Helping You Get Your CD Played at College Stations

At WCDB we get a lot of of CDs every week begging to played, whether it’s a major label pushing for one of their premiere bands or a collection of guys from Schenectady who are hoping for a break. In either case it’s nice to help, but the simple fact of it is that we can’t review every CD that comes in because we don’t have the ability to tell our DJs what every single one of those CDs sounds similar to while being decent students. This means that some get skipped over, and for a lot of artists this happens based solely off of the impression that the packaging gives(it’s unfortunate, but true). So how can an artist try and make their CD stand out at college radio stations?

Alternative Rock Mixtape V.1

This idea started with Gow Mosby, the current Hip-Hop director at WCDB who is compiling a Hip-Hop mixtape within his department that will probably be awesome. I wanted to create a product that represents the WCDB alt-rock department’s favorite new music based off of suggestions and the actual play count the songs received on our station. Have a song you love that got snubbed? Let us know in the comments, and keep your eyes out for physical copies of the mixtape at some local businesses!

Track Listing for Alt. Rock Mixtape- V.1

BADBADNOTGOOD

Tyler, the Creator posted a video on his Twitter  of him having a jam session with BADBADNOTGOOD. Immediately I was sucked in by the intricate smooth jazz and still completely hip-hop sounds that were coming through my speakers.  BADBADNOTGOOD is an underground group from Canada and its true claim to fame is from a 2 part Youtube series they call the Odd Future Sessions. The nearly 20 minute long live footage shows the trio progressing through various Odd Future tracks from their mixtape, “Radical,” in an intricate jazz style, leaving plenty of room for modulation and carefully placed improve.