Saturday 13th June 2009
underneath Hockley Flyover, Hockley Circus, Birmingham, B18, Admission FREE 12:30pm-9pm
Soweto kinch
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Jonzi D
Natty
Bashy
Andy Hamilton
Ty
Basil Gabbidon
Tumi
Corey Mwamba
Audio Visuals
Spokinn Movement
Cleveland Watkiss
Robert Mitchell
Pentalk
Tan
Eat Good
GTA
Come and Join The Revolution
Don’t wait for The Music Network to find you, get in touch and come to our next monthly meeting.If you would like to share any News, Information and Links with The Music Network, there are ways to do it.
1. Come to our Monthly Networking Meeting on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm at The BCU Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), Millennium Point, Birmingham, B4 7XG.
The Monthly Networking Meeting is an ideal place to present your information and meet others who will be doing the same. 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, or if you wish to make an appeal for help, advice or guidance then the meeting could be useful to you. Any points raised in the meeting will be included in the minutes and posted to the site and you will meet plenty of interested people who may want to question you further or get involved.
2. Send in your Links – email us your Links with a brief two or three line description for each one. Links will be bookmarked and shared.
3. You can email your News, Information, thoughts or ideas. Send 250 words or more (text plus any links) and any photos or flyers or pictures (jpeg) with your contact details and a link to your own site or relevant page. Be aware that anything you send in may be reproduced on the website in an unedited form. So check your spelling.
4. Get your Gig Listed – email us your information and i’ll post it to the site. Please include as many of the following details as possible:
If you are supplying listings, try and provide all the Event information at least by the month before so your paying punters get a chance to plan a night out!
The Music Network also imports all additional gig listings by RSS feed from Live Brum. Please send your gig listing info to Live brum and they will ensure your gigs are put into the system Please submit event information to events at livebrum.co.uk.
CMAT is expanding and therefore looking for four new members of staff to join its small team and requires professional, friendly and flexible individuals for these posts.
For further information about CMAT, please visit our website: www.cmatltd.co.uk.
Business Development Officer (full-time)
The Business Development Officer is responsible for developing new clients for the commercial recording studio and training and meeting room facilities, and exploring and developing marketing. This post will work closely with the Operations Director developing marketing strategy and building brand awareness.
Marketing Officer (part-time)
The applicant needs to have some experience of marketing, and knowledge of or an interest in the music industry would be desirable.
Experience of CRM systems, database management and managing marketing campaigns is required.
Studio Engineer (part-time)
The applicant needs to have knowledge of computer based DAW, analogue equipment and be fluent using Mac OSX Operating System.
You will also be required to do some basic electrical wiring, and a knowledge and understanding of the music industry would be beneficial.
Evening/Weekend Receptionist (part-time)
The applicant needs to have some office experience and also be computer literate. You will be responsible for managing the reception area, answering incoming calls on a small switchboard, greeting visitors, managing post, dealing with incoming e-mails. A large part of your role will be dealing with customers coming in for evening classes at CMAT, so you will also be responsible for cash handling and register taking.
Application closing date for all posts: 19th June 2009 by email to reception at cmatltd.co.uk (preferred) or hard copy to address below.
Please feel free to forward.
Kind regards
CMAT Ltd.
16 Grosvenor Road
Handsworth
Birmingham
B20 3NP
t 0121 331 4746
f 0121 356 5048
www.cmatltd.co.uk
Here is a message from Gary Seeney – Birmingham Yamaha Music School
Hello, My name is Gary Seeney, director of Birmingham Yamaha Music School – located in the Jewellery Quarter, near the City Centre.
I have the following Music Teacher vacancies.
Birmingham Yamaha Music School teaches over 200 children and adults each week – guitar, keyboards and drums to accredited standards.
Due to expansion we require the following gamecommaration teachers –
Keyboard Teacher
Guitar Teacher
Bass Guitar Teacher
Vocal Coach
All positions require great players who can read music and have the personality of a “children”s TV presenter”
We teach only rock and pop music and are open every evening Monday to Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday.
For further information please contact Gary Seeney at info at byms.co.uk
Remember to quote “The Music Network” when applying for any position so Gary knows how you found the vacancy.
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Music Network Meeting Minutes
28th May 2009
Those present:
Andy Derrick – Web Music Solutions http://www.webmusicsolutions.com/
Vince O’Malley – Musical Exchanges / Guitar Tech www.musicalexchanges.com
Colin Tippin – IFA / Musical Exchanges www.musicalexchanges.com
Jamie – Sound engineering student at TIC releasing original electronic music
Josh – Manage and play Holy Moments – punk/hardcore band from Birmingham.
Andrew Bland – re-entering the music scene in Birmingham
Clare Edwards – working on number of music projects around the country and locally – including the Hockley Flyover Show with Soweto Kinch
Simon Howes – freelance sound engineer for tv, live sound etc. www.audioguy.co.uk
Abigail Seabrook – singer and community musician and lurker
Angela – Open mic nights for original
Pete Baker – songwriter/musician
Birmingham Music Network is an unfunded network and information point for anyone working in music in Birmingham and beyond. The room used at the TIC is kindly donated by Dave Taylor and his staff who run Creative Networks on the last Thursday of each month at the TIC, Birmingham City University, Millennium Point. The refreshments for the meeting have previously been supported by the Musicians’ Union. From now on, the £45 cost is being supported by local music businesses and musicians in return for advertising and exposure during the meeting and via the website. This months sponsor is Web Music Solutions, www.webmusicsolutions.co.uk If you are interested in supporting the Birmingham Music Network in the coming months, please get in touch via the website www.birminghammusicnetwork.com
Andy Derrick – Andy launched his new company Web Music Solutions which provides fixed price affordable and accessible websites for musicians. www.webmusicsolutions.co.uk is the place to go for more information. He also reminded those present about his music industry advice blog www.andyderrick.co.uk and his other site www.sessionhornsdirect.com which provides brass, string, percussion and music scoring/preparation services for live music projects.
Vince – Musical Exchanges is nearing launch and will feature a proper auction site for musical instruments and equipment as well as musicians wanted etc. A successful visit to the Manchester guitar show with lots of signups for website test pilots – soft launch soon, etc. They were looking for funding and found banks not liking start ups, and they are lacking finance for PR. They have now sold parts of the site to various investors and are looking for investors willing to support in £1k blocks – any potential investors please get in touch via email: enquiries at musicalexchanges.com
Jamie – Birmingham Music Month – as a result of twitter conversations, June should be a celebration of Birmingham music possibly including an online compilation of original artists, covers, remixes. Anyone interested in submitting a song, cover, putting on a gig, remix etc. a branded event in June 2009 – www.brummusicmonth.wordpress.com @brummusicmonth is the twitter id.
Angela – community based singer songwriter – looking for open mic focused on original material. Suggestions included: The Robin – Sunday night, The Roundhouse – Cotteridge, The Tower of Sng – Cotteridge, The Old Moseley Arms – Sunday nights, Katie Fitzgeralds – Stourbridge, The Yardbird – central brum – Tuesday, The Island Bar, near to Alexandra Theatre.
Music Network : next meeting June 25th at 4pm
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