News Archive
Friday, March 31st, 2017
Phoenix are looking for a new vocalist/frontman/frontwoman, to join us on our busy gigging schedule. With our current singer leaving us to take on other challenges we need someone who is 100% committed. The band is varied in age so your age is not important but the ideal candidate will have:
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
The results of the election were announced today by the Independent Scrutineer. The ballot of members was held between 6 and 27 March 2017 and there were two candidates: MU Executive Committee member Kathy Dyson, who received 1,732 votes, and MU Assistant General Secretary Horace Trubridge, who received...
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2017
We always tell our students and clients that there’s truly nothing more important than being a great performer. Your talent can be mediocre. Your looks can be average. Even your music can be so-so. But your performance has to be electric if you want to get noticed and engage your audience.
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Monday, March 27th, 2017
American songwriters and publishers have received the support of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) and the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) in their attempt to obtain fair mechanical rates for the use of music by digital services.
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Sunday, March 26th, 2017
Writing creative lyrics is a challenging task. If you want to write for radio, you’ll probably lean towards accessible themes of love with simple, easy-to-digest lyrics. Poetry, as beautiful as it may be, does not always fit rhythmically into a melody. It’s not premeditated for music,...
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Friday, March 24th, 2017
A new music platform called Salute has launched. Aiming to redefine and reposition writers, whilst supporting and empowering DIY UK talent, Salute will launch the next generation of unsigned music makers. The idea behind the project is to create an “accessible and fair opportunity for a diverse...
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
Artists including Ed Sheeran, Mumford & Sons, Radiohead, Royal Blood, Mark Knopfler, Wolf Alice and You Me At Six have endorsed a new online guide to help music fans beat ticket touts. The move comes just over a week after the government accepted the recommendations of Professor Michael Waterson’s...
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
Feeling like an outsider around your non-musician friends? Perpetually working but somehow always-and-forever broke? These are the kind of issues that, as an independent musician, are often universally unavoidable. We deal with them because we love what we do, but that doesn’t mean we’ve...
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Monday, March 20th, 2017
Former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has been attacked and bitten after a gig in Brighton. She was with her wife and guitarist when she was attacked by two women on the street. The singer-songwriter from Sheffield, who appeared on the show in 2012, shared pictures of the aftermath of the attack...
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Sunday, March 19th, 2017
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer is best known for her work alongside guitar-playing sister Nancy in the classic rock outfit Heart. And Ann’s current tour, billed as Ann Wilson of Heart, makes no bones about that. But Wilson’s non-Heart endeavors — which have included two EPs and a live...
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Saturday, March 18th, 2017
An exciting opportunity to join the UK’s leading supplier of professional audio technology to the world’s top broadcasters, recording studios and post production facilities. Based in North West London, HHB Communications Ltd are looking for a Marketing Manager to deliver a dynamic marketing and...
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Friday, March 17th, 2017
You scored a gig? Several gigs? Oh, you’ve been gigging for years? Whatever the case may be, awesome! But newbies and seasoned acts alike are forever subject to the good graces of venue owners and booking agents. Maybe it’s common sense to most, but it bears repeating: don’t blow...
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Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Nearly every fledgling artist has the issues getting people out to shows. It’s something of a challenge, especially in this day and age Netflix, games, and even our phones compete for our attention. Frankly, most people would rather stay in and binge their favorite TV show than go to a live...
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2017
Did you take in a show last night? Did you wake up feeling like you still had tissue paper stuffed in your ears? That means you’ve just done some damage to your hearing. Like football players taking one head shot after another, musicians can only do this so many times before long-term effects take...
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
Once upon a time there was a little girl who wanted to sing and a little boy who wanted to play guitar more than anything else in the world. Their parents invested in extensive musical training. But there was one big difference between them. Let us tell you a frightening fairy tale. The boy’s...
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