The Shins are a indie/rock/pop band from the US and their album ”Port of Morrow” is very good indeed. This 1st single ”Simple Song” was released back in January in the US. It failed to make much impact here so we’re waving our little banner. Video below.
http://theriflesspiral.theshins.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theshins
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The brilliant Wolfette is back and is offering fans the chance to download her brand new track ‘New Wolf Coat’ for free via her official Facebook page – www.facebook.com/wolfettemusic
New Wolf Coat is a tongue in cheek nod to late 90’s indie pop. The song is about “struggling to fit in and wanting to rip off the mask that you’ve been hiding behind,” explains Wolfette. “It’s about trying to live up to expectations but realising you’re not being true to yourself and trying to work out who the real you is.”
Fusing guitar and banging drums, New Wolf Coat is the perfect treat to make the wait for the next single more bearable.
The next official single is slated for release later this year.
NEW WOLF COAT is now available for download exclusively on the official Facebook page
www.facebook.com/wolfettemusic
You can catch Wolfette live at:
Monto Water Rats on 22nd September
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Different Story is the brand new track from the delicious Wolfette whose blend of indie/pop/rock has seen her proclaimed as Popjustice’s favourite new popstar. She’s currently putting the finishing touches to the video for the track, her first & she had this to say ”I’m really looking forward to getting Different Story released. It always goes down brilliantly live and I can’t wait for everyone else to hear it. And I’m so excited about the video! It’s going to be a visual treat and something I’ve never done before.”
The track is released on 1st August 2011 through Lavaland Records.
Listen here
You can catch Wolfette live at:
Sun 26th June -Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
Tues 19th July -O2 Academy 2 Islington
Thurs 18th August -The Workshop Hoxton
For music and further information:
http://www.facebook.com/wolfettemusic
http://twitter.com/wolfettemusic
http://www.myspace.com/wolfettemusic
http://www.soundcloud.com/wolfette
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April 19th – 21st sees the arrival of a three day conference designed to fill the missing link in DIY Artists’ careers. MusicConnex aims to facilitate and promote social networking, informative discussion and inspiration amongst industry experts, emerging and established music acts and new media. Created by music professionals for music professionals, MusicConnex is London’s premier DIY Music & New Media Event.
Highlights include:
• Over 100 Industry thought leaders from the Music & New Media space.
• Over 40 Digital Platforms and Sessions across 3 days including speakers from;
Aspiro, AudioDraft, Amazing Media, AWAL, BandCentral Ltd, Beatport, Believe Digital, Bounce Mobile, BuyMyPlaylist, Decibel, Dada, Electric Sheep, FanShake, GoMix, Good Lizard Media, International Music Community InGroove, LEN Inc (Live Entertainment Network), JumpOff, MATIvision, mflow, MTV, Music Metric, Music2Deal, Music2Text, Music Dealers, Myplaydirect, Muzu TV, Omnifone, PledgeMusic, Radar Music Video, ReverbNation, Sentric Music, Slice The Pie, Songkick, Sounday, SoundCloud, Spotify, SplitGigs, The Orchard, TopSpin, Wimp, and WE7.
• Exclusive seminars from Facebook, YouTube & MTV, REVERBNATION, and OK Go.
• Seminar from Jonathan Forster GM Europe & VP Ad Sales at Spotify speaking about; the future of music streaming, consumption and the impact on the Artist community, and how artists can utilise their platform to promote and leverage their viral activity.
“I welcome MusicConnex to the music business event schedule and look forward to attending. The opportunity for BPI member companies to further engage in the areas the conference wants to cover, particularly the digital world, is something that the BPI energetically supports.”
- Julian Wall, BPI, Director Independent Member Services
“Technology is driving unparalleled levels innovation, disruption and empowerment within the global music industry. MusicConnex will showcase the latest innovators and thought leaders in this space as the traditional rules of engagement for music change.”
- Tim Hadley, Omnifone, Director, Corporate Communications
“I think MusicConnex is an event that can show musical entrepreneurs all facets of the music industry and how to develop their skills and make money from their careers. Encouraging artists and supporting new talent is something that’s close to my heart and when I heard MusicConnex were providing a platform to network, showcase and inspire I really wanted to be a part of it.”
- Austin Daboh, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Music Manager
We reached out to MusicConnex because it is the kind of event that our Music Jobs members would gain a lot of ideas, advice and direction by attending. Due to the current economic climate, and because we love our members (yes, you!) and, well, the fact that we are pretty awesome, we can offer a 3 day pass at the exclusive discounted price of £49. That is £49 instead of the regular £199 for three days of panels, seminars, live showcases, masterclasses, workshops, exhibitions and networking with key industry figures.
To secure this deal, go to www.musicconnex.co.uk/tickets, click on “click here to enter promotional code” and enter MJOBSDEAL1
Purchased tickets also provide entry to the LIVE gigs in the evening for CanadianBlast and the MusicConnex Showcase (this is on a first come first served basis.)
Fore more info and updates on Music Connex, check out MusicConnex Twitter and MusicConnex Facebook.
by Lee Jarvis.
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2010 has been another fantastic year for British musicians. With such a wealth of talent cropping up, we thought we’d pay tribute to some of our favourite songs of recent times in a Music Jobs Team playlist via Spotify.
Click the image below or check out http://open.spotify.com/user/leejarvis/playlist/1HxyEvzmRLI4bWhWGiavCU
Tracklist:
We Have Band – You Came Out
Friendly Fires – Photobooth
Jamie T – Stick n Stones
Crystal Fighters – I Love London
Mark Ronson – God Put A Smile On Your Face
La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream remix)
Lily Allen – Smile
VV Brown – Game Over
Duffy – Stepping Stone
Frankmusik – 3 Little Words
Little Boots – Meddle
Dan Black – U + Me =
Pixie Lott – Mama Do
Mika – Grace Kelly
Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone
Scouting For Girls – This Aint A Love Song
Adele – Chasing Pavements
Florence and the Machine – Dog Days are Over
As a special addition, we have also included two tracks from two of our own Music Jobs Team! Anna, vocal starlet of My Tiger My Timing, and our resident electronic producer Lee Jarvis both have a number of songs on Spotify. We chose…
My Tiger My Timing – I Am The Sound
Lee Jarvis – All I Need
Enjoy!
The Music Jobs Team.
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Lost My Dog ‘Connect’ is an opportunity for budding DJs, producers and anybody with an interest in the dance music industry to meet and learn from some the UK finest underground House artists, alongside LMD label bosses and record shop staff.
Lost My Dog has teamed up with legendary record store Swag Records, based in Croydon, London, who have been long-time supporters of the label and who introduced artists such as Nathan Coles, Harold Heath and Nick Dare to LMD.
On the afternoon of Saturday 7th November you can hear sets from Rhythm Plate, Giom, Pete Dafeet, Nick Dare and Terry Francis as well as get their advice on music software, hardware, production tips, DJing and learn how they got their first break.
Also in attendance will be Lost My Dog label bosses Najan Ward and Ian Straker who will be giving advice on how to approach labels, things to consider if you are interested in starting your own label and all aspects of the dance music industry. And of course the hugely experienced Swag Records team will be on hand to talk to and serve up the latest hot 12”s. If you’re looking to work in the dance music industry this is a rare and free event that should definitely not be missed.
Date: Saturday 7th November 2009, 12:00 – 18:00
Location: Swag Records, 42 Station Road, West Croydon, London, CR0 2RB
DJs / Producers:
Rhythm Plate / YSE (Lost My Dog, Winding Road)
Pete Dafeet (Lost My Dog)
Giom (Lost My Dog, Aroma, Blackcherry)
Nick Dare (Lost My Dog, Reform Recordings)
Terry Francis (Fabric, Wiggle)
LMD Label Bosses:
Ian Straker
Najan Ward
Pete Dafeet
plus
Liz, Paul and the Swag Records team.
I hope some of our UK Music Jobs members can check it out!
Lee Jarvis.
(Image via Lost My Dog Records)
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We offer many ways to showcase and interact here at UK Music Jobs, and I thought I’d cover a little about sharing your music around the website, as well as featuring recent music added by some of our most active members.
As well as from appearing on your profile, recently added mp3s are also featured on our front page and all the key UK Music Jobs site pages – if you contribute regularly you are more likely to attract attention and earn new fans.
The members I have featured below are all fine examples of the value of keeping your profile up to date – adding mp3s, photos, videos, press cuttings and more will make your profile easy to search and attractive to other users and employers to read. Regularly adding info and media means that I am more likely to find you in our network – next time it could be your music shared here and across the UK Music Jobs online profiles!
UK Music Jobs member: Anna Burton
Recommended Listening: And Dance (Indie)
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UK Music Jobs member: Rebecca Hayes
Recommended Listening: From my chillout album Xemplify (Chill Out)
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UK Music Jobs member: Simon James
Recommended Listening: Wait For The Summer (Rock/Pop)
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UK Music Jobs member: Mike Hawkins
Recommended Listening: Guitar+BV’s: Tell The Blues I’ve Gone – The Flip Flays (Pop)
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UK Music Jobs member: Christopher Ransome
Recommended Listening: Stay – New track with Fear No Fish…. (Rock)
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UK Music Jobs member: Sulene Fleming
Recommended Listening: Stand Up (Dance)
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UK Music Jobs member: Jason Carter
Recommended Listening: One (Flamenco)
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UK Music Jobs member: Sandra Dangelo
Recommended Listening: Sandra Dangelo songwriting singing (Electronica)
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If you would like to be featured in future UK Music Jobs blog posts, then update your profile regularly and leave a message on my profile wall (another feature that you should use for networking – look out for a future blog post!)
Lee Jarvis.
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All week we had been nervously watching the weather reports hopin’ & a prayin’ that the sun would come out to play for Lovebox last Saturday. Thankfully it did but then so did the rain just as Florence & The Machine took to the stage. It didn’t dampen spirits though with the enthusiastic crowd lapping up the variety of acts performing throughout the day.
We arrived at Victoria Park around 1.30pm just as 12 year old Chipmunk (ok ok so he”s apparently 19 but he looks 12 to us) was finishing his set. To be fair he was giving it his all despite playing to a crowd of about 10 people. It looked very much like the main acts would be the only ones capable of dragging people away from the Relentless dance area and fairground rides.
To be honest from our perspective it was very nice to be able to sit down and relax with a few beers around the main stage area without being trampled by a sea of crazy festival goers. This definitely seemed to be the vibe with Lovebox – relaxed, fun and not too crowded early on which was great when all you wanted to do is chill out with your pals.
Up next on the main stage was VV Brown. We love VV here at UK Music Jobs and think she deserves more credit and respect than she gets. She’s been pummeling the festival circuit, including a stunning Glastonbury show, giving well received performances but the big problem is that while people know who she is, they don’t know her songs. VV is evidence that without Radio 1 airplay mass audiences just aren’t going to connect with you at this level. Despite that she’s a great performer and threw herself into the set with Crying Blood (both original and excellent reggae version), L.O.V.E & current single Shark In The Water going down fantastically well with the audience.
Mr Hudson was up next and was OK if slightly underwhelming for me. I’ve heard lots about the man and while I think he has a excellent voice and bucket loads of charisma (plus his band are tight) the songs are just a bit bland and unexciting. He did work it though and had the crowd going so its proof enough that his kind of mainstream, uber slick pop has mass appeal.
The retro tinged sound of Rumble Strips seemed to be a perfect choice for a late afternoon main stage appearance. The crowed had consumed enough beer in the limited sunshine to lap up the shimmery, summery guitar sounds of this interesting indie/pop band. I do wish the lead singer would look as if he actually wanted to be there though. Always helps.
So then came a 22 year old singer/songwriter and former performing arts teacher to inject the first bit of blinding star quality of the day. Florence & The Machine had drawn the biggest crowd with anticipation mounting for her to deliver a set to match all the hype. She did and then some. Running out on stage looking stunning and clutching a glass of white wine she jumped straight into a performance rich with drama, emotion, laughs, excitement and bloody brilliant tunes! Cosmic Love is my favourite track of the entire album and I could quite happily listen to her sing it live everyday. The emotion and throat tightening pathos she conveys is immense for one so young. She finished off with her rousing cover of ‘You’ve Got The Love’ which had every hand in the air and so many smiles and wafts of good vibes that I sense it won’t be long before she’s the headline act.
I always thought Duran Duran were an odd choice for a headline act so I made my way over to the Gaymer’s Stage to catch Friendly Fires. I’m not going to say much because if you were there then you already know just how brilliant their set was. Quite simply the best live band I’ve seen in the last five years. Their songs are immense, gorgeous nuggets of electro/indie/pop deliciousness. Go and see them live whenever and wherever you can. They’ll make you happy. I promise.
So that was our Saturday at Lovebox. For a mere £46 this has to be the best, friendliest, most organised music related day out of the year. We recommend you get yourselves along next year.
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1) Update your Music Jobs profile! I can’t stress this enough. I see lots of profiles for people who sign up, no picture, no CV, and then sit back and wait. The industry doesn’t work like that, you have to show what you can do. That includes on your profile page; scores of companies view hundreds of pages every month (stats) – make yours one of them
2) Become ACTIVE in the social communities. They really are shaping the future on so many levels, from the way people share feedback on internet radio to Obama’s US election campaign. If you are potentially going to become one of my employees, I want to know that you are serious about the industry. One way I can see this is if you comment on the big music news; it shows that you are on the ball and that you are able to form an opinion. This is a whole new dimension to networking in person, and that has always been a key to the industry. Now, I’d honestly say that BOTH are of equal importance.
3) Start a blog. A blog should be seen as an extension of your resume. It can offer proof of your knowledge and insight, as well as a way to exercise your brain and keep you on top of your game, even if you only get 10 hits a day. This article should fully convince you, and also offers start-up tips, in the form of due diligence (not as scary as it sounds), finding your true voice and beginning in ‘stealth’ mode.
4) Keep your CV up to date. There are endless websites offering helpful tips, including how to make your CV a good, readable length, a smart and original layout and even helping to explain recent layoffs and career changes. Suck at spelling and grammar? Get a friend to check it over with you.
5) Internships. Yeah, I know, working for free sucks, and maybe it shouldn’t be allowed. But to be brutally honest, supply exceeds demand in the music industry, like many of the arts. Internships should not be seen as a step down, as they can open up so many new avenues and a whole new career opportunity. Even if they don’t lead directly to a new position, your CV will look so much stronger if you have got off your butt and worked one day a week at a radio station for a few months, then you spent 6 weeks helping out at a magazine. If you’ve not had anything music related since your education (or at all), you should really think again about internships.
6) Create your own work. There has never been a better time to go Indie, and you can apply that way of thinking to any aspect of the industry. Start that record label you and your buddies have always talked about. Invest in some equipment so you can hire yourself out as a Mobile DJ. Even write your own e-book. You will be surprised where it may take you, onto remix work for other labels? A regular gig at a guy’s bar (who’s brother’s wedding you performed at)? A publishing deal or magazine column? It may take a while, but you stand a far better chance if you are out there hustling away doing your own thing. Again, it’s proof that you are dedicated.
7) Go to events. Prepared. I’ll be honest (again!), this is something that I’m slacking at. I know it is important to get out there and meet new faces, check out new technologies, swap details and then follow up, but I have been a bit rubbish over the last couple of years. Being prepared simply means spending a reasonable amount of time and money on some good business cards/ CDs/ DVDs/ Press kits. I know it will greatly improve my media and marketing base if I get out to parties, conferences and exhibitions, and that is what I’m going to start doing. Join me.
So, there you have it. Of course I’m not saying this is definitive, and results may fluctuate with the weather, but I promise that these are fundamentals on your path to success.
Lee Jarvis.
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I’ve covered a bit recently on AC/DC dropping iTunes because of Apple’s requirement to sell album tracks individually and the band’s belief that this is wrong. Well, assuming that you aren’t a rock supergroup that can strike up a great physical distribution deal, iTunes could be on your list of download sites, and using it to sell your records, possibly through a digital distributor, could be a great way to boost your digital sales. A site that has sold over 5 billion songs cannot be ignored.
For a start, no-one makes as much noise in the technology scene as Apple. Their keynotes and conferences attract huge interest and will be live-blogged a hundred times over. Even when they announce some relatively small changes to the iPods and iTunes, people are engrossed. A large number of people WORSHIP iTunes, and the brand is recognisable to millions of computer users worldwide. Additional plus sides of this instant recognition, are ease of use and trust. Unless you make it as easy as possible for people to download your music within seconds, their attention wavers, it’s the way of the Digi-world. An online store that I’ve not heard of, where I have to set up a new account, find a confirmation email and add payment details is going to be a drag to some people, whilst asking me to purchase a track from Bob-a-Job’s download store makes me think twice about my credit details being safe. It may not be the right way to think, but we are talking about the masses here.
Marketing your sounds alongside similar sounds will help to increase sales from browsing music buyers. For instance, if you make smooth, soulful grooves, then a page on your website listing your favourite artists such as D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Maxwell and Raphael Saadiq will help fans of those stumble across your sounds. Applying this theory to iTunes, the new Genius Sidebar will list you alongside similar artists. If you are considered by to be of the same ilk when users submit their library and playlist information, then it will suggest your music to fans of these artists. It (mostly) works too. This can be a great promotion tool, and potentially reaches a huge number of fans of your style.
Where AC/DC differed, is that they have a hardcore fan base that they’ve established over 30 years of world tours. They are ‘old-school’ in that sense, so an old school physical deal and mass advertising worked for them. Most artists will not be able to follow the AC/DC route, and it would not be in your wisest interests to. To re-emphasise the point of my last post, the important thing is to be aware of these strategies and why they work. The iTunes path may or may not be the best one for your style / core group of fans / marketing abilities, again, I’m just throwing it out there for you to chew over. Selling your own CDs is another route that i will cover very soon. Being aware that all different ideas could succeed, means that you will recognise a good opportunity when you work your way into it.
Lee Jarvis
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