Dan Bull - Dear Auntie [an open letter to the BBC]

[TheKneekap]

hey Dan i just want to say i really appreciate what you are doing with your music. you're giving the people a voice. we need someone like you, an artist like you is rare, more a prophet or a poet than an artist though, and i mean that as a compliment. will be buying all of your work when i get paid next. peace

[meroxyersox]

I'm 17 and I love radio 2!

[gtafreeek]

@meroxyersox The majority of the BBC 2 audience are older.

[WZZWComputervideos]

Hey dan, have you ever considered becoming a politician?

[Nikovic97]

@WZZWComputervideos Would be awesome ;)

[Cortake]

Hey I made a rap about you! here you go ...

Dear Dan bull, you probably already know it but you got talent.

[aimalkhan123]

also dont forget the bbc sky f1 deal... :(

[thesenamesaretaken]

I listen to Radio 5 and I hate sport...

[Thr89ust]

Now the BBC employ you Dan?

[douglby]

@Thr89ust The interviewer got some of the facts wrong. I have done some work for BBC Comedy but I'm not an employee of them. Still a fully independent artist

[DemMedHornene]

If god had a microphone in his hand he would rap like Dan Bull...

[carolincas]

wonderful, but leave russell alone.

[buhahas]

Is There Anyway To Get A Hold Of The Instrumental Part?

[hellsguardian360]

@ZaheerMusic Don't contradict all Dan is about. Make it available to all.

[TheFluxfox]

6&7 are my homes while at work.

[DanzDubstep]

"If there's a budgetary deficit to make up, then wake up and give big Jeremy a pay cut." Mint.

[MsBkirk]

Excellent! I love the comment about Jonathan Ross being the Six Million Dollar Man!

[MaximumCheeseage]

This is really depressing, they waste so much money on absolute crap.

[PoseringBen]

I liked it, I don't agree with what you said about Russell Brand and Johnathon Ross. Russell Brand is the whole reason I got interested in 6music. Frankly all they did wrong was not anticipate it would be a slow news day and that the right wing newspapers had weary legs and needed a band wagon to jump aboard.

[PandaPandaKai]

that's so bullshit them cutting costs and chopping good stations

[airfoobar]

Rupert Murdoch promised to castrate the BBC, and I bet this is about him keeping his promise...

[suitov]

"Listening figures isn't your biggest purpose, it's first and foremost to provide public service." YES. THIS!

[superfishle]

SELAH!

[AnonShawi]

Cheers from canada, you are the best rapper out there at the moment, and I mean that.

Keep up the good work.

[CrunchyModem]

Dan Bull really stands out.

[Cassiuslegrande]

hi dan, amazing well done.  some other artists should put music to their letters (can you help them with their videos?), put an album together and then all us 6 music fans will buy the album to keep the station running? cheerc Cassius

[Cassiuslegrande]

Hey Dan, this is amazing idea. it would be great if some other artists wrote letters and maybe you helped them do videos in the same way. do an album and all 6 music fans like me would buy it? let us know, Cassius ; )

[moomanda]

This is awesome, love it. (I'd love it if you did one for the teen services Switch and Blast too) x

[livinlost]

@moomanda I was gutted that they killed Blast

TJ

xXx

[SteggersMusic]

search SAVE 6 MUSIC SONG

[beitheal]

Cheers Dan!

[DaughterofKyuss]

My thoughts exactly... nice one

[Az00ra]

The Legend strikes again!

[MrBokai]

really catchy and great message. finally a new letter! :)

[aquaph0nic]

The BBC as a whole should get the chop. "Licence fee" for TV and RADIO, this is the 21st Century for Christ's sake. Gtfo, BBC.

[tcpr90]

Excellent, brilliant, I love it !

[Otana]

Bloody excellent.

[nicksimms]

thease are getting really old really fast

[universaltaalproject]

Big upzzz guys...We gotta have our voices heard keep on fighting for The asian Network and 6 Music...:)

[bimblinghill]

@sweetypie: Well, we have something to represent you, unfortunately. It's called The Daily Mail. Now fuck off.

[sweetypie000]

'thumb up' seeker

:)

[boogaloo80]

Research the case of Hollie Greig.

[goodtimes0000]

how many journalists are going to be on the bbc gravy train at this summers world cup, cuts have to be made, but in the right places...

[bashnell123]

I herd my first roots reggae record on the John Peel show. This station is in that spirit.

Peace.

[BernardHChrist]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

[maxington26]

Well done that man.

[blusoulpharmacy]

Amen indeed :-)

[SupermarketsRevil]

@blusoulpharmacy Amen indeed indeed

[mattwillweb]

Amen!

[henrycordy]

Awesome stuff Dan! So many people now piling the pressure on the Beeb. Public support is the key. 6 music must be saved!!!

[angelicMisha]

BBC's e24 just played a bit of this on TV, great track. Though I don't listen much to radio, it is a shame their closing down those two stations, kinda unfair.

[Harrr18]

very creative, i like it a lot its a very good way of being heard.

[pretendbestfriend]

love this

[saltod75]

so cool

[sinisterish]

But he said the station was "expensive ... given its relatively small audience".

Audience figures from the last quarter of 2009 (RAJAR)

Radio 3: 1,874,000

6 Music: 695,000

Annual budgets (from the Datablog yesterday)

Radio 3: £51 million

6 Music: £9 million

When is Radio 3 going to be cut fo...r being expensive given its relatively small audience?

[nastybadger]

Well said :)

[jeg1972]

That pretty much says it all!

[puppalevi]

Excellent!

[desolatejoy]

Much Love Danny B. It's amazing how similar peoples reasons are for wanting to save these Channels & I think you've got them in a nutshell with this song...I'll be spreading the word...Don't take away our favourite shows!!!

[randompalindrome]

You forgot radio 7- it's my second favourite. Fantastic comedy. When they said 2 channels were cut I breathed a sigh of relief when it wasn't 7.

This was uploaded very quickly though. You are on the ball Bull

[DonkeyWerks]

Well said... Where are all the smaller, different music acts supposed to get radio play? Where can you hear proper classic tracks (not the "classic tracks" that R2 play)? Very sad...

[jonnythrombosis23]

I think there ought to be a licence fee strike if they shelve these channels!!!

[dashingmajor]

This is tremendous. Well said.

[instinctivexp]

Top drawer material as usual mate. Keep it comin, love everything u puttin out there. Peace

[Mantolwen]

Nice!

[umarh]

wikid

[itsmgray]

They just tried to show it on News24 but it.....oh....we'll come back to that......Good stuff again Dan! 5*

[LiekaQueenofDarkness]

I really, really, hope you sent this to them. It's excellent work!

Save 6music! Save Asian Network!

[iheartscarlett]

SAVE ASIAN NETWORK

[jimgellatly]

Well done... Well said.

[walkingaroundthewigh]

SAVE 6 MUSIC!

Nice work Dan as usual xxx

[duralet]

Nice one Dan. Excellent as always.

[ooberla]

Fantastic

[jenski1987]

That. Is. Fantastic.

Now everyone go email the BBC Trust. Preferably musically...

[plasticated]

Hit the nail on the head as always Dan.

[scottdavies]

guitar solo?! :D

[mushybees]

*applause*

[TOXTETHTRACEY]

fucking great tune.save bbc radio 6 music

[chockafromtheblock]

eloquently put! sums it all up. respect

[MrSargeSays]

So that Jumped-up fascist bastard Murdoch and his Tory mates have got their way again.

They destroyed ITV in the 90's now watch them destroy BBC in the 2010's

WE MUST SAVE THE BBC!! MARK THOMPSON MUST GO!!

[makebacktime]

Brilliant! Thanks to Lauren Laverne's twtitter feed for putting me on this. Dan, you're the man!

[mjookie]

OUTSTANDING! you've covered everything. #save6music

[rub5ter]

Brilliant, that's it, says what true music fans think.

[AslanSilva]

Your open letters are always fantastic. Putting this straight on my iPod with the rest of your work.

[Eiksmusic]

Oh this is great, well done! :D

[kessonovitch]

5 years ago I was lost to new music, I chose to live in silence and listen to my stale playlists when I realised I'd outgrown Radio1 and there wasn't anything to listen to on the radio. Then one fine morning I turned on a DAB station and my life was saved by 6Music. Thanks for putting it all so eloquently and musically!

[LizandAvery]

Absolutely brilliant.  Thanks so much for doing this!

[kkotd]

To be honest, nobody cares about your lack of interest in radio. Other people do and that's what matters. When will you people stop being so closed minded with your thoughts of, "I don't care, doesn't bother me!" Seriously, look at the bigger picture and stop being so damn selfish when you start your posts.

Even if you don't care, radio is something to preserve, not cut down and throw away with a marketing push. It's a part of our culture and as such we need to fight to the bone for it.

[TopicThunder]

Well dan, again the was truly outstanding your making an album here without know it! haha

[ianw22]

6music is the only station I ever listen to, I wouldn't even consider listening to anything else. The fact that we only have one radio station for young people playing stuff that isn't mainstream is terrible. Save 6music!

[imr22]

Radio 4 and 6 are all i listen to. Radio 1 has the occasional good track but it's mostly full of rubbish.

The beeb has to save money but surely cutting the wages of a few commissioners would have been a better way of doing things.

[SCARREDMIND]

@imr22 the managements over-bloated paycheques are of course far to important to be cut in anyway though.

oh the joy of compulsive purchase...