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Gig Listings supplied by Live Brum

May 13, 2008 /

Live Brum have just Launched the most comprehensive listings site in Birmingham and the RSS feed provided is now embedded in The Music Network site, you can embed it in your site too. Live Brum aims to list every live performance event at every venue in Birmingham UK. You can find events by genre, venue, date or keyword search and comment on any event.

Live Brum is editorially independent from all venues, organisations, bands, & promoters except where explicitly stated otherwise.

Harmonising event data across Birmingham

More than just a website, the Live Brum plan is to accept data in any format (web, email, flyers, word of mouth, etc) and then publish it in a range of standard formats that others can do new exciting things with. Options include:

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April 2008 Music Network Meeting Minutes

April 24, 2008 /

April 2008

Music Networking Minutes

Present: Jake Dubber, Zak (Miss Higher Productions), Gary Seeney (Plug and play pomo, melting ice management, Birmingham Yamaha Music School), Andy derrick (Musicians Union), Mark Badger (The Music Network), Raymond Clarke (Singer Producer songwriter), Nick Dunn(horus Music), Emma Nouriel (Scratch Radio), Kevin Moore (Scratch radio), Les Hutchins (Composer performer), Marc Bhatti (TIC student), Damian Jennings, Jenna Varndell, Nzinga (Queen of the Crop), Natasha Whalley (BCU), Lee Phillips (Cornerstudios / Rebellion Records), Adrian Kimberlin (Exit Recording), Stephen Markham(Sempre Entertainments Ltd), Mike Mcdonagh (Independent), Andy Blakemore (Creative launchpad)

Apologies: Anthony Hughes, Andy Ward (Musoplex.com), Issi (TIC), Paul Spicer (LNP), Andrew Dubber (BCU), Clare Edwards.

Note: Next Meeting 29th May in room 360 on 3rd floor of TIC

Andy Derrick – Musicians union

Talked about Soweto Kinch and forthcoming Creative Networks event upstairs from 6pm.

Musicians union provide coffee and biscuits for the network meetings.

Recent MU events in Stoke on trent and Kettering big success. Events dealt with Royalties and Copyright. Mention of Andrew Dubber’s presentation and how inspirational it was for those attending the event.

MU will be launching “Network Musician” in September in partnership with The Music Network.

Tues 2nd september Burslem College, stoke on trent

wed 10th sept the musician leicester

wed 10th oct confetti studios, nottingham

tues 21st oct cox’s yard, stratford on avon

tues 4th nov the flowerpot, derby

wed 19th nov the drill hall, lincoln

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Music Network Meeting Today at 4pm

April 24, 2008 /

Are you coming to the Music Network meeting today 4 til 6pm at The TIC?

The Birmingham branch of Musicians Union will be supplying luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks lot too. Come and talk about what you’re up to and meet some new people, you know it makes sense. Keep an eye on the new look website, I might work out how to get it fully functional over the next few days.

The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm at The UCE Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG. (directions/info tel: 08712 262725)

The meeting is open to all involved in Birmingham Music who wish to network.

The Music Network organises the meeting for the benefit of music related businesses in the West Midlands region. 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.

Love Music Hate Racism Carnival 2008

April 15, 2008 /

12-6pm, Sunday 27th April 2008
Victoria Park, London E3
www.lmhrcarnival.com

Its only two weeks to go until the 30th anniversary commemorative Rock Against Racism gig in Victoria Park, London. Taking place on 27th April, four days before the 1st May local and GLA elections, the carnival will bring together musicians and music fans from a wide variety of genres and different generations, celebrating black, white and asian unity.

Financial Appeal
We are making an URGENT appeal for financial donations! The Carnival is a free event, but is costing over £400,000 to stage (so that’s why festival tickets are so expensive!). The trade union movement in particular has been brilliant, helping raise much of the costs.  However. we still urgently need support from anyone who can afford to contribute – no matter how small the amount- we would like to raise a further £25,000 over the course of this week.  Please rush a personal donation to us if you can, either via the website www.lovemusichateracism.com/donate or by cheque (make payable to LMHR-RAR Carnival 2008 and send to Love Music Hate Racism, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EH) and ask family and friends to do the same. And please take the attached collection sheet round at work or your place of study.  If you belong to a trade union and haven’t already done so, please ask your union branch or region to make a donation – model resolution is at www.lmrhcarnival.com . The sort of fantastic music lineup we have would cost £50+ at a regular festival – and the Carnival will help smash racism and fascism into the bargain, so please dig deep!

Final Lineup Confirmation
The final lineup is now confirmed and its AWESOME! The Good The Bad The Queen (Damon Albarn from Blur, Paul Simonon from The Clash and afrobeat legend Tony Allen) will headline and Akala and The View have also recently been added to the bill. See below for the complete list of artists playing. This is going to be the biggest (and best!) anti-racist event in Britain for decades, possibly ever.

Read All About Us!
The media have caught on – the Observer Review section will carry a 4,500-word cover article the Sunday before and BBC One show Sunday Life want to do live interviews from the park on the morning of the event.  Don Letts’ and Giorgio Testi’s documentary/live film of the Carnival will be broadcast on Channel 4 at midnight on Friday 9th May, and broadcast across the MTV network from the following day. However we need more! Why not write to your local paper about coming to the Carnival?

They Came From Far And Wide
The mobilisation from across the country is looking impressive too – we know of at least 40 coaches booked, with thousands planning to come by car and train – and would like to urge more places to book a coach.  Anyone who can get down to the Carnival will be inspired to get active in the anti-fascist movement after the event, including the final run-up to May 1st.

The latest flyer is available here http://www.lovemusichateracism.com/images/lmhrC_A5w3_107_lo.pdf Please circulate this widely and let us know ASAP if you need more printed flyers and posters – anita@lovemusichateracism.com.  If you or someone you know is willing to volunteer as a steward on the day please email olivia@lovemusichateracismcom.

FINAL CARNIVAL LINE-UP:
THE GOOD THE BAD THE QUEEN
HARD-FI
ROLL DEEP
DREW McCONNELL (BABYSHAMBLES) & FRIENDS ft VERY SPECIAL GUESTS
ROCK AGAINST RACISM ALL-STARS
JAY SEAN
THE VIEW
JERRY DAMMERS (ex-The Specials)
GET CAPE.WEAR CAPE.FLY
WILEY
AKALA
NIHAL
DENNIS BOVELL’S LONDON LOVERS’ ROCK CREW
POLY STYRENE (X-RAY SPEX)
BASHY
TINCHY STRYDER
THE PADDINGTONS
PATRICK WOLF
NATTY
SKREAM & BENGA
DON LETTS
ACE & VIS
BISHI
JAMMER
JUGGY D + MC SPECIAL
MECCA 2 MEDINA
NY
DJ HYPE + DADDY EARL
RIZ MC
CHIPMUNK
TARGET
MISTAJAM
HYPA FEN & MARCIE PHONIX
STATIK
ALEX MILLS
THE THIRST
THE TRIBUNES
ADELAIDE McKENZIE
NO.LAY
METZ & TRIX
HOODSTARS
ARUBA RED
LIL RASCALS
STYLO G
DECYPHER COLLECTIVE
DJ RUGRAT
NATHAN ‘FLUTEBOX’ LEE

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