***Local bands/producers and music fans listen up!***
Tonight at the Canteen an evening of top class band and music industry masterclasses. If your a song writer, producer or in a band you'd be a fool to miss this event!
Wednesday 6th May at The Canteen
Generator and the Barrow in Furness Music Co-operative present a day of seminars and workshops designed to support both the artistic and professional endeavors of the musician.
Songwriting Masterclass with Jon Byrne / 3pm - 5pm
With a musician whose influences are so diverse, expect this session to draw in all kinds of music and be concerned with quality work, both in song writing and composition. *limited spaces still available*
A&R Panel Session / 6pm - 7.30pm
Faced with the shrinking profits, record labels are adopting a new approach. So do bands and artists now need to do the same? How do artists generate interest from record and publishing companies to begin with? What are the terms of a deal likely to be these days? This panel contains a broad cross-section of contemporary thought, on how artists can cultivate their own careers.
Panellists include -
Caroline Elleray / Head of A&R Universal Publishing
Debs Wild / Music Industry Consultant, Coldplay - various
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DOWN FOR THE COUNT - Tour the UK in February with support from PAIGE, here’s the poster with the dates:
Advance Tickets are available by clicking on the flyer above apart from London (24th Feb), which you can buy tickets for Right Here
[www.myspace.com/down4thecount]
PORTMAN - Release their debut album “From Here To Your Eyes And Ears on March 3rd. The album is available to stream right now on their Myspace Page and to Pre-Order From Here. Check it out!
[www.myspace.com/portmanuk]
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HELLO EVERYBODY THANKS FOR ADDING US TO YOUR FIENDS LIST. WE'VE JUST SCORED 500+, SO THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD OURS SONGS.
With another year winding down to the end comes the end of year awards - and the return of the TGM Awards. The awards are back for its fourth year, hoping to be as successful as last year's.
To anyone who is new to this, the TGM Awards is an annual end of year awards event, which celebrates the best local bands in Cumbria and South West Scotland. And with many local acts battling for awards, there is so much to choose from.
We can confirm that And Victory Falls have 1 nomination:
* Best Song ("New Life")
Voting will begin on Saturday 17th November and close on Sunday 16th December, and the winners announced in the run up to Christmas.
'Broken Record Tactics' is a fun little record for fans of Cartel and The Starting Line. If you're in the mood for some chirpy, melodic pop-punk with a bit of a rockier edge, you could do a lot worse than to check them out.' - Punktastic.com
I hope you don’t mind this promotional message, we promise it will be the last one for a while :-)
Hey sorry about the spam, just trying to spread the word about our new band. For fans of Thrice/Alexisonfire/Killswitch Engage. It would be great if you could come check us out and let us know what you think. Thanks.
Just a quick message to let you know that we have just released the new Down For The Count album “Broken Record Tactics”. It came out on Monday June 4th and is 11 tracks of sunshine filled pop-punk at its best.
You can check out 4 songs from the album on our Myspace Page and the album is now available from the following stores:
I hope you don’t mind this promotional message, we promise it won’t become a regular thing :-) Let us know what you think of our first ever signing and our first ever release.
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