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richardhannan

19 Jan, 2023 01:31 PM

I thought I'd like to suggest Big Indie Records in your guide as a Label? It's been going for 7 years and it's not on there - maybe there is a reason?

Kind regards

Richard

1. richardhannan closed this discussion on 19 Jan, 2023 01:31 PM.

2. The Unsigned Guide re-opened this discussion on 19 Jan, 2023 02:01 PM

3. Support Staff 1 Posted by The Unsigned Gu... on 19 Jan, 2023 02:01 PM

   

   Hi Richard,

   We can only include businesses in the directory who provide permission, and
   they also need to be willing to hear from/accept demos from
   unsigned/emerging artists, otherwise there's no point in them being part of
   The Unsigned Guide. Some businesses/individuals never get back to us, or do
   not meet the right requirements.

   Thanks, Louise

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4. 2 Posted by richardhannan on 20 Jan, 2023 04:21 PM

   

   Really? So if your business supplies accounting or merchandise you have to accept demos? OK fair enough - maybe we don’t fit the criteria.

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5. Support Staff 3 Posted by The Unsigned Gu... on 20 Jan, 2023 04:40 PM

   

   No, of course it is dependent on the section. But we do check for other
   services such as accounting, merchandise etc that they work with musicians,
   bands and music industry clients.

   Sorry, are you from Big Indie Records? Are you trying to get your business
   listed? It's not entirely clear from your message.

   Louise

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6. Support Staff 4 Posted by The Unsigned Gu... on 10 Oct, 2023 01:47 PM

   

   Hi Rich,

   Hope you're good. Just following up on this please - as Abby has been in
   touch with me again today to say she hasn't heard anything about her free
   release package, so I assured her I'd chase it up.

   Cheers, Louise

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   From: Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   Date: Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 11:24 AM
   Subject: Fwd: April Spotlight contacts
   To: Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]>

   Hi Rich,

   Hope you're good. Just following up on my last email to see if Abz Winter
   was contacted?

   Also, is there any news on the blog I sent over?

   Here are the Spotlight contacts for October:

   VENUS GRRRLS - John Glennon (Manager) [email blocked]
   Maxwell Varey - Fabien Phipps (Manager) [email blocked]
   The Pleasure Dome - [email blocked]
   Juno - [email blocked]
   Erin K - [email blocked]

   Cheers, Louise

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   From: Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   Date: Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM
   Subject: Fwd: April Spotlight contacts
   To: Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]>

   Hi Rich,

   Hope you're well!

   Just sending over September's Spotlight contacts, see below. Also, Abz
   Winter from our August Spotlight picks has been in touch with me to say she
   hasn't heard anything from you, so I said I'd give you a little nudge.

   Also, I wondered if there was any news at all regarding the blog I sent
   over at the start of August?

   Nxdia - [email blocked]
   Pseudo Cool - [email blocked]
   Soda Blonde - [email blocked]
   Fast Trains - Tom - [email blocked]
   SlickdotR - Slick - [email blocked]

   Cheers, Louise

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   From: Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]>
   Date: Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 11:47 AM
   Subject: Re: April Spotlight contacts
   To: Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>

   Thanks Louise, hope you’re well.

   I appreciate that. And I’ve passed onto my colleague who oversees our blog
   content and will feedback. Cheers!

   Rich

   *From: *Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   *Date: *Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 10:19 AM
   *To: *Rich Orchard <[email blocked]>
   *Subject: *Re: April Spotlight contacts

   Hi Rich,

   Hope you're good.

   I've got your sponsored listing live now, so CD Baby is showing at the top
   of the Distributors search results. I've attached a screen shot so you can
   take a look.

   I've also put together a blog, How to get radio airplay for your music in
   the UK, and have added an exclusive discount code for CD Baby readers/users
   to get 30% off The Unsigned Guide annual subscription.

   If you need anything else, just give me a shout.

   Cheers, Louise

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   On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 4:11 PM Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]> wrote:

   That’s all great Louise, thanks

   Can we use this as the link please? https://cdbaby.cc/unsignedguide23 - we
   can then track and see how it goes. Thanks!

   Rich

   *From: *Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   *Date: *Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:13 AM
   *To: *Rich Orchard <[email blocked]>
   *Subject: *Re: April Spotlight contacts

   HI Rich,

   Thanks for your reply and following up on the Spotlight contacts.

   Re. the blog, I think the radio one will work well and I can tailor this so
   it is UK based. I'll get to work on that.

   Let me sort out a sponsored listing for you - it basically moves your
   listing to the top of the search results in our directory. You're offering
   our members a couple of generous deals, so it's the least I can do. We
   don't track clicks on these listings. Businesses who have a sponsored
   listing tend to use a specific landing page so they can see what traffic is
   coming their way.

   Cheers, Louise

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   On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 7:17 PM Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]> wrote:

   Hi Louise, I’ve just logged in and seen this too. Can you tell me more?
   What sort of traffic etc? Maybe we try something.

   *The Unsigned Guide has very reasonable advertising options to promote your
   business in our directory, including sponsored listings at only £50 +VAT
   for 4 weeks display.*

   Thanks,

   Rich

   *From: *Rich Orchard <[email blocked]>
   *Date: *Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 12:52 PM
   *To: *Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   *Subject: *Re: April Spotlight contacts

   Hi Louise, hope you’re well. Sorry, all go as ever…

   I’ve reached out to Moa.

   Re: the blog, we already have an extensive EPK/press kit article, so better
   would be either the ‘manager’ article or the ‘get radio play’ one. If we
   did radio, I think a UK regionally-specific ‘How to get radio airplay in
   the UK’ would be good. But let me know what you have / might work best for
   you!

   Thanks,

   Rich

   *From: *Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]> on behalf of Louise
   Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   *Date: *Monday, July 10, 2023 at 8:05 PM
   *To: *Rich Orchard <[email blocked]>
   *Subject: *Fwd: April Spotlight contacts

   Hi Rich,

   Hope you're good. Here are the Spotlight contacts for July. Also, I'm not
   sure if you saw my previous email mentioning MOA from our May Spotlight
   blog who was chasing a reply about the free package?

   Also, just wondered if there was any update on the blog? I sent over some
   content ideas in May, so let me know if any of those sounded suitable.

   Cheers, Louise

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   Problem Patterns - [email blocked]
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   From: *Louise Dodgson* <[email blocked]>
   Date: Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 9:24 AM
   Subject: Re: April Spotlight contacts
   To: Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]>

   Hi Rich,

   Hope you're good. I'm sure you're super busy, but just following this up.
   Plus, MOA from our May Spotlight blog has got in touch to say she hasn't
   heard anything about her free package as yet, so I told her I'd give it a
   nudge along :)

   Cheers, Louise

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   On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:52 PM Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   wrote:

   Hi Rich,

   Hope you're managing to stay hydrated and cool in the heat!

   Just following this up to see if there's any progress on the blog front?
   Also, the June Spotlight contacts are below:

   sell by - Jamie - [email blocked]

   Wild Horse - Stephen (Manager) - [email blocked]

   Bored Marsh - Joe - [email blocked]

   Ritho - [email blocked]

   Dea Doyle - [email blocked]

   Cheers, Louise

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   From: *Louise Dodgson* <[email blocked]>
   Date: Thu, May 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM
   Subject: Re: April Spotlight contacts
   To: Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]>

   No worries Rich, I can completely relate :)

   That's great about the blog - a few ideas of content we could provide are
   below, so let me know if one of those stands out in particular:

   Advice on sending your tracks to the music industry

   Managers - do I need one and how to find one

   Creating a press kit for your music

   How to get radio airplay for your music

   Cheers, Louise

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   On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 1:20 PM Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]> wrote:

   Sorry Louise, been super busy with a smaller team of late.

   Rhona just emailed me Weds, I’ll get back to her today.

   I’m fine with the blog idea but will need to run by my colleague Chris who
   oversees the content across it. Did you have an idea or two for an existing
   (or new) blog to share?

   Thanks,

   Rich

   *From: *Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   *Date: *Friday, May 5, 2023 at 11:54 AM
   *To: *Rich Orchard <[email blocked]>
   *Subject: *Fwd: April Spotlight contacts

   HI Rich,

   Hope you're well.

   Just sending over the May Spotlight contacts, plus I've had an email from
   Rhona MacFarlane from our March 2022 Spotlight blog who would like to take
   up the free release offer. I believe she has emailed you, but her contact
   is [email blocked].

   Also, if you can let me know if you'd be up for us featuring a blog on your
   site in exchange for a CD Baby mailout going out to our list of 21,600+,
   that would be great.

   CHROMA - [email blocked]

   Hazel Mills - [email blocked]

   Drella - Jonny - [email blocked]

   Dead Method - Lloyd - [email blocked]

   MOA - Moa - [email blocked]

   Cheers, Louise

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   From: *Louise Dodgson* <[email blocked]>
   Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 2:25 PM
   Subject: Re: April Spotlight contacts
   To: Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]>

   Hi Rich,

   Great, thanks for the new code! I'll put that live now.

   We can include the offer at the top of our May Deals & Discounts mailout,
   but if you would be keen to do another mailout to our list solely dedicated
   to your new pricing too, then we'd be happy to do that, if perhaps we could
   post a blog on your site in exchange? We got a really great response the
   last time we did it!

   Best, Louise

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   On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:48 AM Orchard, Rich <[email blocked]> wrote:

   Hi Louise, sorry for the delay - I actually just got a new code setup
   yesterday for you.

   Entering ‘*UNSIGNEDGUIDE23*’ at the payment stage will give 50% off any
   standard single or album, so a one-off $5.

   Could we get this top of your mailout, or could we explore a separate
   mailout about our pricing specifically? I have a budget if that helps.

   I’m really keen to get the word out to as many artists as possible, and the
   new $10 pricing is a gamechanger (with free UPCs too) where it would now
   all cost significantly more with a subs based distro.

   It means a considerable saving (for around 97% of independent artists) vs
   subscription based distributors, where despite the advertised price of $19
   or similar for as much as you want to release, it typically ends up costing
   a LOT more than that, and likely in the region of $2k over 4-5 years! (our
   blog article here
   <https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-career/cd-baby-vs-distrokid/> breaks
   it down)

   This short YouTube video is well done too - https://youtu.be/8otPNXJ2RLU

   Let me know what works for you? Thanks!

   Rich

   *From: *Louise Dodgson <[email blocked]>
   *Date: *Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 11:26 AM
   *To: *Rich Orchard <[email blocked]>
   *Subject: *Re: April Spotl

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