date: 13 May 07 - 11:23 AM

Hi everyone

Radio Britfolk needs your help!

RADIO BRITFOLK

Just in case you don't know, we started up this fully-licensed
internet radio station as a reaction to the lack of folk music on the
BBC, and it's proved hugely successful - getting thousands of hits
per week from around the world, as people read gigs lists, listen to
streaming docos and other programmes, browse the small adds, or enjoy
the famous musical Billboard (3 hours of back-to-back folk tracks).

The idea was to create a one-stop shop window that would properly
represent the folk musics of these islands - and all that goes with
it - to the rest of the world. And I think we achieved that in spades.

So what's the problem?

Well, it's threefold. Over the past year the station has been largely
funded by a lottery grant (there's money from members and sponsors
too), but this has now run out. To complicate matters we've just lost
our stalwart and hugely able administrator - Kate Bramley, who's
having to move on to new priorities. And the sponsorship period's up
too - so we need new sponsors as well, and fast.

How can you help?

Well, first off - you could yourselves become members (if you're not
already), and encourage your chums to join too.

Second, you could put up some posters or fliers at your clubs - and
mention us in your parish notices. This page lets you download and
print everything you need:

POSTERS AND FLYERS

Third, you could use the RBF listings page to advertise all your
gigs, and plug it as much as you can. We need RBF to become the best,
most comprehensive site in the land for getting folk bums on folk
seats.

Fourth; you can get involved as a programme-maker - or maybe just
suggest programme ideas to others to make. (Quoting Jacey) How about:
The collected works of Frank Kidson; Shetland Fiddlers past and
present; Traditional songs collected in Oxfordshire; Forty years of
the Duck and Dog Folk Club; Seasonal Lore in Folksong; Harry
Cox;Traditional Nose Whistling styles of Snoring Jim McGrath; Twenty
first century FolkSongs; Tracing the History of Thomas the Rhymer...
anything. If you have a passion about it, we want to hear it. Why not
make a show about a favourite resident (or source singer - if you're
lucky enough to have any!)? Or your next club season? RBF needs a
steady stream of programmes.

Fifth; you could get involved in the (volunteer) management team. We
need a sponsorship sec, a listings sec, help with scheduling and
programme-finding, and we can always do with people to help on the
promotion side, to gain max web presence (anyone know about Google
Ads for example?)

Sixth: You could suggest some potential sponsors. Bigger clubs might
even think of having a panel themselves, or maybe your day-job or
local music shop or studio might be interested?

To be honest, if we don't achieve a big surge in interest and support we may go down the
tubes, and pretty soon.

Please help in any way you can!

Thanks

Tom and the RBF team

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: Bernard
Date: 13 May 07 - 01:19 PM

Don't forget to check the PermaThread...

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: Darowyn
Date: 13 May 07 - 06:40 PM

Send me a PM.
I teach radio production students. We can help with programme content and tech aspects.
Cheers
Dave

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 15 May 07 - 06:25 AM

I'm afraid I never worked out how to do PMs. Aren't we about to get a new one?

Bernard, be a pal and contact Dave for me...

Or Dave, you could email me from here...

Contact

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 15 May 07 - 06:38 AM

Guest, you have to join to do PMs

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: treewind
Date: 15 May 07 - 06:38 AM

Tom, you have to join Mudcat to be able to send and receive PMs.
It's free and harmless, and your postings stop saying "GUEST" too.

While I'm here, it occurs to me that the whole "Radio Britfolk Needs You!" message could be displayed on a page at the RBF site itself.
I'd happily link to it from my own web site, and I could send or post links to it in emails (I don't necessarily want to post the whole text)

If that's done, there should be more specific information (or links to it) on how to help. For example, cost of sponsorship, which I've been trying to find out because I'm thinking of suggesting that Suffolk Folk takes out a sponsorship advert.

Anahata

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: stallion
Date: 15 May 07 - 06:40 AM

Ok, my daughter is a whiz in on-line marketing and in particular Google I will send you her e-mail address

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 15 May 07 - 07:07 AM

But I thought it said GUEST cos thats what they always call me at folk clubs (kidding)!

Good idea Anahata - could you suggest it on the RBF list perhaps?

Tom

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: Willa
Date: 15 May 07 - 09:20 AM

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 16 May 07 - 03:15 AM

Seems like just what we need

Subject: RE: RadioBritfolk needs you!!
From: Darowyn
Date: 16 May 07 - 11:54 AM

It looks as if we might be able to get some good input from the Worcester/Malvern area.
There was a lot of interest today when I mentioned the proposal that we   involve the students on our Music Tech and Music Production courses. They all study radio production units as part of their courses.
Watch this space.
Cheers
Dave