Job ad: Domino Publishing – Publishing Synchronisation Assistant (London)

Posted on June 14, 2021 by HD Radio Network

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By CMU Advertising | Published on Monday 14 June 2021

This is an exciting opportunity for a new graduate or individual with office experience able to demonstrate sound business sense coupled with a passion for music. Our ideal candidate should have a basic understanding of music rights with the ability to take ownership of projects from license to paperwork. Our growing catalogue requires an ability to appreciate a wide-ranging catalogue of music. We are especially interested to meet candidates able to demonstrate their passion for music and eagerness to learn to administer and negotiate synchronisation licenses. With our active roster, the candidate should also enjoy attending gigs. This role will report directly to the Head of Synchronisation who is super keen to impart their knowledge and train some new talent in the art of synchronisation licensing.

He or she must be able to commit to regular after-hours events and welcome the chance to meet and engage new contacts. A fluent second language useful.

Key accountabilities include:

• Cover enquiries in the general synchronisation inboxes – acknowledging receipt of emails / seeking information from clients
• Collating the information needed to quote – terms and conditions
• cover email and phones whilst HOS is in meetings
• licensing work
• Administering paperwork, Flagging deal expiry and option renewals
• Send audio files and assets
• Organise release schedules
• Updating social network / website as requested by HOS
• Attend gigs

Please supply a cover letter and CV clearly setting out your achievements to date to [email protected] before June 25th, 2021.

Please include the job title in the subject line and state where you saw this advert.

Domino Publishing Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or any other status protected by law.

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Bluedive React To Covid Pandemic With ‘2020’

Posted on June 14, 2021 by HD Radio Network

Santa Clarita, CA Pop-Punk trio Bluedive give the year 2020 the big f you with their song “2020”, which comes from their recently released debut EP “Bittersweet”.

Aidan Dixon (vocals, guitar) says of the song, “So basically, writing 2020 was like letting out a bunch of repressed frustration about the whole Covid thing.”

The band formed amidst the pandemic and drummer Riff Gordon reflects, “Sebastian and I had played together in our high school jazz band so when he text and asked if I wanted to get together and play with him and Aidan I was happy to have a musical outlet after months of stay at home orders, the more we started to jam the more we realized the Covid shutdown afforded us the time to experiment with our music and figure out what we wanted Bluedive to be, that’s where the name comes from, when things seem to be at their darkest we find a way to dive into something positive.” Stream the song below:

Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy Working On Double Album and Docuseries

Posted on June 14, 2021 by HD Radio Network

Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy is keeping really busy of late working on a new double album and he also shared some details about a new docuseries called “Backstage Pass” that he is working on.

He spoke about both during a new interview with Vintage Rock Pod. He said of the new solo album, “So much time has passed since we started writing, Eric and I, my guitar player co-writer on most of my solos. It was so long ago and the record was done.

“We had the songs written like six months ago and that was a year process. So since then I’ve been writing like a fool and writing with him and all these new songs.

“So, I figured let’s do a double record and give it all you got. Just go in there, lay it down and say here ‘This is what happens in two years when you write tunes’. And they’re way different. There there’s such an ebb and flow. It goes all over the place this record.

“Our new bass player, Jerry Montana, he did time in ‘Hell Yeah’. You know, he’s a more of an aggressive writer / player. So these songs could be heavy, heavy, or they could be Ratt sounding, obviously, if I write them. But I’m trying to take them outside, I’m trying to do a lot of different things, you know, and it’s going to be interesting because it’s going to go all over the place, so good luck!”

He revealed plans for the docuseries when he was asked if fans can expect the album to be released early next year. He responded, “Yeah, it’s been put off. We’re going to try to get through this year. I’ve got some things to take care of with what the band Ratt’s going to do and just on the move on other things, projects and trying to get this docu-series out.

“I have a show in production it’s called Backstage Pass. The show is pretty much wanting to find out what legacy do I want to leave, and it will be visual, it will be a lot more involved.

“The history, Robin, Tawny, teenagers. I met them when they were teenagers. They lived together at a duplex down the street from my grandmother. No one knows this sh*t. So we’ve been friends for ages and Tawny too, you know.” Listen to the full podcast episode here.

Setlist: The music publishers’ $200 million lawsuit against Roblox

Posted on June 14, 2021 by HD Radio Network

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By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 14 June 2021

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the $200 million lawsuit against Roblox from a consortium of music publishers led by the US National Music Publishers Association, plus Brexit negotiator David Frost’s big no-show at a parliamentary inquiry into how the UK-EU trade deal messed things up so badly for touring musicians and what, if anything, is being done about it.

SECTION TIMES
01: Roblox (00:3:36)
02: Brexit (00:15:90)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Music publishers sue Roblox for $200 million, pile more pressure on Twitch
• UK’s Brexit negotiator criticised over no-show at Parliamentary session on the bureaucratic barriers faced by touring musicians
• Culture Secretary mocked over “ambitious” visa-free touring agreement with Liechtenstein

ALSO MENTIONED
• Live industry warns against delayed reopening, calls on government to release Events Research Programme findings
• Andrew Lloyd Webber promises “mother of all legal cases” if government pushes back lifting of COVID restrictions on venues

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King Crimson Announce Music Is Our Friend Summer Tour

Posted on June 13, 2021 by HD Radio Network

King Crimson have announced that they will be returning to the road next month to launch a brand new U.S. tour that will feature The Zappa Band as support on select dates.

The Music Is Our Friend Tour will be kicking off on July 22nd in Clearwater, FL at the Ruth Eckerd Hall and will run until September 11th when they will wrap things up in Washington, DC at The Anthem.

Robert Fripp had this to say, “The Crimson Beast Is in Go! Mode. Totally excellent news! Much hooraying! Glad times are here! The Crimson Beast Of Terror has woken from its enforced slumbering and is venturing out to stomp flat the psyches of innocents not yet experienced in the hammering onslaught of King Crimson’s uncompromising pounding – bish! bish! bish! – before turning on a beat to jellify hearts with gut-wrenching passion and soul-squeezing epic unfoldings to remind us that we are all mere subjects in the unfolding drama of the universe’s unfathomable mysteries while simultaneously rocking out and having a great time bopping about with Tony and Bobby and Gavin and Jakko and Mel and Pat and Jezza too.” See the dates below:

July 22, 2021 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
July 23, 2021 – Delray Beach, FL – Old School Square
July 24, 2021 – St. Augustine, FL – St Augustine Ampitheater
July 26, 2021 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Walt Disney Theater
July 27, 2021 – Atlanta, GA – The Fox
July 28, 2021 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
July 30, 2021 – Fort Worth, TX – Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium
July 31, 2021 – Cedar Park, TX – H-E-B Center
August 2, 2021 – Greenwood Village, CO – Fiddlers Green Amiptheater
August 3, 2021 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Ampitheater
August 5, 2021- Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion*
August 6, 2021 – Los Angeles – The Greek*
August 7, 2021 – Scottsdale, AZ – Talking Stick Ballroom
August 23, 2021 – Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC*
August 24, 2021 – Northampton, MA – The Pines Theater*
August 26, 2021 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC*
August 27, 2021 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Ampitheater*
August 28, 2021 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Ampitheater*
August 29, 2021 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia*
August 31, 2021 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller High Life Theatre*
September 1, 2021 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica*
September 2, 2021 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center @ The Heights*
September 4, 2021 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center*
September 5, 2021 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl*
September 7, 2021 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center*
September 9, 2021 – Forest Hills, NY – Forest Hills Stadium*
September 10, 2021 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion*
September 11, 2021 – Washington, DC – The Anthem*

(*Support “The Zappa Band”)