Your Sound is a networking initiative dedicated to unsigned and independent artists, bands and DJs of all musical genres, from Scotland and beyond, allowing them to establish and develop a fan base, and gain exposure within the music industry. Artists submit their music, from which Your Sound, King Tut’s and DF Concerts promoter staff select the best tracks to form the soundtrack of the monthly Your Sound event, then the chosen playlist of unsigned and independent tracks are DJ’d in King Tut’s bar throughout the afternoon. Your Sound has been running at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut since September 2005, and is held on the first Sunday of every month at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, from 5pm – 8pm.
Your Sound has evolved into a valuable networking tool for unsigned bands and budding industry sorts; it’s a great opportunity to meet new people, hear new music and make new collaborations. Playlist artists are encouraged to come along and hand out their own cds and promotional material, network with other musicians and fellow playlist artists, build their contacts, increase their fanbase, and make the most out of this networking opportunity. Professionals working in the music industry are invited to come along and mingle, offer free advice where appropriate, raise awareness of their own service, and network with fellow industry attendees and musicians alike. A guest DJ also plays a short set, made up of a selection their own favourite tunes and musical influences - a nice little addition to the afternoon, if we do say so ourselves.
With a recent grant from the Scottish Arts Council Youth Music Initiative, Term Four will see Your Sound develop by offering more opportunities for those involved – both in making music, and making it in the music industry. We are very excited about Term Four, as the current programme will be enhanced with the launch of Your Sound Academy; a Scotland wide tour, Your Sound - Your Place; and, the release of a Your Sound album. For more details on the Scottish Arts Council's Youth Music Initiative visit www.scottisharts.org.uk
As usual each month we will have an Artist of the Month and Two Runners Up. As well as having their tunes in the King Tut’s juke box, being featured on the King Tut’s and Your Sound website and myspace pages, from Term Four onwards the Artist of the Month will also be given the option to receive one to one training or a service for free, such as specialist legal advice, performance skills training, a PR campaign, or one of a range of services to help develop their musical career.
In November 2008 we introduced the Your Sound Academy, which took place each month before the main Your Sound event, from 3pm - 5pm. These themed seminars focused on providing guidance on a range of subjects such as Marketing Your Band, Promotion, and Music Licensing for TV and Film amongst others. A big thank you goes to everyone that made the Your Sound Academy such a success!
Remember, having your track included on a Your Sound playlist during Term Four has the potential of opening up lots of doors, as well as giving you the opportunity to meet lots of musicians from various musical genres and lots of people working within different strands of the industry. Your Sound has evolved into a valuable networking tool for unsigned bands and budding industry sorts; it’s a great opportunity to meet new people, hear new music and make new collaborations. It's just up to you to turn up on the first Sunday of every month, and make the most out of Your Sound!
Your Sound Term 5 returns in October, keep checking the website and MySpace for more information!
To enable us to cram each month's playlist with the best of new unsigned and independent tracks, WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR MUSIC!!! So what is stopping you?!
Go to www.kingtuts.co.uk/yoursound to download an application form. Submit this along with your CD to:
Your Sound, King Tut’s, 272 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5RL
Industry insiders - get involved
A&R, you want to know what is hot, right? Band Managers, surely there's a musical partner-in-crime waiting for an introduction?!
To all those working within the music industry, we would love you to come along to the monthly Your Sound event - whether you're starting out, or are a veteran - we want all of you!
We would like you to come along and enjoy an afternoon of great unsigned and independent music in a relaxed atmosphere; meet like minded people, mingle, chat, share ideas and experiences, raise awareness of your service, and network with musicians and fellow industry people alike.
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Bad Dancer, Standalone, Recliner, Yellow Bentines, Looking For Simon, El Padre, San Sebastian, Fury Of The Headteachers, Injuns, The Heebie Jeebies, The Ads, Number One Fan, theonewhoflew, Employee Of The Month, Fuse, The Ads, Jo Mango, The Dirty Hepburns, Juno!, Coriolis, Irregular Slinky, Satellite Dub, Sisa, Blind Pew, Stopstarts, We Are The Physics, The Day I Snapped, Midnight Machine, Glasvegas, Endor, Hoboken, Jack Butler, Conor Mason, The Kazoo Funk Orchestra, Kessler, Attic Lights, North Atlantic Oscillation, The Dykeenies, The Sky At Night, Invisibles, Le Reno Amps, The State Broadcasters, Just A Word, Theoceanfloor, Joe Hay, Tadhg Cooke, The X1, The Ruffness, dBass, Hank Barrick, sixpeopleaway, The Martial Arts, Berkeley, Down The Tiny Steps, Midnight Machine, Keser, Rick Redbeard, Genaro, Action Group, Kiddo, Jonny and the Debutantes, Juno!, One Click Corvette, Iscosles, The Vivians, Early Songs, The Sc4rlet, Sweetheart, The New York Fund, Broken Records, Twin Atlantic, Luva Anna, Lou Hickey, Woodenbox, Gdansk, This July, The Moth and The Mirror, Club None, The Phantom Band, Amy Belle, Wilburnsilver, Brother Louis Collective, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Emily Scott, Integra TV, Sparrow And The Workshop, Broken Records, and more!!!!
YOUR SOUND TERM ONE - ARTIST'S OF THE MONTH:
YS01 - 01 - The Dykeenies
YS01 - 02 - theonewhoflew
YS01 - 03 - North Atlantic Oscillation
YS01 - 04 - Invisibles
YS01 - 05 - The Heebie Jeebies
YS01 - 06 - Yellow Bentines
YS01 - 07 - We Are The Physics - YS01 ARTIST OF THE TERM - CHOSEN BY THE BOOKER PRIZE CLUB
YOUR SOUND TERM TWO - ARTIST'S OF THE MONTH:
YS02 - 01 - Joe Hay
YS02 - 02 - sixpeopleaway
YS02 - 03 - Rick Redbeard
YS02 - 04 - The Vivians
YS02 - 05 - Beaches of The Proud
YS02 - 06 - Baillie and the fault
YS02 - 07 - The Retrosexuals
YOUR SOUND TERM THREE - ARTIST'S OF THE MONTH:
YS03 - 01 - Luva Anna
YS03 - 02 - Lou Hickey
YS03 - 03 - Conor Mason
YS03 - 04 - Gdansk
YS03 - 05 - The Moth and the Mirror
YS03 - 06 - The Phantom Band
YS03 - 07 - Brother Louis Collective
YOUR SOUND TERM FOUR - ARTIST'S OF THE MONTH:
YS04 - 01 - My Cousin I Bid You Farewell
YS04 - 02 - Mitchell Museum
YSO4 - 03 - Hidden Masters
YSO4 - 04 - Ming Ming and the Ching Chings
YSO4 - 05 - The Seventeenth Century
YSO4 - 06 - Dupec
YSO4 - 07 - Woodenbox with A Fistful of Fivers
Your Sound is a networking initiative dedicated to unsigned and independent artists, bands and DJs of all musical genres, from Scotland and beyond, allowing them to establish and develop a fan base, and gain exposure within the music industry. Artists submit their music, from which Your Sound, King Tut’s and DF Concerts promoter staff select the best tracks to form the soundtrack of the monthly Your Sound event, then the chosen playlist of unsigned and independent tracks are DJ’d in King Tut’s bar throughout the afternoon. Your Sound has been running at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut since September 2005, and is held on the first Sunday of every month at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, from 4pm – 8pm.
Your Sound has evolved into a valuable networking tool for unsigned bands and budding industry sorts; it’s a great opportunity to meet new people, hear new music and make new collaborations. Playlist artists are encouraged to come along and hand out their own cds and promotional material, network with other musicians and fellow playlist artists, build their contacts, increase their fanbase, and make the most out of this networking opportunity. Professionals working in the music industry are invited to come along and mingle, offer free advice where appropriate, raise awareness of their own service, and network with fellow industry attendees and musicians alike. A guest DJ also plays a short set, made up of a selection their own favourite tunes and musical influences - a nice little addition to the afternoon, if we do say so ourselves.
With a recent grant from the Scottish Arts Council Youth Music Initiative, Term Four will see Your Sound develop by offering more opportunities for those involved – both in making music, and making it in the music industry. We are very excited about Term Four, as the current programme will be enhanced with the launch of Your Sound Academy; a Scotland wide tour, Your Sound - Your Place; and, the release of a Your Sound album. For more details on the Scottish Arts Council's Youth Music Initiative visit www.scottisharts.org.uk
As usual each month we will have an Artist of the Month and Two Runners Up. As well as having their tunes in the King Tut’s juke box, being featured on the King Tut’s and Your Sound website and myspace pages, from Term Four onwards the Artist of the Month will also be given the option to receive one to one training or a service for free, such as specialist legal advice, performance skills training, a PR campaign, or one of a range of services to help develop their musical career.
In November 2008 we introduce Your Sound Academy, which will take place before each month the main Your Sound event, from 2pm - 4pm. These themed seminars will focus on providing guidance on a range of subjects such as Marketing Your Band, Promotion, and Music Licensing for TV and Film amongst others. Places will be limited, with priority given to previous playlist artists, so please check the website for regular updates.
Remember, having your track included on a Your Sound playlist during Term Four has the potential of opening up lots of doors, as well as giving you the opportunity to meet lots of musicians from various musical genres and lots of people working within different strands of the industry. Your Sound has evolved into a valuable networking tool for unsigned bands and budding industry sorts; it’s a great opportunity to meet new people, hear new music and make new collaborations. It's just up to you to turn up on the first Sunday of every month, and make the most out of Your Sound!
p.s. we’ve got lots more in the pipeline for Term Four, so keep your ears peeled for more announcements over the coming months!
The Psychedelic Ballroom is rolling back into town again on the 4th December. Live music from Scunner and headliners The Balladeers. 8.30pm - 1am @ Macsorleys, Jamaica St, Glasgow. Lights, projections, tunes & all the rest. FREE ENTRY (pre-club).
Temperatures and Ninni Morgia Control Unit (US) on tour with new LP's out now on Ultramarine Records:
23rd November @ 13th Note, Glasgow with D Abraham Turner 24th November @ Kraak Gallery, Manchester with A Middle Sex £4 26th November @ Tap, The Water Works, Southend with Lost Harbours. FREE 27th November @ Cafe Oto, London with. £5
see www.myspace.com/temperaturestheband for full details
MONOTONIX Saturday 28th November Nice n Sleazys, Glasgow
The release of their new album tops off a whirlwind year of touring, the infamy surrounding their charged live perfomances steadily mounting. Rightly so, check out this youtube link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmEHu-QAgNE&feature=related - and marvel at one of the typically unpredictable gigs of the band that Spin have declared the "most exciting live band in rock'n'roll."
Have a listen www.myspace.com/monotonix
Support from The Elvis Suicide
Tickets Available from www.tickets-scotland.com 0141 204 5151 www.ticketweb.co.uk 08444 77 1000
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