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Isaac Anderson takes your questions

A chance for fans and musicians to "ask Isaac." 3lla on stealing hubcaps in the rain. Meet rising star Arthur O'Donovan.

A chance for fans and musicians to ask Isaac about St Pancras and other areas of his musical journey. 3lla talks you through her evocative new track which recalls stealing hubcaps in the rain! And you'll meet rising star Arthur O'Donovan who has bounced back from a condition which made singing almost impossible, to release some incredible new music. Great stories and storming East Midlands tunes; breaking new artists with Dean Jackson and the team.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 9 Jul 2022 20:00

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Music Played

  • Lovers Lake

    Starfall

  • 2RawR4U

    Straight To The Bar

  • EDA NIVES

    Stockholm

  • Isaac Anderson on 'St Pancras', and answering your questions

    • Joel Baker, Jordy & James Vickery

      Baby Teeth

      • The Bakery.
  • Isaac Anderson

    St Pancras

  • Electric Pets

    That Way

    • Reckless Yes.
  • PET NEEDS

    Get on the Roof

  • Hunch Power

    Stop the World

  • Lilac Grove

    Dancing Like Lightning

  • RezO

    Location

  • 3lla tells all about her brilliant 'Dust Caps' track

    • 3LLA

      Dust caps

  • Insidethewhale

    I'm Missing You

  • Formanteau

    In Your Hands

  • AutumnIsEnding

    I wish you cherished what we had

  • Beth Hartshorne

    Forest

  • Biggz

    Election

  • Chloe McShane

    Anything Could Happen

  • Arthur O'Donovan tells the rollercoaster story of his musical journey and his new track, 'Reflection'

    • Arthur O'Donovan

      Reflection

  • Megs

    home

  • Dee Panch

    Selecta (Let It Play) (feat. Sai Priya)

  • TRXBL

    Thumi Amar (You're Mine)

  • Sepone

    Massive (Garage Remix)

    • **NON COMMERCIAL TAPE**.
  • Harpa

    Hollow

    • DooBeDoo Records Ltd.
  • Akeem Raphael & Da Funk Junkies

    A to Z (feat. Venessa Jackson)

We're here to help East Midlands musicians

We're here to help East Midlands musicians

β€œAre swears allowed in songs?” – Ty, Lenton.

The short answer is β€œno”. We’ll explain why in a moment if you’re interested. When you upload a song to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Introducing you should ensure that it contains no bad language or otherwise offensive lyrics.

As we broadcast on β€œterrestrial radio” (FM, DAB etc) we can easily be picked up in homes and cars with children in. For that reason, we’re governed by rules which are much stricter than those imposed on internet stations and streaming services. The fine that we face is huge if we break these rules.

Even after 9pm we cannot broadcast bad language. Unlike TV, there is no β€˜watershed’ for radio.

We advise that when you go into the studio you record or produce a radio edit. This can simply cut out the offending words, keeping the track running to avoid awkward silences. The old-fashioned way was to β€œbleep” the words, but it just sounds odd in the middle of a song. Another alternative is to reverse the offending word. Β There are free editing apps available to do this. Check that you’ve got every swear covered by listening back before uploading the track to us. It can help to put β€œ(radio edit)” at the end of the title. But we still have to check!

If you accidentally send in a song with a swear in it, we have to β€œtag” it on the uploader. These tracks won’t get aired anywhere. If we really like the track, we might take a copy and reverse the swear for our East Midlands show. But as the original on the uploader still contains the swear, we have no way to send it to stations like Radio 1, 1Xtra, 6Music etc so even though we love your track it won’t get forwarded to the national stations which always feels like a massive pity.

In short – make sure the tracks you send in are radio edits with no swears or other content which Is likely to offend. We cannot wait to hear your next track!

Any more questions? Ask away! Just email beat[at]bbc.co.uk

Dean and the team.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Jul 2022 20:00