links for 2009-02-23

A NIGHT OF PUNK ROCK ANARCHY IN BIRMINGHAM
The Wagon and Horses, Digbeth, Birmingham
Saturday 14th march
8pm
Door tax: £6
Paranoid Visions, The Restarts, Poundaflesh

I’m not going to go through a list of ALL of them and neither am I detail how to apply, the list & links should basically inspire to check them out, do some research and apply if your music would be suitable for the said festival. Some won’t have formal ways of applying so you’ll have to ask nicely for the promoters contact details and send them some music along with an early Easter egg or something, they’ll remember & thank you for it. Despite it being only January, your already running late to apply to some, others haven’t opened for submission yet either. Okay so here goes and good luck, If I’ve missed any out, spread the love a bit and comment them so everyone can check them out. One last thing, if you know of anyone who’s in a band or anyone who would find this list useful, please link them up to it!

Approaching a music company, be it a label, publisher, agent, whatever is like applying for a job, so treat it like one. Below I’ve listed some points, which if you abide by them, should yield greater results.

Anthony Herron digital music consultant & workaholic, based in Birmingham UK

Andy Derrick shares an opinion on the funding of Creative industries in Birmingham and the surrounding Midlands region.

A response to Rory Cellan Jones’ article ‘Has MySpace lost its cool’ by Andy Derrick

Punk Record label and Distro:
Epistrophy, PO Box 312, 30003 Hannover, Germany
Mail: info@epistrophy.de