A event held at Bristol Beacon on Saturday 16th February. The event starts at 20:00.
Ever wanted to know how to get a job in the music industry? Looking to make contacts and meet employers?
Come along to Music Industry Uncovered - an in-depth day looking at the diverse career pathways into the Music Industry.
Supported by UK Music with contributions from both local and international music professionals covering;
Music Production
Artist & Event Management
Recording & Mastering
Songwriting & Session-work
Music Education
Labels, Publishing & Commercial Composition
With confirmed representatives from UK Music, Music Producers Guild, PRS, Music Managers Forum, Musicians Union and local businesses including Brisfest. This is shaping up to be an unmissable event in how to get a job in the industry.
Tickets are £10 which includes lunch and refreshments.
Confirmed speakers and contributors
Multiverse Music Paul Jebanasam (in-house composer and label manager) and James Fiddian (co-founder of Multiverse)
Multiverse Music based in Bristol, UK comprises of a group of record labels, a music publisher and studio. Established in 2004 it has since become a powerhouse for releasing and developing artists across various genres in the UK's underground and experimental music scenes. It's dubstep imprint Tectonic was one of the key founding labels in this now internationally recognised genre quickly becoming a focal point for the Bristol scene and beyond. This success spawned new in-house labels and introduced for the first time a number of artists who later have gone on to enjoy international success, most notably Joker.
Music from Multiverse's publishing arm and record labels have also been widely licensed including Children of Men, in-game music for Motorstorm 2 & 3, TV shows such as C.S.I; as well as numerous TV adverts, compilations and online spots.
Multiverse Music's studio, situated at the hub of Multiverse's creative activities, specialises in bespoke composition and sound design for trailers, film, computer game and TV advertising. Pulling in the experience and knowledge from Multiverse Music's various areas of operation, its production team provides its own unique angle, whether that's when creating high end trailers such as Transformers 3, a score for a feature film such as In Fear or music for award winning tv commercials like the Cravendale cats.
Shawn Joseph Director of Optimum Mastering
Optimum Mastering is a custom designed music post-production studio in the dockside city of Bristol. Since opening in 2004, they have established a worldwide reputation for personal service and attention to detail. The OM engineers have half a century's worth of experience turning good music into great records. They offer a bespoke mastering service tailored to the client's needs.
While temping in the records shops of the capital in 1990, a chance meeting led to Shawn's first real Mastering job at The Exchange. With their generous policy of offering'hands on' experience, it didn't take long for Shawn to realise his true vocation. Over the next 14 years, he plied his trade from Soho to Fulham applying his encyclopaedic knowledge of music to a vast range of genres. Returning clients became friends outside of the studio and word spread of a trusty pair of ears. Literally thousands of tracks have benefited from his touch whether it be an international smash or a home-grown demo. In 2004, he returned to his West Country roots to set up Optimum with some like-minded label owners. The idea was to offer a more personal, empathetic mastering service, far from the production-line he had encountered in London. Today his skills are called upon by some of the biggest names in the industry from every corner of the globe.
Mark Rose Vice Chairman of Music Producers Guild
Mark is currently the Studio Manager of Deep Recording Studios & Founder of the Deep Recording Trust. He is also one of the main Recording/Mix Engineers at deep working alongside head Engineer, Andy Paterson. Over the last 26 years Mark has either been employed or free-lanced as a Recording Engineer, Programmer, Live Engineer, Re-mixer, Mastering Engineer and consultant.
Tony Briscoe Composer/Producer
Tony Briscoe's commercial career began in the pop industry composing and producing top 10 hit music for artists such as Craig David, Beverley Knight and Artful Dodger. This gave rise to songs such as"Re-Rewind" and"Shoulda Woulda Coulda". Subsequently, Tony became one of the key music producers for Def Soul UK, a subsidiary of Def Jam and Universal Records. His talents were noticed and one of the top 20 hits that he composed and produced was selected for the soundtrack of the Universal motion picture"Bridget Jones Diary". This opened the doors to a career in film music composition.
In 2006 Tony set up his own professional recording studio. Being Bristol-based has sustained Tony's film composition career but also opened the doors into sound design where he is actively engaged in various drama and documentary films in the South West. 2008 was a busy year for Tony Briscoe! Amongst many other projects, he composed the soundtrack music for"Under The Skin" part of"Life in Cold Blood" - The BBC Wildlife Series, presented by David Attenborough. He was also one of the composers who scored the soundtrack for the sci-fi comedy/drama series"Starhyke" Starring Claudia Christian (Babylon 5) and Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars).
In 2009 Tony signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV. January 2010 saw the launch of a new label"One In A Billion Records" which features a number of exciting up and coming artists that Tony has been collaborating with.
Jay Wilcox Session Musician
Musician & vocalist Jay Wilcox has played, written or produced music for a host of different artists and has been an active participant in the unsigned music scene for years. As a part of Roni Size Reprazent, Jay was involved in the composition and musical direction of Colston Halls' incredible opening concert which showcased the Reprazent sound with a full orchestra.
Splitting his time evenly between working for signed artists and helping push unsigned artists, Jay also hosts open mic events and showcases all over the country. Currently completing an independent album entitled'Sunday nite Soul' featuring some of the best unsigned talent in the West, Jay has become a recognisable name and face on the live music scene in the UK.
Carly Heath Marketing Promotions and Social Media
Has recently joined the Marketing team at Colston Hall and has wide ranging experience across the independent dance music industry and event promotion. She headed up Don't Panic from 2005-2011, co-promotes Subloaded with DJ Pinch, and in her'spare time' she also co-runs Gutterfunk Records with DJ Die. Carly specialises in branding, grass roots marketing and social media.
Richard Parfitt Professional Songwriter
Signed to Zomba Music Publishing as a house writer from 1986 to 1989 writing mainly for TV and film, then signed a major publishing deal with Sony Music delivering 40 singles and one top 40 album. In 1996 he signed to Geffen Records as an artist, and is at present, signed to Kobalt Music Publishers.
As a songwriter he's sold over a million records, with recent song writing and production credits that include Duffy (AandM 2008) and Universal Films (2009). As a session musician he's worked with: Dido, Bernard Butler, Urge Overkill, John Squire and Lene Marlin. Richard has worldwide live and touring experience including the USA, Japan and Europe. Festival appearances include Glastonbury, T In The Park, V and Reading. Tour supports with: The Jam, Ash, Oasis, Sex Pistols, Ian Brown, The Lemonheads and McAlmont and Butler.
Paul Gray Musicians Union
The Musicians' Union is a globally-respected organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the music business. As well as negotiating on behalf of musicians with all the major employers in the industry, the MU offers a range of services tailored for the self-employed by providing assistance for professional and student musicians of all ages.
The Musicians' Union has specialist full-time officials available to immediately tackle the issues raised by musicians working in the live arena, the recording studio, or when writing and composing.
Such issues can range from copyright protection to valuable contractual advice or from the recovery of unpaid fees to crucial work in health and safety. MU members, regardless of their genre of music, are part of one of the leading music industry bodies in Europe and the Union's democratic structures offer every opportunity for musicians to influence MU policy. Add to this the many services that the Union provides and you have an organisation that can assist its members throughout their professional careers and beyond.
Mike Tobin Manager
In 1957 he was right there with his band Mike Tobin & The Magnettes. The first local RnR band ever to appear at the Colston Hall (1959) supported everybody from The Rolling Stones to Cilla Black. Tobin wrote for local Music Paper Western Scene and was a DJ at Bristol's first ever discotheque The Mandrake. Tobin formed The Franklyn Big 6 in the mid 60's and started the rock events at The Old Granary in 1969.
It was there that he first saw Stackridge and signed them for management. He moved to London in 1970 and worked at various agencies including Tony Hall Enterprises and the John Sherry Agency where he sat beside Ed Bicknell (Dire Straits, Manager) and Miles Copeland (Police, Manager).
Tobin formed a new company called Park Street Management with co-directors John Burgess (Manfredd Mann, Producer) and George Martin. In 1974 he went on to work for Virgin Records and RCA as a Regional Promotion Manager. In 1979 he formed his own promotions company and worked on behalf of a number of bands & labels.
Ali Chant
Ali started off playing guitar in indie bands in his early teens; mixing a love of movies and music he went on to study Film, and specialised in sound production. After graduating he spent 2 years working in film and television doing sound and music production. In 2001, his band'Actual Size' were signed by Gut records and he moved into music full time. During this period Ali and the band used money from their record deal to set up their own recording studio in Bristol, which would eventually become Toybox Studios.
Inspired by the music producers that Actual Size worked with, Ali began taking a serious interest in recording and production techniques. He has since worked with Flood, Jim Abbiss, Mark Ronson, John Parish, Ben Hillier, John Cornfield, Hugh Padgham and Michael H Brauer. Around this time Ali also played lead guitar for cult Bristol band Madnomad, as well as running up an experimental 24hour album project.
In 2003, Ali began engineering and producing full time and Toybox started to become a popular local recording studio. He also started playing guitar for Bristol indie band Termites and went on to record 2 EP's for Universal Music as well as extensive touring over the following 3 years.
Ali has also played guitar in afro/indie outfit Drinks, and bass and keyboards in Mississippi Witch.
He also, occasionally moonlights on drums, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals.
For More Info: http://www.colstonhall.org/whatson/Event3436
Entry requirements:
Come along to Music Industry Uncovered - an in-depth day looking at the diverse career pathways into the Music Industry.
Supported by UK Music with contributions from both local and international music professionals covering;
Music Production
Artist & Event Management
Recording & Mastering
Songwriting & Session-work
Music Education
Labels, Publishing & Commercial Composition
With confirmed representatives from UK Music, Music Producers Guild, PRS, Music Managers Forum, Musicians Union and local businesses including Brisfest. This is shaping up to be an unmissable event in how to get a job in the industry.
Tickets are £10 which includes lunch and refreshments.
Confirmed speakers and contributors
Multiverse Music Paul Jebanasam (in-house composer and label manager) and James Fiddian (co-founder of Multiverse)
Multiverse Music based in Bristol, UK comprises of a group of record labels, a music publisher and studio. Established in 2004 it has since become a powerhouse for releasing and developing artists across various genres in the UK's underground and experimental music scenes. It's dubstep imprint Tectonic was one of the key founding labels in this now internationally recognised genre quickly becoming a focal point for the Bristol scene and beyond. This success spawned new in-house labels and introduced for the first time a number of artists who later have gone on to enjoy international success, most notably Joker.
Music from Multiverse's publishing arm and record labels have also been widely licensed including Children of Men, in-game music for Motorstorm 2 & 3, TV shows such as C.S.I; as well as numerous TV adverts, compilations and online spots.
Multiverse Music's studio, situated at the hub of Multiverse's creative activities, specialises in bespoke composition and sound design for trailers, film, computer game and TV advertising. Pulling in the experience and knowledge from Multiverse Music's various areas of operation, its production team provides its own unique angle, whether that's when creating high end trailers such as Transformers 3, a score for a feature film such as In Fear or music for award winning tv commercials like the Cravendale cats.
Shawn Joseph Director of Optimum Mastering
Optimum Mastering is a custom designed music post-production studio in the dockside city of Bristol. Since opening in 2004, they have established a worldwide reputation for personal service and attention to detail. The OM engineers have half a century's worth of experience turning good music into great records. They offer a bespoke mastering service tailored to the client's needs.
While temping in the records shops of the capital in 1990, a chance meeting led to Shawn's first real Mastering job at The Exchange. With their generous policy of offering'hands on' experience, it didn't take long for Shawn to realise his true vocation. Over the next 14 years, he plied his trade from Soho to Fulham applying his encyclopaedic knowledge of music to a vast range of genres. Returning clients became friends outside of the studio and word spread of a trusty pair of ears. Literally thousands of tracks have benefited from his touch whether it be an international smash or a home-grown demo. In 2004, he returned to his West Country roots to set up Optimum with some like-minded label owners. The idea was to offer a more personal, empathetic mastering service, far from the production-line he had encountered in London. Today his skills are called upon by some of the biggest names in the industry from every corner of the globe.
Mark Rose Vice Chairman of Music Producers Guild
Mark is currently the Studio Manager of Deep Recording Studios & Founder of the Deep Recording Trust. He is also one of the main Recording/Mix Engineers at deep working alongside head Engineer, Andy Paterson. Over the last 26 years Mark has either been employed or free-lanced as a Recording Engineer, Programmer, Live Engineer, Re-mixer, Mastering Engineer and consultant.
Tony Briscoe Composer/Producer
Tony Briscoe's commercial career began in the pop industry composing and producing top 10 hit music for artists such as Craig David, Beverley Knight and Artful Dodger. This gave rise to songs such as"Re-Rewind" and"Shoulda Woulda Coulda". Subsequently, Tony became one of the key music producers for Def Soul UK, a subsidiary of Def Jam and Universal Records. His talents were noticed and one of the top 20 hits that he composed and produced was selected for the soundtrack of the Universal motion picture"Bridget Jones Diary". This opened the doors to a career in film music composition.
In 2006 Tony set up his own professional recording studio. Being Bristol-based has sustained Tony's film composition career but also opened the doors into sound design where he is actively engaged in various drama and documentary films in the South West. 2008 was a busy year for Tony Briscoe! Amongst many other projects, he composed the soundtrack music for"Under The Skin" part of"Life in Cold Blood" - The BBC Wildlife Series, presented by David Attenborough. He was also one of the composers who scored the soundtrack for the sci-fi comedy/drama series"Starhyke" Starring Claudia Christian (Babylon 5) and Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars).
In 2009 Tony signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV. January 2010 saw the launch of a new label"One In A Billion Records" which features a number of exciting up and coming artists that Tony has been collaborating with.
Jay Wilcox Session Musician
Musician & vocalist Jay Wilcox has played, written or produced music for a host of different artists and has been an active participant in the unsigned music scene for years. As a part of Roni Size Reprazent, Jay was involved in the composition and musical direction of Colston Halls' incredible opening concert which showcased the Reprazent sound with a full orchestra.
Splitting his time evenly between working for signed artists and helping push unsigned artists, Jay also hosts open mic events and showcases all over the country. Currently completing an independent album entitled'Sunday nite Soul' featuring some of the best unsigned talent in the West, Jay has become a recognisable name and face on the live music scene in the UK.
Carly Heath Marketing Promotions and Social Media
Has recently joined the Marketing team at Colston Hall and has wide ranging experience across the independent dance music industry and event promotion. She headed up Don't Panic from 2005-2011, co-promotes Subloaded with DJ Pinch, and in her'spare time' she also co-runs Gutterfunk Records with DJ Die. Carly specialises in branding, grass roots marketing and social media.
Richard Parfitt Professional Songwriter
Signed to Zomba Music Publishing as a house writer from 1986 to 1989 writing mainly for TV and film, then signed a major publishing deal with Sony Music delivering 40 singles and one top 40 album. In 1996 he signed to Geffen Records as an artist, and is at present, signed to Kobalt Music Publishers.
As a songwriter he's sold over a million records, with recent song writing and production credits that include Duffy (AandM 2008) and Universal Films (2009). As a session musician he's worked with: Dido, Bernard Butler, Urge Overkill, John Squire and Lene Marlin. Richard has worldwide live and touring experience including the USA, Japan and Europe. Festival appearances include Glastonbury, T In The Park, V and Reading. Tour supports with: The Jam, Ash, Oasis, Sex Pistols, Ian Brown, The Lemonheads and McAlmont and Butler.
Paul Gray Musicians Union
The Musicians' Union is a globally-respected organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the music business. As well as negotiating on behalf of musicians with all the major employers in the industry, the MU offers a range of services tailored for the self-employed by providing assistance for professional and student musicians of all ages.
The Musicians' Union has specialist full-time officials available to immediately tackle the issues raised by musicians working in the live arena, the recording studio, or when writing and composing.
Such issues can range from copyright protection to valuable contractual advice or from the recovery of unpaid fees to crucial work in health and safety. MU members, regardless of their genre of music, are part of one of the leading music industry bodies in Europe and the Union's democratic structures offer every opportunity for musicians to influence MU policy. Add to this the many services that the Union provides and you have an organisation that can assist its members throughout their professional careers and beyond.
Mike Tobin Manager
In 1957 he was right there with his band Mike Tobin & The Magnettes. The first local RnR band ever to appear at the Colston Hall (1959) supported everybody from The Rolling Stones to Cilla Black. Tobin wrote for local Music Paper Western Scene and was a DJ at Bristol's first ever discotheque The Mandrake. Tobin formed The Franklyn Big 6 in the mid 60's and started the rock events at The Old Granary in 1969.
It was there that he first saw Stackridge and signed them for management. He moved to London in 1970 and worked at various agencies including Tony Hall Enterprises and the John Sherry Agency where he sat beside Ed Bicknell (Dire Straits, Manager) and Miles Copeland (Police, Manager).
Tobin formed a new company called Park Street Management with co-directors John Burgess (Manfredd Mann, Producer) and George Martin. In 1974 he went on to work for Virgin Records and RCA as a Regional Promotion Manager. In 1979 he formed his own promotions company and worked on behalf of a number of bands & labels.
Ali Chant
Ali started off playing guitar in indie bands in his early teens; mixing a love of movies and music he went on to study Film, and specialised in sound production. After graduating he spent 2 years working in film and television doing sound and music production. In 2001, his band'Actual Size' were signed by Gut records and he moved into music full time. During this period Ali and the band used money from their record deal to set up their own recording studio in Bristol, which would eventually become Toybox Studios.
Inspired by the music producers that Actual Size worked with, Ali began taking a serious interest in recording and production techniques. He has since worked with Flood, Jim Abbiss, Mark Ronson, John Parish, Ben Hillier, John Cornfield, Hugh Padgham and Michael H Brauer. Around this time Ali also played lead guitar for cult Bristol band Madnomad, as well as running up an experimental 24hour album project.
In 2003, Ali began engineering and producing full time and Toybox started to become a popular local recording studio. He also started playing guitar for Bristol indie band Termites and went on to record 2 EP's for Universal Music as well as extensive touring over the following 3 years.
Ali has also played guitar in afro/indie outfit Drinks, and bass and keyboards in Mississippi Witch.
He also, occasionally moonlights on drums, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals.
For More Info: http://www.colstonhall.org/whatson/Event3436
Entry requirements: