Henley Business School MBA for the Music Industry will be hosting an exclusive launch party, aboard a beautiful Sunseeker yacht during Midem 2012. The launch will take place in Cannes harbour adjacent to the Palais...

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British rock band FM have signed a worldwide publishing deal with Dark Green Music / Peermusic who will administer the rights for works on FM's 2010 album METROPOLIS and future works...

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Deer Park, Texas (November 1, 2011) - Pale, the progressive musical brotherhood of four and flagship artist of newly formed A-Blake Records, LLC, has announced a world-wide agreement with the United Kingdom's Independent Music Group (IMG) to handle all international music sub-publishing...

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The three counties very own community choir "Rock Chorus" have attracted some major international names to appear with them at what looks set to be the biggest music entertainment extravaganza the area has seen for many years...

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The Celtic Tenors have had world wide success and have become global phenomenon's touring consistently over the past ten years, which has seen them become Irish superstars all across the globe...

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Simon Clothier

The past few years have seen the public embrace artists who sum up part of their everyday lives. We have had The Priests, The Soldiers, The Nurses, and even The Fisherman. Now the ukulele playing Simon Clothier...

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Sheena Coote is a semi-professional composer and who lives in a small cottage on the Shropshire / Staffordshire border (UK) with her husband, young daughter and a small menagerie of animals...

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For the 20th time, TG Publishing recently held its famous D-pop Co-writing Camp and it was a huge success. This year TG Publishing invited the top A&R's from South Korea's SM Entertainment, Chris Lee and Hanna Cho, along with top hit writers like Erik Lidbom, Winston Sela, Anderz Wrethov...

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Shane Board

UK pop singer Shane Board has a new single set for release in September titled 'Your Day Will Come' produced by Simon Elis, with all proceeds going to JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Shane runs the Pop for Diabetes annual charity ball which is sponsored by OK Magazine...

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MPA members voted at the meeting to elect Chris Butler as MPA Chairman. Butler, Head of Publishing - Worldwide at Music Sales Ltd had previously served three years as Deputy Chairman of the MPA, having first been elected to that post at the MPA's 2008 AGM...

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Diane Warren

Los Angeles, CA - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, has entered into a multi-faceted agreement with renowned songwriter and prolific hitmaker Diane Warren...

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Totally House Event Management appropriately uses a "Disco" ball in their logo, so there"s no mistake recognising this as an entertainment company, but one with a difference...

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Cliff Richard

London, 9th May 2011; The live tour and album concept conceived by television star and music producer David Gest, Sir Cliff Richard will duet with more than ten soul legends on a brand new album (and tour featuring selected artists from the record) for EMI Music which will be produced by renowned Motown songwriters: Lamont Dozier...

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Shades of Soul are delighted to announce the inaugural London Blues Festival this year from 15-22 May 2011. The festival will be held at a number of venues throughout the capital and will endeavour to highlight the extraordinary talent both here in the UK and internationally. We intend to make it a major annual music event, expanding its scope every year.

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L-R: Michael Fuller (Aim), Jonathan Quarmby (AWAL), Tommy D, Karen Emanuel (Key Production), James McGuiness (Absolute Marketing)

London, UK: Investigating the ins and outs of starting your own DIY record company is proving to be a popular topic as the Music Producers Guild discovered when it held its second DIY Event at Metropolis Studios in London on March 30th. The event built on the sell-out success of the first DIY event, which took place at the end of last year. This time the theme was distribution and pressing, with a panel of experts giving valuable advice that really got into the nitty-gritty of this important subject.

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Bill Whelan and Brendan Graham

Bill Whelan, best known as the composer of Riverdance and Brendan Graham the co-author of the hugely successful song, 'You Raise Me Up' became the first inductees to the new IMRO Academy which was launched by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) this week.The IMRO Academy's mission is to celebrate and mark the successes of Ireland's iconic songwriters and composers who have made a very significant cultural and social impact in Ireland and/or internationally. Two IMRO members will be inducted into the Academy each year.

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Paul Woolf, Richard Boote and David Ravden

31st March 2011 - Air Studios comprising of Air and Strongroom Studios, Air Post Production, Air Mastering, Air Management, Stronghire and Strongroom Bar & Kitchen has undergone a major restructure. Richard Boote has confirmed his relationship with Paul Woolf and David Ravden who become joint owners and Directors of the Air Group. A new company, the Air Entertainment Group has been formed to manage the existing businesses (Air and Strongroom Studios, Air Post Production, Air Management, Air Mastering, Stronghire and the Strongroom Bar & Kitchen) and to act as the vehicle for the development of new businesses that will take Air from a facilities company to a content creation business.

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London, March 17th 2011 - The Music Publishers Association (MPA) has announced a new partnership with UKTI & The BPI, which will see them become one of the driving forces behind high profile UK trade missions to Los Angeles and Tokyo later this year. This is the first time that the MPA has taken an organisational role in these annual trade missions, which give UK companies unrivalled access to leading figures in two of the world's key music markets. The LA Synch Licensing Mission will take place between 6 and 8 June and will be attended by around 40 UK delegates.

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MusicTank has partnered with Andy Inglis, the hugely respected co-creator and manager of north London venue The Luminaire to create a live industry course, "Get Plugged In: Live Music, Promotion and Venue Management." Designed as a much needed best-practice roadmap of the processes involved in live music promoting and venue management, the six part course draws on Inglis' two decades of experience, sharing lessons learned and highlighting the pitfalls plaguing promoters and venue operators UK wide. The course will cover an extensive range of topics concerning venue owners, promoters and programmers such as promotion, ticketing, legislative issues as well as the future issues facing Britain's venues.

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City Showcase, the year-round music festival promoting the talent of the future, has today pre-announced the first five artists on the bill of its centre-piece event, Spotlight London, in the West End from 4 - 8 May 2011.The early-bird five were selected to perform at the five day new music event from the hundreds of applications that were made via the gig booking website www.sonicbids.com.

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Jamie Hartman & Pam Sheyne

Reverb Music (UK) ends another successful year on a high note with key signings Jamie Hartman, Pam Sheyne and Peter Gordeno. Talented writer/producer/musician Pete Gordeno (Il Divo, Ben's Brother, Shaheen) re-signs an exclusive worldwide agreement, whilst the prolific LA-based Pam Sheyne (Corinne Bailey Rae, Seal, Saturdays) inks a new administration deal for the world outside the US. The return of singer/songwriter Jamie Hartman (Ben's Brother, Joss Stone, Westlife, The Wanted) to Reverb following his stint at Universal is seen as a major coup for the indie publisher.

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London, UK / New York, NY, October 13, 2010: ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) held its 30th annual Awards tonight at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Hosted by ASCAP Senior Vice President, International Roger Greenaway and Vice President, Membership Seán Devine, the gala dinner and awards presentation honored those songwriter, composer and publisher members of PRS for Music - the UK's Performing Right Society - whose repertory is licensed by ASCAP and was among its most performed works in the U.S. during 2009.

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Niclass Björlund, Stefan Grahl, John Aagaard & Thomas Sherer

Berlin/Copenhagen, October 07, 2010 - TG Publishing from Denmark has entered into a global partnership with BMG Rights Management for their entire catalogue. As part of the deal, BMG acquired 50% of the catalogue and will sub-publish the remaining 50% in addition to future works.

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Elton John & Leon Russell

In a unique performance for the BBC, multi-Grammy Award-winning superstar Sir Elton John is teaming up with Leon Russell and their young fans Plan B and Rumer to celebrate Sir Elton and Leon's classic songs and launch the BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms. The first of three...

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Gianluca Paganelli - Tango

Following their world wide joint venture and admin deal with Imagem Music in winter 2009, Mission Publishing and Recordings are set to launch on September 19th, the first act on their new label, Mission Recordings Ltd., and in keeping with the creative nature of its founder Sir Harry Cowell...

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New York, NY, September 2, 2010: John A. LoFrumento, CEO of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), has announced the launch of ASCAP Mobile, a new app for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®. The app provides...

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Don Black, OBE

LONDON, September 2, 2010 - Songwriter Don Black, OBE will be honored as a BMI Icon at the U.S. performing right organization's annual London Awards. The ceremony is Tuesday, October 5 at London's Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane...

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Billy Preston

Los Angeles, CA - (September 1, 2010) - Legendary musician Billy Preston died in tragic circumstances reminiscent of Michael Jackson a little over four years ago. Had he lived, the musical prodigy would have celebrated his 64th birthday on September 2, 2010...

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Peermusic UK have acquired the rights to the John Carter Music catalogue and its sister record label Sunny Records which includes international hits such as 'Beach Baby' by First Class which was a number one single in the USA...

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London, UK: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts graduate Henrik Barman Michelsen has become the first person to receive the Music Producers Guild (UK) Prize - a new prize aimed at rewarding the most promising student to graduate from LIPA's Sound Technology degree course...

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The Music & Media Finland conference is bringing music industry makers and shakers together in the Finnish industrial city of Tampere for the 21st time. It is not only providing what you might expect from one of the world's longest-established music-business conferences, but also broadening its range of services and seeking to strengthen its market position internationally...

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Paloma Faith

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Shure Songwriting Award, as chosen by best-selling artist Paloma Faith. This innovative competition for aspiring singer-songwriters saw a record number of applicants compete for a place on the ICMP's prestigious one-year Professional Diploma in Songwriting course, sponsored by Columbia Records...

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London, June 9th, 2010. Lily Allen's 'The Fear' has taken the top spot in The PPL's People's Pop Chart of 2009. The chart, revealed for the first time at the company's AGM on June 9th, is compiled uniquely by PPL, from radio airplay and public usage data...

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Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks

London, May 17th 2009 - Imagem Music has announced the signing of a long-term, global publishing agreement, for the entire Sparks back catalogue...

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The Thundacatz

So Star Ent's first signing to It's publishing venture with Peer Music UK, London based Young production/songwriting Duo "The Thundacatz" have produced this week's U.K #3 for Virgin/Emi artist "Professor Green" with the song "I Need you Tonight"...

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Nathalie Du Bois & David Stark

British public media business Conexion Media Group plc (CXM) has joined forces with Kid Gloves Music Group. The acquisition by Conexion Media Group plc formally announced in mid-March sees Kid Gloves Music Group forming the West Coast Sales Division and being rebranded as Conexion Entertainment Group USA (CEG). Based in Los Angeles, CEG will market the newly expanded...

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