Snowdrop Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Tips for Requesting: Radio Requesting As these are from the Darren Hayes site there are references to him, but you can work it out. Some of these points are really important so please have a read.. it won't take you long. When you make requests make sure you know something about the station you are requesting to so either request to your local stations or stations that you can listen to online. If you do request to a radio station online make sure you do or have actually listened to them.. believe it or not is can be more fun if you know something about the style of the dj you are emailing and can get you a better response. Make sure that you are requesting to an appropriate show.. ie there's no point requesting Savage Garden or Darren Hayes during the 'Garage Hour'. Try to PHONE your local station rather than emailing them all the time, speaking to someone has much more of an impact than an email. When you do email make the email personal.. address the email to the DJ, talk about yourself, talk about something that you heard on the radio station or that happened locally. Don't send emails 'please play darren hayes for me.. thanks' emails like that lack personality or interest and will more than likely just be deleted and ignored. You want the dj to have an email worth reading. Mention peoples names, birthdays, special occasions etc... Make an effort to show you are a listener. Tell them why you are requesting a particular song.. take a little time to compose the email. Don't send out multiple requests to several stations at the same time email only one station in each email that you have written. Don't spam or harras the DJ's.. there is nothing more annoying or boring than having the same email every day all day. It won't work. You are better off just emailing a DJ once a week. Ohh and if you have an email address that is not related to being a Savage Garden or Darren Hayes fan please use these for emailing requests. You can get free email accounts nearly everywhere these days and they take five minutes to set up. (If you would like to know where to get a free email account contact me using the contact form and I will send you some options) When you hear that a new song is being released please try to be patient and remember that it may take some time for all the stations to have have the song. Chances are if no-one has heard it being played then the station may not have it! Because a song has been played in one station doesnt mean that everywhere has it so please be patient. Finally please remember to never mention Street Teams or give the impression that you have some contact with Darren Hayes' Management or Record label because this can do untold harm. Everything you say when you contact dj's or the media is not only a reflection on you but on every other Darren Hayes fan as well as Darren himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Thanks Snowedrop, interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Thanks Snowdrop saved for [near] future reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GarethsHotChick Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Thank You for posting that up Snowdrop, It is great to get tips on the best way to email/request songs from radio stations. Information like that is useful to know when we are emailing the radio for Gareth to be played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiex Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Thanx Snowdrop... Luv Cassie xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 This is very interesting, and good to know in the run up to Gareth come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sweetiepie Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 thanks for that some good advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdrop Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 I thought this could do with a fresh view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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