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Building relationships, finding originality, & balancing music and business: Kenni Blu
Kenni Blu is the next busy guest on our list. Let’s just begin with, what have you been up to lately? So more recently I’ve been kind of back producing kind of records rather than just marketing them, which has been cool. I’m working on stuff with Eljé at the moment who’s an artist who’s…
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Coming out of your shell, seeing artists grow, and doing it for the love of it: Jonny Nolan
Next comes the music enthusiast Jonny Nolan. Hey Jonny, so what led you up to kind of doing the degree in photography? Growing up, my mum was a prolific holiday photo book album maker. And so, when I hit my teenage years and got way more awkward and self-aware, I wanted to take control of…
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Quitting uni, setting boundaries and nurturing the North: Eva Davies
Insight Avenues kicks off with the lovely Eva Davies. Hey Eva! So I see that you’re the label manager at Come Play With Me, is that based in Leeds? Yeah, our office is in Leeds. We have a couple of members of the team who are based in London, and the whole team are always…
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Introducing: Insight Avenues
Learning about the music industry through insiders, especially self-made, entrepreneurial and innovative figures is the main goal for me at Artist Avenues. I’d like to build the platform as a resource for upcoming industry professionals to learn about what it takes to put on a show, manage an artist, record an album, sign the right…
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What we can learn from the AIM 2023 Future Independents Conference
The Association of Independent Music came together again to offer a day of free talks from some key industry figures, at we just scratched the surface of the info they shared! Here are just few of the tidbits we heard when listening in: Quotes from the experts: “I’m not looking for an artist that is…
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Turning to the fans_a crowfunding diary pt.1
Making money eh? That’s a concept and a half for a musicians nowadays, but what if you could get some support for your next video, EP, single? That’s where crowdfunding comes in. My artist is looking to get some help with couple of videos from her debut EP and really, crowdfunding might be the best…
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A basic guide to your own DIY music marketing strategy + Real life Campaign Example
Let’s just be real, marketing as a creative is hard no matter what. If you’re looking to find your feet alongside a co-manager like me with this real campaign example, read on. Now that your music is ready and you want to share it, it’s time to think about the bigger picture. What’s the end…
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Where’s your story? A basic guide to Music PR
Music PR is a long-winded, broad and confusing part of music; a massive gatekeeping industry that seems impossible to hack. As an aspiring manager, artist or whatever, I’m sure you’ve asked yourself: What is it? How do I get press? Why won’t anyone answer my emails? Well, to that last one there might not be…
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Making It Docuseries: Social Media Strategy
The aim with the project and social media, was to make an informative platform that worked alongside the series. I would use Instagram and TikTok to make posts that offered stories and tips to users and reel them into the series if they like what they saw. With Canva, I made a lot of carousel…
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Making It Docuseries: Filming and Editing
Filming The filming process for this project was fun! I enjoyed putting together the series all in all. As I chose the band- I needed to work a schedule around to film, as the docuseries was going to be around the process I needed different types of footage- interviews, behind the scenes, travelling and gigs. …
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