Colour Sound Experiment continued its frenetic 2015 summer festival season supplying lighting to 12 major stages, 24 smaller performance areas and eight bars at the 2015 Secret Garden Party (SGP) event staged in Abbots Ripton near Huntingdon UK.
The picturesque SGP site occupies a portion of the grounds of a Georgian farmhouse with its own lake, river and landscaped gardens. It was launched in 2004 as an alternative to more mainstream events and has been a great success, still maintaining...
Posted on: 01/09/2015Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Mersea Island in Colchester, Essex is one of the most tranquil spots in the county, with estuary views, boat yards and ideal fishing locations. It was also home to Anchorage Beach Club, a pop-up venue that hosted a four-day event last week and brought island life to a beach club setting.
Produced by Phil Marfleet and James Robinson, the event, which was the first of its kind, saw over 1000 guests attend during the four days. Having previously worked with White Light, Phil called upon the...
Posted on: 01/09/2015Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Merseyside-based lifting, control and rigging specialist Lift-Turn-Move (LTM) has recently supplied LoadGuard hoists to various worldwide rigging companies for outdoor touring purposes in festivals such as Glastonbury and Wacken Open Air.
The LoadGuard Hoist was introduced in 2009, originally seen as a fantastic hoist for venue installs seen in venues all over the world such as Glasgow Emirates Arena and Velodrome , The ACC Liverpool Arena and The World Trade Centre in Dubai. The reputation...
Posted on: 01/09/2015Categories: News from TPi Magazine
EMI Production Music is taking the innovative step of declaring an amnesty of all sampling declarations (past and present) from its extensive back catalogue of some of the most iconic production music libraries of all time.
The leading production music business, which is a division of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, launches the amnesty today (September 1) with the aim of encouraging new sample requests from its broad catalogue as well as ensuring already existing samples are properly licensed.
Whether...
Posted on: 01/09/2015Categories: News from RotD
There's never any shortage of blue-sky thinking about how the music industry can or should fix its apparently broken business. Whilst we tend to instantly discount any suggestions which start from a perspective of thinking that the music industry is a single, cohesive business – or indeed a broken one - a number of recent think pieces have stimulated some really interesting debate.
Chief amongst these thought-provokers was Berklee ICE's recent ReThink Music report.
Posted on: 01/09/2015Categories: News from RotD
The Government is working with the UK music industry, BBFC and digital service providers like Vevo and YouTube to take further action to protect children from viewing inappropriate videos on the internet.
Many children have easy access to music videos online and some parents are rightly concerned that some of these contain imagery or lyrics not appropriate for a young audience.
In October 2014 a Government-backed pilot to introduce age ratings for online music videos was launched...
Posted on: 01/09/2015Categories: News from RotD
ACE Bros are a young name on the hire circuit, but their reputation as a friendly, reliable and professional event service provider has put them firmly on the map and gained them partnership with Flare Audio.
Their West London unit houses a comprehensive selection of Audio Visual, Backline, DJ, Lighting and Sound System equipment available for hire, comprising of quality brands and manufacturers to suit all budgets, event types and sizes.
•Equipment Regularly Tested, Maintained...
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: Featured Client Profiles
5th & 6th June 2015
Brighton Dome and various city venues
www.brightonmusicconference.co.uk
Aimed at experienced music industry delegates, those looking to break into the electronic music industry, aspiring DJ'S/Producers and dance music fans. BMC offers an array of opportunities for attendees to form new business relationships, learn their craft, showcase product and talent, expand existing networks...
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: Industry Event News
Ahead of its big announcement tomorrow, Spotify today confirmed an alliance with Starbucks in the US – set to extend to the UK and Canada – which will result in a "first-of-its-kind music ecosystem". That may or may not incorporate some well fit video goodness, depending on what tomorrow's big Spotify announcement turns out to be. Imagine if it's all about tea. Anyway, back to today's news, and what will this "first-of-its-kind music ecosystem" involve? Mainly Starbucks-branded playlists...
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from CMU Online
It's been noted before that it's a little ironic that The Pirate Bay, one of the music sector's greatest foes in its battle against piracy, and Spotify, one of the industry's greatest allies in turning former pirates into consumers, both hark from Sweden. And while the Swedish authorities have at times led the legal battle against it's more infamous digital progeny, the Swedish Institute has admitted that both The Pirate Bay and Spotify have helped put Sweden on the map worldwide.
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from CMU Online