Scarlet Fever Presents…An Evening of Music and Burlesque, Moseley Festival Sunday 5th July
June 30, 2009
Moseley Festival grande finale on Sunday 5th July
Patrick Kavanagh, Trafalgar Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8BX
A fabulous evening of music and burlesque to mark the grande finale of the Moseley Festival. Be prepared to discover the art of tease from Scarlet Fever (star of Channel 4’s Faking It) and her burlesque babes including Candee Handful and Cherry Fox.
The evening will begin and conclude with live music from very special guests Lil Ms Vix Buzzfox and Her Private Gents. ViX, the former Fuzzbox fox takes a little time out from her all grrrl band ViX n The Kix to indulge her darker musical desires with a deliciously edible selection of quirky covers and original songs…
The evening will be compered by the splendid Dr When Agamemnon.
Doors 7.00pm Show starts 7.30pm start. Limited seating.
Advance booking recommended.
Tickets £10 available from www.scarletfeverburlesque.co.uk
Go on, do yerself a favour… Get a ViX fix!
www.myspace.com/vixvixvix
www.myspace.com/buzzfox
June 2009 Music Network Meeting Minutes
June 30, 2009
June 2009
Music Network Meeting Minutes
Present : Andy Derrick (Sostenuto LLP), Mark Badger (Iron Man Records, The Music Network), Adrian Kimberlin (Exit Recording), David Powell, Jayla Nyota (Performance Poet) , Ashley (prole position, numb ratio) and a number of latecomers whose names i didn’t get.
Apologies: Anthony Hughes, Clare Edwards,
Jayla:
She is putting on a showcase for unsigned acts,
1st july 2009 7.20pm
£2.00 with flyer
lizzie dean(from boy george) basil gavidon(ex steel pulse), shakti, j-disco, chinky, jackpike, jayla
the acorn pub, high street, erdington, birmingham, www.myspace.com/totalydifferent
see flyer.
www.myspace.com/totalydifferent
also she is on student internet radio station called kick fm mostly rnb. jaylas show is called epic fusions www.myspace.com/epicfusions
www.kickfm.com
email: epicfusions at rocketmail.com
Andy Derrick:
Andy runs several businesses.
web music solutions offers fixed price web site deisgn and hosting
www.webmusicsolutions.co.uk
also Sostenuto:
project starts next month called routes to music.
aimed at people who are economically inactive.(ie people who are not working or not studying)
people between 18-65
series of workshops and network meetings
www.sostenuto.org
project will be free, the workshops will start in july. stourbridge west bromwich
There was a long discussion of brum music month both pros and cons. Shame no one involved showed up to talk about how it was going. Brum Music Month is an idea of well meaning people choosing a month to celebrate brum music.
Discussion of Birmingham Social Media Cafe - a regular free monthly meeting friday 26th june at the coffee lounge at the back entrance to newstreet station. 10am til 12pm. free wifi
Discussion of Black Country Social Media Cafe - regular monthly meeting
Ashley: asked question about cd manufacturing and audio mastering. suggestions made of musoplex.com, gavin monghan magic garden, cmat studios handsworth, simon hall conservatoire, and a number of other people and places.
top suggestions for venues in coventry: casbah, covscene.com(website for coventry) the phoenix, taylor johns, tin angel, the golden cross(now called the mint), dog and trumpet, the rising sun, the escape bar,
A number of ther points were raised but more detail will follow in blog posts to the www.birminghammusicnetwork.com website.
The next meeting will most likely be September as Creative Networks will be taking a break from meeting for the next few months. Details of next meeting will be posted to the site.
Andy Roberts - Birmingham Music and ongoing work to promote it
June 30, 2009
For a while now, Andy Roberts has been blogging about Birmingham Music here, take a look.
While you are at it, have a look at In The Belly - Birmingham Music Podcast up now for free
see also:
www.facebook.com/AndyRobertsBHAM
www.twitter.com/AndyRobertsBHAM
www.myspace.com/mediaassassinbrum
links for 2009-06-26
June 27, 2009
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born in Oakland, California. When he was four years old, his parents split up. His father played boogie-woogie piano and at five or six years old Wold tried to learn but could not. At age eight, he learned to play the guitar (he later found out that it was blues) from K. C. Douglas, who worked at his grandfather's garage. Douglas wrote the song "Mercury Blues" and used to play with Tommy Johnson,[citation needed]. Wold left home at 13 to avoid abuse at the hands of his stepfather, and lived rough and on the road in Tennessee, Mississippi and elsewhere, until 1973. He would travel long distances by hopping freight trains, looking for work as a farm labourer or in other seasonal jobs, often living as a hobo. At various times, Wold worked as a carnie, cowboy and a migrant worker.
Of his time he once said: Hobos are people who move around looking for work, tramps are people who move around but don't look for work, and bums are people who don't move and don't work. I've been all three. -
Seasick Steve on Jools Hollands 2007 new year show with his fantastic 3 string guitar
links for 2009-06-24
June 25, 2009
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The Music Network is open to all on Thursday 25th June 2009 4pm til 6pm at Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG.
Is it time to take creative industries seriously? 4pm-9pm Thursday 25th June 2009, Birmingham TIC, Millennium Point
June 24, 2009
Creative content producers need to take project management seriously, according to one industry expert. Steve Stopps, from Leamington Spa-based Blitz Games Studios, says that many creative companies need to reassess how they run their operations.
Steve, who is the keynote speaker at ‘Creative Networks’ event on Thursday 25 June, believes that project management is increasingly important, given the growth of the creative industries sector. The creative industries are expected to employ 1.3 million people by 2013 - more than the financial sector - and will contribute £85 billion to the UK, up from £57 billion in 2009.
A quarter of those employed in the UK games industry are located in the West Midlands. Steve said: “This is a multi-billion dollar industry, which strongly performs even during the recession.
“The current generation of the highest quality AAA games are similar to Hollywood blockbusters. If a company is going to risk huge amounts of money on a product it needs to gets its project management right. A huge amount of skills and disciplines contribute towards the end product and it’s important that these are properly managed.
“With the possibilities offered by digital technologies there is a real opportunity for the screen and sound based sector to capitalise on the growth in demand for its products, but it has to get serious about managing content production
The Music Network meets at 4pm Thursday 25th June 2009, Birmingham TIC, Millennium Point. Steve will be speaking afterwards at 6pm.
Creative Networks and The Music Network meeting are both part of a FREE event.
Creative Networks was established in 2004 as a regular monthly hub of networking and expertise for those working or hoping to work in the creative industries. For more information call 0121 331 5400 or visit www.creativenetworksonline.com
Visit The Music Network at http://birminghammusicnetwork.com
This months talk follows the visit earlier this month by Lord David Puttnam who addressed more than 200 guests at Birmingham Hippodrome as part of an event called Platform Alteration, hosted by Screen WM in association with 4iP and Creative Networks.
The Music Network - 4pm Thursday 25th June 2009, Birmingham TIC, Millennium Point. All Invited
June 24, 2009
The Music Network is open to all on Thursday 25th June 2009 4pm til 6pm at Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG.
If you have any involvement in music, come and talk about what you’re up to and meet some new people.
The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, for the benefit of music related businesses in the West Midlands region.
If you are a musician, work with musicians, represent musicians, have involvement with the music industry, or are looking to make new contacts the meeting will be useful.
If you have news to report, a presentation to give, an event to promote, any new points for discussion, a pitch to make, business cards or flyers to hand round, an appeal for help, advice or guidance or even if you just want the free tea and biscuits and some quality entertainment…you are all invited.
You can also post in by email any news or gig dates or press release information for inclusion on the website and for distribution through the mailing list and RSS feed. More details on the website.
There will be luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks too. Please pass this invite on to Musicians you know or anyone else who you think may benefit. Jokers and time wasters need not apply.
WARNING: THE MUSIC SCENE IS NOT THE MUSIC SCENE
If you want to join a real conversation and get ahead with your own music…..
…..You know what to do: http://birminghammusicnetwork.com
links for 2009-06-12
June 13, 2009
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From the guts of the soon to be, any minute now, world famous Blue Whale Studios comes the freshest show in all of show biz’s razzley dazzley history - In The Belly.
You young fun pots craving the latest lubed up lug hole stimulation need roam the cyber world no longer as you are to be seduced and satiated by two of radios dopest and dopiest sonic sex pests in the whole of internetsville.
Hash Murphy flicks the switches while Andy Roberts mumbles and mutters incoherently. It’s an un-missable, nonsensical monthly music missile that in no way whatsoever sounds like a couple of chancers fumbling about, spinning a few tunes and showing off behind a microphone.
In The Belly brings you live session performances and banal interviews of the tastiest new acts around - Speech Fewapy Radio has foolishly allowed this to happen – can you stomach it?
links for 2009-06-11
June 12, 2009
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Sostenuto LLP is a partnership of creative workers bringing their collective experience and expertise together under one organisation.
We offer: -
* Consultation
* Visual Branding
* Online Strategies
Areas of professional expertise: -
* Performing Arts.
* Video and Muliti-Media Production.
* Music Composition and Production.
* Business Training - ranging from SME/ Start up to public and private sector.
* Business Mentoring and Consultancy.
* Education and Network event Development, Planning and Delivery. -
Sostenuto LLP is a partnership of creative workers bringing their collective experience and expertise together under one organisation.
We offer: -
* Consultation
* Visual Branding
* Online Strategies
Areas of professional expertise: -
* Performing Arts.
* Video and Muliti-Media Production.
* Music Composition and Production.
* Business Training - ranging from SME/ Start up to public and private sector.
* Business Mentoring and Consultancy.
* Education and Network event Development, Planning and Delivery. -
here’s a link to a Dufus Video:
…..Dufus got into Vienna 2009 desperately. They broke their bass guitar the night before in Italy and had to find a guitar repairman on short notice. When singer and songwriter Seth Hebert-Faergolzia – apart from making music he designs clothes, writes novels and creates sculptures – and his three bandmates arrived at Fluc, everything was successfully fixed, set and ready for a long night full of experimental, freaky folk music. It’s the style that Dufus are refining for more than a decade now, releasing an impressing amount of great albums and temporarily involving songwriters such as Regina Spektor, Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis and Turner Cody. Just before their last song, Seth invited everyone around to join us for the nightly video shoot afterwards. – we all went to a tunnel close to the club for a 2 a.m. video shoot, with Dufus making up an impromptu choreography. Click here to watch: http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/Dufus
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Oxjam Birmingham will be taking place October 2009
Right now, we are looking for passionate, inspiring volunteers to be at the heart of Oxjam from now until October
Oxjam Birmingham is recruiting for these roles:
• Event Logistics Coordinator
• Campaigns and Brand Coordinator
• Community Participation Coordinator
• Media and Marketing Coordinator
• Fundraising CoordinatorClosing date Friday 19th June
Sostenuto LLP - Birmingham and Black Country
June 11, 2009
Sostenuto LLP is a partnership of creative workers bringing their collective experience and expertise together under one organisation.
We offer: -
- Consultation
A bespoke service aimed at creative enterprises offering advice and strategy in developing a sustainable business.
We do this through an initial needs analysis, mentoring and online support in a variety of formats.
- Visual Branding
Using video, photography and other visual media to broaden, enhance and develop marketing strategy, reach and effectiveness.
- Online Strategies
Integration of digital media with established marketing and delivery models leading to a greater targeted online presence and new routes to market.
Areas of professional expertise: -
- Performing Arts.
- Video and Muliti-Media Production.
- Music Composition and Production.
- Business Training - ranging from SME/ Start up to public and private sector.
- Business Mentoring and Consultancy.
- Education and Network event Development, Planning and Delivery.
If you would like to contact Sostenuto LLP, please email info at sostenuto.org.uk
Oxjam Birmingham is recruiting for October 2009
June 11, 2009
Oxjam Birmingham will be taking place October 2009
Right now, we are looking for passionate, inspiring volunteers to be at the heart of Oxjam from now until October
Oxjam Birmingham is recruiting for these roles:
• Event Logistics Coordinator
• Campaigns and Brand Coordinator
• Community Participation Coordinator
• Media and Marketing Coordinator
• Fundraising Coordinator
Closing date Friday 19th June
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/oxjam/article.php?ref=268
oxjam.birmingham at gmail.com
oxjam at oxfam.org.uk
We’ll also be looking for organisers, performers, bands, clubs helpers, venues, promoters, musicians, pubs, fundraisers, volunteers, stewards and buskers!
Sounds like you?
Please get in touch!
Rieser - Monday 15th June 2009 - The Roadhouse, Birmingham
June 11, 2009
Rieser *Gigs*:
Monday 15th June - The Roadhouse, Birmingham, supporting Miami band ‘Nothing
Rhymes With Orange’, 8pm, £5.
Saturday 20th June - Pivo Pivo, Glasgow, supporting NRWO, 8pm, £5.
Sunday 21st June - Fete de la Musique 09, French Institute, Randolf Cres,
Edinburgh. 5pm, FREE
*Radio*:
Tuesday 16th June - British Forces Broadcasting Service, Interview/Session,
High Wycombe.
Details at: http://www.bfbs-radio.com
*Recent Reviews*:
http://www.sonicdice.com/2009/05/25/ep-review-rieser-drinking-den/
http://www.loudhorizonmusic.com/lhm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=299&Itemid=70
http://noiseaddiction.co.uk/ Page 18-19 of E mag.
http://www.shout4music.com/album-reviews/drinking-den-ep/86
Have a good week and hope to see you soon, if not this month then in August
for some Highland fun & games!
love
Rieser
www.rieser.co.uk
DJ dates are available for Peter Hook. (Outside of USA)
June 11, 2009
The following Dj dates are available for Peter Hook. (Outside of USA)
August 7th/8th/14th
Sept 5th/11th/12th + South America available dates on 24th/25th/26th
Oct 2nd/3rd/16th/17th/30th/31st
For info / World bookings contact fletch at onelove-music.com
USA contact brad at windishagency.com
Regards
Fletch
links for 2009-06-10
June 11, 2009
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We have an upcoming job vacancy at the studio - an admin/PA role for the production company Poseidon.
This would be the ideal job for someone who is great at organising and great at dealing with people both on the phone and in person, but who would also enjoy the challenge of playing a crucial role within a creative, fast-moving music company. We’re looking for someone Birmingham-based - someone great
I’d be grateful if you could spread the word, and ask any interested parties to email: musicadminjob at poseidonmusic.com for further details.Many thanks,
Jon
Jon Cotton
Poseidon
www.poseidonmusic.com
JOB Vacancy: Admin / PA role for Poseidon - Birmingham based production company.
June 10, 2009
**PLEASE NOTE THIS POST HAS NOW BEEN FILLED**
We have an upcoming job vacancy at the studio - an admin/PA role for the production company Poseidon.
This would be the ideal job for someone who is great at organising and great at dealing with people both on the phone and in person, but who would also enjoy the challenge of playing a crucial role within a creative, fast-moving music company. We’re looking for someone Birmingham-based - someone great
I’d be grateful if you could spread the word, and ask any interested parties to email: musicadminjob at poseidonmusic.com for further details.
Many thanks,
Jon
Jon Cotton
Poseidon
www.poseidonmusic.com
www.artisanaudio.com
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