Gig tickets competition for metal lovers.

As we first reported back in September 2011, Last.fm have been hosting gigs around London, with the great concept of having their listeners curate the talent for upcoming bookings. On other words, the most listened to artists make a shortlist for performing live in front of the fans who help them rise through the streaming ranks. And we have two pairs of VIP tickets to giveaway to the May edition. (more…)

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UK Music Jobs member Dexter Strangeways is looking to achieve a big orchestral sound.
Keys player needed with facility to split keyboard using sounds like e.g. strings, piano. Also, some Jazz style ability may be quite handy.

We’re quite a new band, intending to go places.
Some influences; Phil Spector, Scott Walker/Walker Brothers, Dean Martin/the crooners, Portishead,

https://uk.music-jobs.com/directory/dexter-strangeways-1219157

https://uk.music-jobs.com/current/keyboard-player-wanted-to-achieve-epic-60s-sound-job-25025199

Please get in touch, tell us about yourself and your gear

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As a member of this growing community I felt the need to share an experience that changed the way I use Music Jobs and find work in the music industry. I moved to London just over a year ago and took my Masters in Music at Goldsmiths University.

As music producer and a professional guitarist I started using Music Jobs to look for jobs in this field. While there are interesting offers posted by companies everyday, it seems the perfect opportunities are sparse and for every application there are dozens of applicants and competition is fierce. There are so many talented people registered on the site and hoping to get discovered and hired. It could quickly get overwhelming and frustrating, and many users complain about how hard it is to get a real job by using this site. Then I found the real golden button. It’s that simple ‘friend request’ button.

Once I stopped thinking that everyone is just in competition with each other and started using this feature, I started to make some real connections and find real work. Music Jobs lists literally thousands of music professionals from all aspects of the music business and finding the ones you’re after is dead simple. I started looking for singer/songwriters, instrumentalists and record labels around London using the “Find People” tab, and sent friend requests to people that seemed interesting. What I found was that people are eager to connect and to exchange ideas and help each other out. I am now producing a singer/songwriter from Cypress, working on a soul album with a saxophone player and have an arsenal of connections to some great musicians, all listed on the site and eager to collaborate and get things done.

I recommend a change of mind set to all of you registered users of this site. Stop waiting to be discovered and start making your career happen for you. Whilst Music Jobs is not Facebook or Twitter, nor does it claim to be, you could still connect to anyone who is listed here and search for the most relevant people to you and in the area where you live. Once you do that I’m confident that you will find some real value in the site and the membership fee (which a lot of people complain about) would seem insignificant.

Just to make things clear, I was not commissioned to write this by Music Jobs, I am a musician developing my career just like you guys and I think I found one way of breaking the ice so I just thought it would be good to share.

by Yuval Gerstein

About the author: Yuval Gerstein (www.yuvalgerstein.com) is a music producer, working at musicland studios in East London. He is part of the international hip-hop funk group Coolooloosh and teaches Jazz guitar, music theory and music production with audio software. http://my.music-jobs.com/YuvalGerstein

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Sunday July 10th, Vibe Bar on Brick Lane plays host to the first ever Sweet Beans Music Festival. A total of 24 bands will be performing across two stages from acoustic bands playing outside in the sun to more lively antics upstairs. Bands start at 12pm and play through to 11.30pm. Advance tickets are only £15, £12.50 with an NUS card and are available through the link above. 

UK MUSIC JOBS MEMBERS DISCOUNT: Registered UK Music Jobs members are entitled to buy a £12.50 student ticket online. In order to be granted access you will need to present either a print out of your profile page (for non-students) or NUS card. 

‘Sweet Beans Festival is run (rather aptly!) by Sweet Beans, whose musical ethics ensure bands are complimented onstage from headliner down, crafting downright fantastic evenings featuring artists from the likes of Holy Roar and Big Scary Monsters. Pick up a ticket and get yourself along to a whole day of musical majesty!’ – Middleboop Mag

‘A grand day out’ - Sweeping The Nation Blog

‘SUNDAY 10th JULY is the Sweet Beans all-dayer at the Vibe Bar with some very excellent bands‘ – Music Bug Blog

News Article ‘Sweet Beans Festival’ by Subba Cultcha:

http://www.subba-cultcha.com/news/article.php?contentID=25068 

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/114626

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The People’s Music Awards, now in it’s 3rd successful year, is cementing it’s reputation as the leading competition for new and unsigned music.  This year’s awards, in association with Bing, are officially supported by AIM (Association of Independent Musicians), MPG (Music Producers Guild), Unsigned Guide, Secret Garden Party and our good selves.

Hosted by Eddy Temple-Morris (XFM) the ceremony, held in London on June 18th 2011, will see 16 finalists perform live, and the winners presented with their awards in front of the music industry, the press and The People.

Finalists will also receive greater exposure, with the awards being simultaneously broadcast live on U-stream, along with a 1 hour special to shown on SBTV, Euro Channel and Bonsai TV, the following week.  1 lucky winner will also get the chance to play a headline support slot at this year’s hugely anticipated Secret Garden Party Festival.

Founder of the awards and all round lovely chap Dylan Satow had this to say:

“Its great to keep building on the success of the last 2 years and to have the support of so many amazing organisations and people, who believe in helping new and unsigned bands achieve their goals. The quality of acts this year is once again of top calibre and with the launch of the new website, mobile and social network applications we plan to reach an even larger demographic across the next 12 months, really putting the power back into the hands of the people to choose the real music stars of tomorrow.

The website is currently undergoing a complete revamp and will be re-launching this June, with tons of new features for unsigned artists and new-music lovers, so watch this space!”

Tickets for this year’s awards ceremony are now on sale to the public. To find out more, purchase tickets and see highlights from last year’s ceremony visit: http://www.thepeoplesmusicawards.com/events

Event info:  The 2011 People’s Music Awards Ceremony

Date:    18/06/11

Time:   16:00 – 01:00 (including after party)

Venue: The Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, N1 9NL, London.

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UK Music Jobs are happy to announce that we have teamed up with one of London’s top PR companies to host a live night of the most exciting emerging music acts in the UK & US.

Monday 28th February 2011
@ The Water Rats
328 Grays Inn Rd, Kings Cross, London WC1X 8BZ
iVienna
Kelli Leigh
Luke Rathborne
Doors: 7.00pm – 10.30pm
Tickets: £4.00 if you click here and buy online. More on the door.
Facebook Event page

The ridiculously prolific Luke Rathborne has only existed on this earth for a mere 22 years, and has already found himself with a body load of work. His heavenly but haunting melodies and tales will leave you reawakened to a sound and intimacy that surpasses artists twice his age. The US singer/songwriter’s self-titled debut EP is out on March 7th. It features members of Anthony And The Johnsons as his backing band & prompted Lauren Laverne to describe the 22-year old as ”your new favourite hipster”.

Former Brit School student, singer/songwriter Kelli-Leigh is a fusion of rock, pop, soul & funk. She’s performed all over the world & more recently with Adele in both the UK & Europe including a stunning performance on Radio 1′s Live Lounge. Kelli’s incredible voice and star quality has resulted in critically acclaimed shows at Indigo 02 , Embassy and The Station Sessions.
BREAKING NEWS – It has just been announced that Kelli Leigh will be joining Adele on her UK, European and North American tour as her backing vocalist. Monday 28th February will be Kelli’s last live UK date with her band (including one of the UK’s most sensational female drummers) before she heads off on tour.

iVienna are four young lads whose epic soar-away choruses and anthemic tunes have already seen them escape their Bournemouth roots and start to create a real buzz within the music industry. With comparisons to Arcade Fire and Editors and a new single (recorded at Abbey Road Studios) on the way in March, it’s clear 2011 is going to be the year IVienna leave their mark on the UK music scene. As a treat to their fans, new and old, you can head over to their Soundcloud page and download the brilliant single ‘Exertion’ for free.

IVienna – Exertion by IVienna

Make sure you don’t miss out on what promises to be a spectacular show on Monday February 28th 2011 at Monto Water Rats in Kings Cross. We are limited for space so to avoid disappointment please ensure you book in advance.

Advance tickets are a recession busting £4 per person & you can purchase them by clicking here

MUSIC JOBS GIVEAWAY!
You can also be in with a chance of winning 5 pairs of tickets, if you simply email uk-info@music-jobs.com by 5:30pm on Thursday (24th Feb).

We look forward to seeing you on Monday 28th February.

UK Music Jobs & The Cult PR Teams

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We have added some fantastic new features to help you get the most out of Music Jobs

Progress Bar

Check out the progress bar within your profile. This tool shows how complete your profile CV is. To find ways to enhance your profile CV, simply click on the link below the progress bar: “How do I improve my CV?”

Social Networking

Network with other music industry professionals – connect, message, and write on their personal wall. To get started, search for a friend under the “Find Friends” tab in the right hand column of your profile. This will allow you to build a network of contacts from within your profile. Remember: the music industry is about who you know. You can connect with over 90,000 fellow industry professionals from all across the UK on Music Jobs.

All of the professional networking tools are only visible between individual members and not to prospective employers. Think of it as your own personal online diary service.

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Get Signed LIVE! is an event based at The Old Truman Brewery on London’s famous Brick Lane, 22nd-23rd May 2010. The event has been created to help musicians navigate their way through the music industry, notorious for its locked doors and dead ends.

The format of the event is simple: Expo, Workshops and a Live Stage.

The Expo features service providers from all areas of the industry including Recording, Mastering, Pressing, Promo Videos, Promotional Merchandise and Digital Distribution, to name a few. It gives the music makers a chance to meet and work with some of the best companies around whilst always making sure they get great value for money. You can work with Metropolis Studios, Arising Artist, Heart of Gold Studios, Digital Disc Duplication and many more.

The Workshops are hosted by industry professionals and are run throughout both days. Speakers offer advice on areas such as Legal, Management, Touring, Image and Distribution; all speakers are professionals of their sector. Speakers include: Adam Sieff (Global Head of A&R, SellaBand and Industry guru), Ian Clifford (Illicit Entertainment / Make it in Music), Leonard Lowy (Leonard Lowy Solicitors and Founder of the Musicians Clinic).

The Live Stage is a chance to catch some of the latest bands about to break the scene. For bands interested in playing need to submit their demo to the Demo Mission Derby on the official GSL! Blog

Five lucky buyers of tickets via UK Music Jobs will be given the chance to receive a 1-on-1 30min session with either an A&R representative, Plugger, Manager or Promoter.

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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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Hey everyone,

We at UK Music Jobs are excited to start up a new promotion. If you are an unpaid registered member of Music Jobs and own a blog or website, you can get one month of paid membership for FREE. Don’t have an account yet? Sign up, and get your profile running for free, here!

How does it work?

If you are a registered UK Music Jobs member and you have a personal blog, this will be quite easy for you. Simply write in your blog about UK Music Jobs and include a link to our site. A couple of possible blog post ideas include a short or detailed description of the site, how Music Jobs has helped you in your job hunt, an informative wiki-like profile of our site, or you can write a review about UK Music Jobs.

If you don’t have a blog yet, there are plenty of free blog providers that you can join, including Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, LiveJournal, and many more.

Have a website, but no blog? No problem! Just write about us on one of your pages, refer people back to us, and link back to our site.

You can link to the UK Music Jobs Homepage (uk.music-jobs.com) , but it may be more useful for your readers if you linked to the jobs board page at http://uk.music-jobs.com/jobsboard.php. But, if you feel we have a page on our site more relevant to your readers, feel free to link back to that page instead (ie, the “About Us page“). (Remember, the link has to be clickable. To do this on most blogging platforms, highlight the text you want to make a link, click the icon that looks like a globe with a chain link in front of it, then press OK or DONE).

Once you have your blog post up, send us the following to ukmj_promo@music-jobs.com:

1. Your Name and UK Music Jobs username (click here to sign up for free)
2. Your website or blog’s URL with the posting about UK Music Jobs

Also, if you know any artists or anyone in the music industry that is not with Music Jobs currently, why not tell them about this promotion? It’s a great opportunity for non members to try out our service at no cost. Just have them sign up for a free account at the freelancer registration page to get started!

This promotion will last from today, August 6, 2009 until , September 6, 2009. Members who qualify for the free one month’s subscription will be contacted by email.

Thanks, everyone!
UK Music Jobs

Conditions and terms: URLs and links to UK Music Jobs must be clickable. Links with the “no-follow” tag in the HTML are not considered eligible for the promotion. Please allow up to three business days for approval. Link and info must be posted outside of UK Music Jobs. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other sites that use “no-folow” and framed browsing do not qualify. Only one free month subscription per member. Free month contingent on Music Jobs’s link presence for a minimum of 1 month on members’ blog/website.

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