Mel :: S2k
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Female
32 years old
London, East
United Kingdom
Last Login: 11/11/2009
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | London | | Religion: | Agnostic | | Zodiac Sign: | Sagittarius | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Occupation: | Music Publisher |
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About me:
I grew up around the music business with my old man being a record plugger and spent my weekends and school holidays hanging out at radio stations, record companies and roadshows, so I got a bit hooked on life in the industry and wanted to follow in dad's footsteps when I grew up.
At 16, when I left school I discovered the wonderful world of raving and all that came with it. Having spent most of my weekends in the tunnel at Labyrinth [Dalston Lane] I went from an innocent 80's bi-product to hardened jungirl in a matter of weeks, spending half my week coming down and the other half getting ready for the coming weekend, hardly put me in good stead for an alert, employable character. So although I spent a while working the odd job, I decided I didn't want to get up at 6.45am, get on a train, go to work for somebody else and basically lead a shit, mundane life, so I got myself a little studio set up instead and just got into the music. Eventually I got far too skint doing this and got involved with a local music company, looking after a boy band from East Ham, booking and supvising gigs, driving them about, taking them to the studio, dealing with the merchandise and fanbase and generally having a good time whilst getting paid. Unfortunately it went tits up when the management company spunked over £100k on... erm... a video in L.A. for an unsigned band... twats. Job done. Move on.
I carried on dabbling in the music and started producing a bit of hardcore, still buzzing hard at the weekends, I started networking and set up a label and went to work for Stage 1000. My label got to release 5 before I got a bit fed up of making hardcore [which was waaay too happy for me] and put all my energy into learning about music publishing and label/artist management in 1998. I also did some journalism work for Dream Magazine throughout 1999 [who remembers them?!] and did some mad interviews with some mad people.
As time went on and UK Garage became very popular commercially, I turned my hand to making tunes again. I slipped away from Stage One temporarily and got busy with the UKG crew, getting myself a job with Paul Nelson [Raindance/brother of Slipmatt] and Timi Ram Jam at The Temple nightclub [Tottenham, now demolished]. They put me in charge of booking DJ's with the assistance of Xtreme Talent and the Dreem Teem office and marketing club nights at The Temple and his other clubs The Aquarium in Old Street and Grace in the Old Kent Road. Whilst I loved this job and it's location next to the bagel shop [yum], once they brought in 'the new guy' things flopped for me, cos I didn't get on with 'the new guy' so I left. And as luck would have it, struck up new heights with Stage One once again, whilst getting busy writing UKG tunes and having notable underground success with 3 Play's 'Baby Mother' and 'Girl in the Taxi'. So I was back chaperoning again, booking and taking 3 Play round the country and to Ayia Napa and after stupidly turning down an offer from Locked On, eventually signed to Daniel Bedingfield's original label DND. But after a time, as UK Garage started to become unpopular with the commercial market following unsociable behaviour [LOL] I threw myself hard into publishing once again. I'm still writing the odd tune here and there when I get time, some things never leave you eh. Anyway here I still am - buzz free, 2 kids up and loving every minute. Stage One has now become S2k as we move with the times and you can read about what we do below...
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| About S2k: |
S2k [formerly known as Stage 1000] is an independent publishing company. Alongside Laura, we basically collect publishing money [royalties]. If you've had any tunes released on singles or albums or had your music played on radio, television or computer games [anywhere in the world] then you need to hit me up. We can collect your money for you. If you are unsure whether or not you are due any royalties but feel that you might be, just ask! We can collect UK and foreign royalties for albums and single releases on other labels for up to 6 years previous and for radio play for the last 3 years previous. We are always happy to expand and our books are open to take on new artists. If you are previously unpublished, looking to change publisher, looking for an administrator for your existing or new publishing company or just looking for a one-off deal to be able to collect radio play or third party licensing where you know you are owed royalties, please contact me through this page in the first instance.
You can contact me any time, I'm usually on AIM [message me if you want my screen name], all hours, easy to get in touch with, will answer everyone. I'm hard working but easy going, with a client list to be proud of and on the up.
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Client Testimonials:
"We can honestly say that signing our admin deal with S2K has been one of our wisest business decisions. We have always been pretty much useless at most things apart from making music so having someone else take care of that side of our business has enabled us to put more time into being creative"
-Commix
"Without S2K taking care of my royalties my life would be in complete chaos
and I wouldn't be sailing off into the sunset in my new pleasure yacht,
cheers Mel"
-Ed Rush
"S2K are always efficient and hardworking, which allows us to get on with our job"
Matrix & Futurebound
"Since moving to S2k Mel and Laura have been a fantastic asset to the label, always on hand to help, answer questions and basically take care of business."
-Kasra Critical
"The thing that I find most intriguing and valuble about S2k is their inginuity and resourcefulness. S2k finds new and very profitable ways to maximize the success of their artists works."
-Random Movement
"For nearly 14 years, I've been represented by S2K. During that time, I can honestly say I've not been treated with more respect, nor trusted a company more. In an industry where contracts are routinely broken, the
value of their services is beyond words."
-Kiro
"SK2 Publishing has always been a pleasure to deal with."
-Mutt
"S2K have sourced income which otherwise we would not have received and this
has helped us develop a new area of the business adding an extra string to
our bow."
-Skool of Thought [Supercharged/Against The Grain]
"With S2k managing royalty collections for both myself and a range of my
artists I have always had a good knowledge that the job is being done to its
best ability. The hard work hard done in the background shines through every
accounting period as every penny is always accounted for."
-Nu Energy
"Living way down in the remote deserts of Australia, it's difficult for me to keep track and collect royalties from the UK and elsewhere. It's great to know I can always trust S2K to stay on top of that side of things for me and not worry about missing out on income I might otherwise never see!"
-Shock One
"Unfortunately I'm one of those musician's whose brain switches off with the very mention of business, tax or percentage. If it wasn't for Mel I'd never have made a penny from royalties, let alone gold plated my fifth jacuzzi!"
-Phil Splitloop (Misk)"
"S2K are a super awesome bunch of cuties that do the best job ever in the whole wide world"
-Dylan
"S2K Music have been an invaluable service to me. I have found their
hard work and meticulous approach to it refreshing and i'll continue
to use them as its a pleasure to do so..."
-Dymond
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