NEW APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Access to Music has a limited number of Freelance Music Apprenticeship opportunities for young people aged 16-18 looking to set up their own music business. Apply now to start in March 2010. Read more
PRESENTER NEEDED FOR LIVE SHOW
Maddog Make-up Artist of the year 2010 is fast approaching and they are looking for a presenter for the event. The event will take place at Epic Studios, Norwich, on Bank Holiday Sunday May 2nd. The role will involve catching up with people backstage and introducing acts and runway shows throughout the night.
Epic Studios will also be streaming the event live on the internet!
Click here for more information
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
To celebrate the launch of Nokia’s latest product they are looking to hire an official Nokia X6 All Areas entertainment reporter. Initially they will select six finalists to report from various exciting forthcoming events.
If you are chosen, you will immediately hit the road on a whirlwind series of six trial reporting assignments, beginning with the official X6 Launch Party in London on 3 March 2010.
Finalists will travel the globe covering amazing events. All of the reports will be posted online – the most engaging reporter gets the gig. The winner will be hired to be the Nokia X6 All Areas reporter.
Click here for more information on how to apply for this exciting opportunity.
MUSIC FESTIVAL REPORTER
Trident Gum has launched an online campaign offering one lucky music fan their dream job. They are looking for a reporter to tour 30 music festivals around the world in 30 weeks.
Not only this but the winner will also be paid £30,000 for doing so and act as escort to a series of competition winners.
Skills required include:
- Competent writing skills
- Ability to use a video camera, digital camera and edit their own content
- Be tapped into all social network platforms with an existing base of friends
- Ability to think on their feet and take the lead
- Languages would help
Applications for the job close at midnight on the 10th March.
Click here for more information.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR MOHO LIVE
Exciting Manchester venue Moho Live is seeking an administrative assistant to join a hard working team at the busy venue.
The successful applicant must have an obsessive attention to detail, be able to work long, unsociable hours and know their way around a computer. Experience of booking, repping, advancing and promoting shows is also highly desirable. Full UK Driving license required.
Salary: £13,000 pa. If you are interested in this position please
email Simon with your CV and references.
RECORD LABEL SEEKING SINGERS/RAPPERS
Exciting new record label G.X Records is on the hunt for fresh talent. The label is looking for male or female (16-25yrs old) singers and rappers. Styles will include RnB, soul, contemporary jazz and house.
G.X. will prove singers with vocal and performance coaching, a live band and rehearsal and recording time. The artists are needed to perform at live shows, to record, rehearse and release material.
Experience in performance and song writing is desirable but not essential.
Backing singers are also needed. For more information please
email or call 07833945702
MUSICIANS WANTED TO FORM NEW BAND
Exciting new record label G.X Records is about to launch exciting new singer Letisha, as the face of the record label. They are looking to create a support band comprising of a synth keyboard player, bassist and drummer.
Musicians must be comfortable in playing a wide variety of genres including Indie Rock, Hip Hop, RnB, House and Soul. Experience in this type of work is preferable but not essential. The band will be based in Birmingham and applicants must be willing to travel around for shows.
Musicians will be paid for every show they play. Fee to be negotiated once musicians have been selected. There may also be opportunity for the band to develop its own material with the backing of the record label.
For more information please
email or call 07833945702
SERIOUS MUSICIANS WANTED IMMEDIATELY FOR FULL TIME WORK
Immediately wanted: bassist and guitarist for a summer season contract. Preferably with singing/harmonising ability, but not essential. Playing all styles of music from 50’s rock and roll to today’s chart music.
Start date: 20th March lasting until 30th October 2010
Accommodation provided in the form of a shared 2 bedroom chalet. This is a full time professional gig working 6 nights a week. Email for more information or call 07970 038107.
SERIOUS MUSICIANS WANTED FOR FULL TIME WORK
Wanted: drummer, bassist, guitarist, lead vocals. Preferably with singing ability, but not essential. The drummer needs to be competent with Click. Playing all styles of music, from jazz standards to modern music.
Start date: 10th May lasting until 26th October 2010
Accommodation provided in the form of a shared cabin. This is a full time professional gig.
Email for more information or call 07970 038107.
RECORD LABEL WORK EXPERIENCE
TRL MUSIC is offering a limited number of work experience placements to enthusiastic people looking to get a foot in the door in the Music Industry.
Successful applicants will join the TRL Music team to work on promoting and launching new artists. At the end of placement, you will receive a personal reference from the Managing Director of TRL Music.
This is a home based work experience opportunity, supported by a mentor, which lasts 3 months. This allows you to gain work experience which fits around your own time. Please note that this is not paid work experience.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Click here for more information
WANT YOUR TRACK ON A COMPILATON CD?
ATOM Sounds: two is currently looking for new music from Access to Music students across the UK. The CD will have a large print run and will be distributed at various key music events around the UK.
If you want to put a track forward for selection then please email the track as an mp3 file.
OR drop your track in the Access to Music Soundcloud Drop Box (and make sure you label it as an entry for compilation CD)
The deadline for the track submission is April 30th 2010. We will contact the chosen artists shortly after this.
FREELANCE TUTORS AND ASSISTANTS- ROLLINGSOUND
RollingSound are looking for freelance tutors to lead their creative, multimedia courses for young people in and around London.
Ideally you will have experience and skills in at least one of the following: CS3, adobe, final Cut Pro, Photo Shop, Flash, Dream Weaver, Fruity Loops, FPSC, Serato.
You will be working in, or have experience in one of the following industries: Music, Film, Television, Photography, Web Design, Animation, Music Production. You will have at least two years paid or unpaid youth work experience with NEET young people.
They are also looking for assistants for the courses. For details on how to apply please email
THE SING THING
The Sing Thing is a Sing Up funded project run by British Gospel Arts, the education arm of the legendary London Community Gospel Choir.
The Sing Thing is an exciting and inspiring after-school singing club based in Islington starting on the 30th January 2010, for children and young people aged 7 – 19, funded by Sing Up.
The project will run until March 2011 and will end in a final performance in the O2 arena!
To register, or to find out more information please
visit the website
RECORDING & PRODUCTION WORK EXPERIENCE
AudioBeach Studios in Hove is currently offering work experience placements for students interested in a career in recording or production.
If you are interested in gaining some valuable experience in this field then please
click here to email AudioBeach Studios. You will need to include your details and provide information of any relevant experience you have (a CV is preferable).
BARFLY PROMOTIONS
Looking for hands on work experience in London music venue? The London Barfly promotions group want to work with Access to Music students.
The group put on shows every day of the week at their Camden venue including club nights and DJ’s.
They are offering a work experience placement at their promotions office. You would help scout for new bands in London, handle demos and bands promo materials, design artwork for shows and get hands on experience in the venue.
The position is unpaid but will be an invaluable insight into the music industry.
Email for more information.
GIG THE NATION
Looking to gig in some fresh venues or break out of your local area? Then Gig the Nation could be just what you need. Gig the Nation is a free online gig swapping service where you can engage with other musicians around the UK and get your music out there.
It has been set up by three music industry professionals with over twenty years of experience at the all levels of the music industry.
They want you to get involved and showcase your music/your band/ your creativity, to as many people as possible in the form of live performance.
‘Log In…Hook Up…Break Out…’ Visit the website here
PRACTICE-A-THON MUSIC
Practice-a-thon Music with Take it Away is an exciting new partnership between Arts Council England'sTake it Away scheme and the children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent.
Practice-a-thon Music (PATM) is an interactive initiative that aims to raise money for children and young people with cancer by encouraging people to take part in a sponsored music practice or performance. Anyone can take part no matter what their style of music, age, instrument or playing ability is. The idea is for everyone to have fun making music whilst raising money for a good cause.
PATM has a number of high profile musicians supporting the campaign, including Gary Barlow, Russell Watson, Nicola Benedetti and Jamie Cullum. Any music group or school that takes part in PATM is eligible to keep 25% of money they raise to go towards music activity in their group/school.
If you’re interested in being part of Practice-a-thon Music
visit the website
CALLING ALL BUDDING WRITERS
The Brit Writers' Awards are looking for the UK's best undiscovered writers — creative people like you.
You might have been writing all your life... or maybe writing is a new interest for you. Perhaps you've never written seriously before, but you've always enjoyed telling stories. You might not even know that there is "a book in there somewhere".
Whether you're eight or 108, it's possible that you're one of the original, exciting and talented new writers we're looking for. You could even win an amazing £10,000 — the largest prize ever offered to unpublished writers in the UK.
Visit the website now for more details on how to enter.
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
Your chance to win a Macbook Pro!
Submit your work to the imagination gallery and show Terry Gilliam the inside of your mind...
Once someone steps into the Imaginarium, it becomes filled with the person’s wildest dreams and fantasies. Lionsgate Films want to see what the inside of your imagination is like. What you need to do is produce a piece of art that best captures this. It can be a painting, a drawing, a short film, a photograph, video or a piece of music.
The top prize is a state of the art Macbook Pro. Visit the website for further details.
VOLUNTEER WORK IN RETURN FOR GIG TICKETS
Orange and RockCorps have joined forces to help you to give something back to your community. Take part in Orange RockCorps this year and help transform your local area.
Over 40,000 people have already given their four hours and celebrated together at more than 20 live gigs.
All you need to do is join up and give four hours of your time to an Orange RockCorps community project in your area. In return, you’ll get a ticket to one of two exclusive gigs with performances from big name artists.
Click here for more information on how to sign up.
MUSICIANS WANTED IN BRISTOL AND SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
Live Music Now are looking for bands interested in playing paid gigs for people in disadvantage conditions such as hospitals, hospices and prisons.
The scheme is open to musicians under 30 years old playing any non-classical music style and willing to do an audition.
For application forms and inquiries please email
Live Music Now is a charity founded in the United Kingdom by the renowned musician Yehudi Menuhin in 1977. Visit the website
MUSIC PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES
Make Your Mark has partnered with live music promoters Curious Generation to find young people aged 18-30 from across the UK who want support to set up and run a regular, live music night in their home town or city. Curious Generation want to offer their experience and infrastructure to enterprising young people who love music, have a genuine interest in the music scene and want more experience of the music industry, to become the next generation of music promoters. For more information and to apply click here
LONDON CONNECTED
London Connected is a new skills and business development programme designed to help London’s music businesses and entrepreneurs maximise the opportunities presented by digital technologies.
The London Connected programme will provide business support, skills development and market intelligence to aid London’s music businesses and entrepreneurs in developing their digital strategy. The programme is managed and delivered by the Association of Independent Music (AIM) supported by £650,000 from the London Development Agency (the LDA), the Mayor of London's Agency for Jobs and Business.
London Connected’s digital health checks are a chance for you to get a free two hour face-to-face meeting with a digital expert who can offer you advice on how to make digital work for your business.
Each digital health check is tailored to suit the needs of individual businesses.
Between them the experts have worked for a variety of both large and small labels including Universal, Warner, EMI, Ninja Tune, Kudos Records and Skint Records. Other experts have worked in event management, radio, new media, mobile marketing and entertainment & media law.
Experts have experience in the following areas –
• Online campaigns
• Mobile marketing
• Online label development
• Online shops
• Online promotion
• Web design
• Multimedia Industry
• Digital music campaigns
• Digital distribution
• Release strategy
• Release management
• Entertainment and media law
• Online music, radio and new media technology
• PR
• Download services
• Content production for internet and mobile
If you are an entrepreneur or small to medium sized business based in London and would like more information on digital health checks email Amy or ring 020 8994 5599
CHANNEL 4 UNSIGNED
In an unsigned band and yet to sign a record deal? Sign up to 4unsigned and bring your music to the Channel4 community.
SURFACE UNSIGNED
The Surface Unsigned Festival is a national live music event that brings unsigned bands and artists to the attention of all aspects of the music industry. The Surface Unsigned Festival is the largest event of its kind and is a major event in the unsigned music calendar.
Surface Unsigned is working in association with Marshall, Kerrang, Zildjian, Tama, Evans, Planet Waves, Ashdown, D’addario, PMT, Dawsons, Univibe Audio, Music Live and Oxjam to develop alternative ways for bands to gain exposure, develop their fan base and attain success. Read more >>
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR CHARITY FESTIVAL
The Riverside Festival is one of the UK's most successful independent not-for-profit charity festivals with an attendance of around 17,000 people. It offers four stages of live music together with a variety of arts and kids activities and a fantastic beer festival run from a 200 foot bar. It is held in Stamford in the East Midlands.
The next festival takes place on Saturday 3 July 2010. The organisers are interested in volunteers who would like to work at the event. Email for more information.
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