Live Connection - NEWS for unsigned artists

Live Nation Entertainment (UK) to launch

‘Live Connection’

A unique platform for unsigned UK talent

Thursday 6th October 2011; Live Nation Entertainment (LNE) today announced plans to launch Live Connection, a brand new initiative to support new and unsigned artists in the UK.

Live Connection will hand-pick unsigned artists to record audio and video in a professional environment at monthly live sessions and supply each act with three live and recorded tracks to use for personal promotional use, but most importantly, actively promote to the UK music industry and a network of millions of live music fans.

Live Connection has partnered with the streaming service We7 (3 million users per month), Live Nation UK, Ticketmaster UK and Academy Music Group (AMG) content channels and social media platforms, as well as taking the project into the student market with packaged programmes airing through Sub.TV; accessing some 1.76 million students across Students’ Union venues nationwide.

Live Nation Entertainment is engaging with a steering committee of UK industry-only experts and key decision makers who will receive regular news and updates from Live Connection of new and emerging acts, recorded and edited by Pete Webber of Live Connection, via a new online portal and email subscription service at live-connection.co.uk.

Here, experts can exclusively watch professional videos and listen to high -quality, digitally-mastered audio content prior to Live Connection’s extended distribution through its consumer channels.

“As a sound engineer, I know how hard it can be for new artists to get in-front of the right people, so I approached Paul Latham, Chief Operating Officer at Live Nation Entertainment, to support emerging acts by recording, mixing and mastering their songs as well as filming their performance in a concert venue” says Pete Webber, Live Connection. “With his support and industry presence, we have created Live Connection, a cost-effective model that puts the complete package together for new artists. In addition to reaching out to the UK music industry, we are extending our promotion of these acts to millions of music fans, through Live Nation’s associated networks and media platforms.”

“The exposure Live Connection can give to new artists is outstanding” says Paul Latham, COO of Live Nation Entertainment. “With access to millions of music fans, Live Connection is the perfect exposure model for new and emerging acts. We’re not only showcasing their talent to the right industry contacts, we’re building communities, sharing their recorded music and video through Live Nation’s mailing lists, websites and social networks. We’ll also be pushing these artists towards publishing and distribution deals as well as looking to add live exposure and experience through our venue estate and festival output.”

Live Connection launches on Tuesday 11th October 2011.

Please visit:

live-connection.co.uk

facebook.com/liveconnection

twitter.com/live_connection

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Review - Day one of Soundcity 2011

On the first day Liverpool created Soundcity and they created over 300 bands at various venues around the great city and they saw that it was good. I started my 3 day pilgrimage at the bombed out church to see Ragz only to find out the she was no longer playing.

So it was with heavy heart, that I decided to head across to the Masque theatre to see the Wicked Whispers only to find an empty theatre and the band still setting up long into when they should have been playing. I was beginning to think someone had played a grand practical joke and no bands were actually playing the festival. Luckily in the Ink room I finally found a band that were on stage playing and this happened to be a London band called Jimmy's Parade, who turned out to be a little gem. For a young band they had a lot of confidence and the tunes were upbeat and infectious.

My spirits rose. So I headed over to Mojo to catch The Liberty Vessels, the Liverpool band making quite a stir on the scene and I can see why. There guys are about 17 or 18 but they sound and play like people twice their age. Lead singer's voice sounds like it should be emanating from a 30 year old man. The energy pouring out of him as he leaps and bounds around the tiny Mojo stage, kicking glasses across the stage and reaching out to the audience pleading for them to join him in his angst and them mesmerised at what they were witnessing. For me though.it was time for a quick dash over to the o2 to see another band getting rave reviews,The Rialto Burns. A great band that I've been meaning to catch for some time now.They played a storming set though far too short in my opinion.

Then it was time to hot-foot it to the Bombed out church to see The Kooks. I was greeted with the site of a queue going half way round the church Once inside the place was only half full. Not sure what the deal was there but I put it down to that old faithful, health and safety.
The Kooks though didn't fail to please. In the glorious surroundings of the bombed out church,Soundcity surely have a gem in a location here.The Kooks played a lot of their new album which they informed the the ravenous crowd was the first time they had played it live. Their were a few epic songs from the new stuff but overall a more sombre collection of songs. The old faithfuls were pulled out though in the form of Naive and Ooh-la-la much to the screeching pleasure of the crowd.

Last, but not least, it was over once again to The Masque Theatre for Steve Mason. The last time we saw him he played a storming set at the Kazimier and this time round only the decor had changed. Steve emerged in a heavily padded jacket to start off with a solo acoustic track and once completed the other members of the band joined him to kick into "am I just a man" and "Lost and Found" but not before urging the crowd to move forward towards him "come to water,come to water" he chanted. The crowd warmed up,Steve warmed up and I relaxed, knowing that day one had been completed and from a jittery start had been a great first day at Soundcity

To be continued......

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Calling all Unsigned Bands - Bandit A&R Newsletter

Calling all bands looking for representation. If you are looking for investment in your music you should definitely join Bandit A&R Newsletter’s exclusive community of people, that receives it's newly researched, inside information every month on which A&R people are in the market for new acts or songs.

Bandit covers all commercial genres, and gives opportunities in the UK, USA and Europe. It's your key to finding a publishing, record, or management deal.

BANDIT A&R NEWSLETTER is your simplest and most reliable way to get your music DIRECT to the right people in the music business, at the right time!

Open a sample copy of Bandit A&R Newsletter, right now! - click
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November Listings for The Masque Liverpool

The Listings for gigs/acts in November 2010. To book tickets for any of the gigs then please go to the following websites

http://www.seetickets.com/
http://www.ticketline.co.uk/
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/
http://www.skiddle.com/

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DADDYSMILK - LIVE AT SATANS HOLLOW - 24TH JULY 2010

VENUE: Satans Hollow, Princess Street, Manchester
DATE: Sat 24th July
DOORS: 6pm
PRICE: £5 adv tickets / £6 on the door

DADDYSMILK
When you think of Daddysmilk, consider them as equals to MCR and PATD. Hailing from Manchester, UK by way of Norway, the band churns out fantastically cheeky rock with a theatrical sweep. There’s plenty of dissonance and distortion – guitars careen herky jerky to the raucous stomp of drums. Singer Kris Zeigler teases, mocks and croons like a rakish pied piper, beckoning listeners to follow him through his tales and character sketches. Surrender now, and you’ll find yourself doing anything for Daddysmilk’s deliciously melodic rock drama. (But you won’t do that.)"

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/daddysmilk

THE MADDING CROWD

The Madding Crowd are the germination of an idea that was had around March 2009, but haven't really come into fruition until very recently. We are from the Manchester/Oldham area and we strive to make music that stands out from the crowd by being articulate, thought-provoking and aurally different from the current flock. It is our opinion that the world of music has become a stale and sad place, governed by money and careerism (as most things are nowadays), a place in which no one is any longer willing to take risks and make people think about life and it's comings and goings, for fear of seeming unappealing to a record buying public who are largely indifferent to music, and see it as a resource akin in it's limitless capacity to tap water. Of course it is not, and that is why people need to be alerted to music again by a band who dare to be different.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/bencorrymusic

APOLLO'S HEIR
http://www.myspace.com/apollosheir

ILLUSION
Illusion are a Manchester based rock band, we are all teenagers who attend a local high school. We formed in 2009 for a school competition and, after realising how well we worked together, decided to continue playing together. Our music is heavily influenced by the wide range of genres we all enjoy; between us we listen to everything from jazz to rock and classical to folk. Despite our young age, the music we make is very polished and we all have lots of musical experience playing a variety of different instruments

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/weareillusionuk

z SILENT Z
http://www.myspace.com/zsilentz

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SLIDE FESTIVAL 2010 @ Barfly Liverpool

Slide Festival is a brand new indoor festival that was launched by Kong Live Events in 2010! The event promotes fresh new talent and there was an abundance of that at this event.

Hosted in the Barfly/Masque venue the event saw 3 stages and over 45 bands which totalled 11 hours of music so plenty to see and hear and the range of genres was immense. From ska/punk through to indie/rock the Slide Festival has enough to cater for every taste. Also the range of Age’s at the event was something we had not experienced in a while and was good to see people from 14 to 60 enjoying the day and a great atmosphere throughout.

Obviously the level of experience within the line up of bands varied and you could divide the groups easily but this was not to say that every band didn’t bring a level of professionalism and enthusiasm to the day because they did.. and then some.

It’s good to see something like this back in Liverpool. Something that can showcase the talent that thrives in the city and too often than not is stifled or held back artistically either through the musicians not being able to show off their skills or no venue willing to take the chance on unknown and young bands, so we hope that Slide continues to prosper and we at MusicMafiaUK will continue to promote it

Photo Galleries can be seen here
http://musicmafiauk.blogspot.com/p/photo-galleries-2010.html

KongLive Events
http://www.kongliveevents.co.uk/

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Liverpool Slide Festival @ The Masque

MusicMafiaUK are delighted to announce and promote this year's slide festival

Slide Festival – The Masque, Liverpool – 18th July 2010

3 stages – 11 hours – 45 bands!

£6 advance / doors 12:00pm / all ages / curfew 11:00pm

Slide Festival is a brand new indoor festival to the UK launching in 2010!

We organise events in various citys around the UK and are always looking for fresh new talent to play on one of our festivals! So if you are in a band and we have a date booked near you, why not get in touch?

Tickets available directly from any band playing or Ticketweb:

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_northwest&query=detail&event=380629

We’ll also be putting some onsale in Grin @ Gran Central, date TBA.

LINE UP:

THE THEATRE

Shadow Driven 12.30 – 13.00
Bright Lights 13.10 – 13.40
Amppt 13.50 – 14.20
No More Heroes (formerly Axis) 14.30 – 15.00
Dryclean Only 15.10 – 15.40
Horizon View 15.50 – 16.20
The Skeleton Keys 16.30 – 17.00
The Formation 17.10 – 17.40
The Afrodizzyax 17.50 – 18.20
The Artillery 18.30 – 19.00
Bulletproof 19.10 – 19.40
Flying With Style 19.50 – 20.20
Mortiboyz 20.30 – 21.00
The Control 21.10 – 21.40
Copyright 22.00 – 22.40

THE LOFT

The Con 12.30 – 13.00
Shotgun Romance 13.10 – 13.40
Sour Mash 13.50 – 14.20
The Endings 14.30 – 15.00
L3Feedback 15.10 – 15.40
Human Shark Love Child 15.50 – 16.20
The Dirty Deliquents 16.30 – 17.00
Go Fiacso 17.10 – 17.40
The Fronteers 17.50 – 18.20
Midnight Playground 18.30 – 19.00
Second Chance 19.10 – 19.40
Slide 19.50 – 20.20
Hostile Radio 20.30 – 21.00
The Escaldas 21.10 – 21.40
Matchstickmen 22.00 – 22.40

INK

Idiovegas 12.30 – 13.00
Definitely Monday 13.10 – 13.40
Fury In The Fire 13.50 – 14.20
From The Eclipse 14.30 – 15.00
Melodic Alexia 15.10 – 15.40
Missing Fourth 15.50 – 16.20
30 Died 16.30 – 17.00
Sick Circus 17.10 – 17.40
MrJ 17.50 – 18.20
The Maniquins 18.30 – 19.00
The Wasters 19.10 – 19.40
One Track Minds 19.50 – 20.20
Mercury Midnight 20.30 – 21.00
Taken By Storm 21.10 – 21.40
Anodes 22.00 – 22.40

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