We compile a
chart of the favourite published videos, taking a look at what the Whispering Bob Broadcasting Company does
and how it may help you as an artist.
Back in April
2015 BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris (OBE)
stated that he along with his media savvy son Miles Myerscough-Harris had filmed more than a hundred sessions and
posted them on their WhisperingBobTV
YouTube channel and on the WBBC site He described the latest (posted 3rd April 2015) from Bears Den as a “superb
performance”
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| Under The Apple Tree Studio - Squirrels eye view! |
The Under The Apple Tree Sessions (UTAT) are a Media Entertainment Platform.
Just outside their
studio is an apple tree that overhangs it.
In fact every now and again there
will be a loud clunk the other side of the ceiling where an apple has dropped
off the tree else there will be scratching where squirrels are running across
the roof! “It can be a little bit annoying when your recording" shared Bob
and Miles in the inaugural #UnderTheAppleTree podcast!
Bob
asked: Are you enjoying them? Which are
the your favourites?
We read and we
have enthusiastically responded!
On 15th March 2015 we looked at all of the
236 UTAT sessions published since
February 2014 and logged the published dates and total number of
views compiling an exclusive chart
sorted in “most viewed” and showed
the number of days since the videos were uploaded.
Coming out on
top of the Apple Tree at Nos 1 & 2 were the hot UK country duo The
Shires (Ben Earle and
Crissie Rhodes) which is an indication of their success and massive UK
national exposure on TV and BBC Radio 2 during 2014 and beyond.
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| Congrats to The Shires #1 & #2 Under The Apple Tree Chart |
The Grand Ole
Opry and CMA Fest Nashville bound duo were way out in front at No.1 with their UTAT cover of Candi
Staton’s “Young Hearts Run Free”
with a total of 19,231 views during its 298 days.
>> Watch it Here
It's followed at #2 by a live performance of their Radio 2 playlisted single “Tonight” which logged 12,011 views in 301 days.
>> Watch it Here
It's followed at #2 by a live performance of their Radio 2 playlisted single “Tonight” which logged 12,011 views in 301 days.
At No.3 with 11,992 views in 277 days is the 47 piece band Joe
Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble who joined the Under The Apple Tree tent at Fairport's
Cropredy Convention in 2014 to perform a medley. 38-year old Macclesfield born Joe
took up the drums at the age of 4 to accompany his older brother Ben, the
beginnings of a duo ongoing 30 years later. The violin captured Joe's
imagination in 1981 taking an interest in folk, classical, blues and jazz music
from the word go.
At No.4 (10416
views; 415 days published) on our chart is Martin Barre of Jethro Tull performing “Misère” live on-stage at Fairport's
Cropredy Convention 2013, and later joined Bob Harris in the Hippie House
backstage for a chat.
At No.5 (6,848 views;
429 days published) is Danny & The Champions who performed “Darlin' Won't You Come In From The Cold' also live at Fairport's
Cropredy Convention 2013 with lead guy Danny Wilson joining Bob in the Hippie
House backstage..
Here is a screen
shot of the Under The Apple Tree
Sessions Top 10
The 236 videos
have received a total of 273,797
views since the first video was uploaded 465 days ago.
The question is should these videos have
received a lot more views and attention?
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| Taylor Swift with Bob, Trudie & Miles Harris (R) Nashville Bridgestone Concert Sept 2013 |
The 273,797 Under The Apple Tree views probably represents the number of hits a new Taylor Swift video receives in its first 15 minutes lifespan!
Her post Billboard Music Awards action-packed “Bad Blood” has garnered 20.1 million views in just 24 hours, setting a new Vevo record!
Answer: As both
Bob and Miles Harris know Taylor Swift perhaps they should ask her to tweet
their video links!
- If you are an artist who has appeared on an UTAT
session take a look at where you figure on
the chart.
- Should your exclusive video have been viewed a
lot more?
- Could you share it more across social media?
- Have you embedded it on your website fan newsletter?
- Could you
use it as part of an EPK to help secure tour gigs?
- Stepping Stone: Many of the artists who have
taken part in the Under The Apple Tree Sessions have gone on to play the
Pop Up Stages at the C2C Festival in front of potentially a 1,000 music
fans.
As a recording
artist you can apply for a session by
filling out an application under the ‘contact’ section of the Whispering Bob
Broadcasting Company (WBBC) - WEBSITE
You can Subscribe to see the Under The Apple
Tree sessions - Playlists - YouTube - WBBCOfficial/videos
In this bonus
performance (UTAT
Podcast #10) singer-songwriter Lisa Redford talks about the challenges of being an Independent artist!
About WhisperingBobTV:
WhisperingBobTV have
produced programmes for the BBC’s
‘Country Nights’ season in November 2014. Bob Harris: My Nashville logged Bob’s journey to America’s country
music capital and revealed why Nashville became Music City USA. From the
beginnings of the Grand Ole Opry on commercial radio, through the threatening
onset of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s, right up to the modern mainstream hits of
Music Row, a story of how music has shaped Nashville and why today it’s a place
of pilgrimage for musicians from all over the world.
The follow-up programme 'Back To Beth's: A Nashville House was a concert which went out on BBC 4 and the BBC Red Button respectively, garnering fantastic audience reaction. It is hard to think of a better TV music show that was broadcast in the whole of 2014! It was originally filmed in Beth Nielsen Chapman’s beautiful home in her “pretty room” back in November 2013 a few days after Country Music Awards (CMA’s). This very special House Concert brought some of the greatest songwriters and artists together which included: Suzy Bogguss, Kim Carnes, Gretchen Peters, Kim Richey, Jason Isbell, John Fullbright, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Kimmie Rhodes and the UK's very own singer-songwriter Callaghan.
About WhisperingBobTV:
Whispering Bob Broadcasting Company (WBBC) is described as “a dynamic, rapidly-growing television production
unit”.
WhisperingBobTV, part of WBBC, is a channel for music lovers everywhere. Curated by Bob Harris
himself, with a focus on bringing you the best music they possibly can via
their Under The Apple Tree Sessions,
festival coverage, exclusive interviews and much more!
Many who
attended this year’s C2C Country To
Country 2015 Festival will have witnessed an incredible weekend of Under
The Apple Tree live sessions. Their live stage held in The Saloon, found in the WM Jazz Club at The O2 Arena
complex featured an intimate space for singer songwriters to perform and talk
about their song-writing.
C2C ticket holders and members of the public were invited to come along, sit back, relax and enjoy the programme for FREE. The programme of events some of which was broadcast on the BBC Radio 2’s Country four-day pop-up digital service celebrated the music and included appearances from legendary Texan singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes, the up-and-coming Nashville singer-songwriter, Angel Snow, hot UK duo Ward Thomas, American singer Katie Armiger plus Woody Pines, Worry Dolls, Loud Mountains and the Goat Roper Rodeo Band.
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| Under The Apple Tree Live @ C2C2015 Katie Armiger in The Saloon-7th March 2015 |
C2C ticket holders and members of the public were invited to come along, sit back, relax and enjoy the programme for FREE. The programme of events some of which was broadcast on the BBC Radio 2’s Country four-day pop-up digital service celebrated the music and included appearances from legendary Texan singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes, the up-and-coming Nashville singer-songwriter, Angel Snow, hot UK duo Ward Thomas, American singer Katie Armiger plus Woody Pines, Worry Dolls, Loud Mountains and the Goat Roper Rodeo Band.
The Saloon was
absolutely packed on both days, with queues outside round the block! On the
Saturday March 7th we headed to the venue to catch Katie Armiger’s 13:30-13:55
and waited patiently outside. As we entered Bob’s delightful wife Trudie was
manning the door (probably keeping a close eye on the time with her husbands
very busy media commitments) with Bob
Harris standing close by whilst son Miles was hard at work on the sound desk.
The atmosphere was wonderful and Katie’s set was terrific in what felt like
walking into a TV set at a mock-up Bluebird Café in Nashville.
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| CLICK to ENLARGE Beth Nielsen Chapman & Gang (Back At Beths) |
The follow-up programme 'Back To Beth's: A Nashville House was a concert which went out on BBC 4 and the BBC Red Button respectively, garnering fantastic audience reaction. It is hard to think of a better TV music show that was broadcast in the whole of 2014! It was originally filmed in Beth Nielsen Chapman’s beautiful home in her “pretty room” back in November 2013 a few days after Country Music Awards (CMA’s). This very special House Concert brought some of the greatest songwriters and artists together which included: Suzy Bogguss, Kim Carnes, Gretchen Peters, Kim Richey, Jason Isbell, John Fullbright, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Kimmie Rhodes and the UK's very own singer-songwriter Callaghan.
In the past WBBC
have made a series of 90 minute documentaries for Sky Arts with coverage of ‘Faircropfest’, the Fairport Convention
summer festival, which featured performances and exclusive backstage footage
and interviews over three years.
WBBC also work
very closely with Cancer Research UK and
have made a series of short films for BBC Introducing.
This is the
channel to find exclusive performances
from all Under The Apple Tree sessions
Here Larkin Poe perform an incredible
version of Nancy Sinatra's 'Bang Bang' from the Kill Bill soundtrack,
exclusively live for Whispering Bob Harris' #UnderTheAppleTree sessions.
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