THE MELOCOMPASS PODCAST

THE MELOCOMPASS PODCAST

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THE MELOCOMPASS PODCAST episodes

  • EVE HORNE - Singer, Songwriter, Sound Engineer, Founder of Peak Music
    Eve Horne is a singer, songwriter, producer, sound engineer and campaigner. 

    This episode is full of passion, magic and collaboration which are all key qualities when working on both the creative and business side of music. 

    Eve has had an incredible career from signing with Polydor and having chart success with girl group JUICE in the 90s to studying to be a sound engineer. She also spent some time away from music working as a train driver before setting up Peak Music in 2019 - a platform providing femxle songwriters, producers and artists with the tools and expertise to expand their creativity, enhance their skills and visibility. 

    Eve is also the founder of ‘The Unheard’ a campaign to confront and change Structural sexism in the music industry, critically, creatively and collaboratively. It was such a joy to speak to Eve - we hope you enjoy this episode. 

    Don’t forget to like, subscribe and share with friends. 

    Connect with Eve on Instagram @eve_horne, @peakmusicuk and @weare_theunheard

    Check out the Peak Music website on www.peakmusic.uk

     

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    42 min
  • SYBIL BELL - Founder of Independent Venue Week
    Sybil is Founder of Independent Venue Week a 7-day celebration of gigs on a national level with collaboration at the heart. Independent Venue Week is now in it's 8th year and for the first (and probably only) time was online this year due to the pandemic. 

    She has also co-owned a venue (Moles Live Venue), managed an artist, appeared on many panels including for SXSW, BBC Radio 1 and Liverpool's Sound City as well as appeared in interviews for BBC 6Music, Radio 5 Live, Radio 1 Newsbeat and many more! 

    In this episode, we talk about the journey of Independent Venue Week as well as the relaunch of their community led project YES WE CAN promoted through Community Interest Company CAN YOU CIC IT which is aimed at helping young people who want a career in music, on and off the stage. 

    We look at the types of opportunities we may see opening up in a newly formed live sector and Sybil shares some all important career advice.

    We hope you enjoy this episode, don't forget to like, subscribe and leave us a comment! It really does make a difference! 

    Connect Sybil on Instagram @sybilinlondon and LinkedIn @sybilbell
    Connect with Independent Venue Week on Instagram is @ivw_uk check out their website on www.independentvenueweek.com/uk
     

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    34 min
  • ROBERTA HICKEY - Founder of Little Pink Book
    Roberta is the Founder of music consultancy Little Pink Book. Having worked in music for ten years, Roberta's big break was securing a Label Manager role at MTV. Here she curated the annual MTV Push: Ones To Watch list, working with all the talent on the list to guarantee maximum exposure in both the press and across the MTV network. She also project managed and curated House of MTV - four days of industry panels, workshops, DJ’s and live music. In 2020, Roberta worked with Melody VR on Wireless Connect, the world's first virtual 360 live streamed festival and several other artist live streams. Roberta also has lots of insights into what it is like to be a freelancer in the music industry and shares lot of tips to anyone else looking at going down that avenue. Like all our episodes, this episode was recorded remotely.

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    31 min
  • CHI CHI NWAKODO & MIRANDA KEMPIN - Sync, Sony Music Publishing
    Today we are talking about sync! 

    If you were wondering how sync worked before, you will be thoroughly clued up after listening to this episode. This is an in depth and passionate conversation with Chi Chi and Miranda from Sony Music Publishing. Together they make up the two sides of sync - creative and licensing so we thought it would be perfect to have them on the podcast together! 

    Both of them share how their roles differ yet work together, we also cover the differences between working in sync at a publisher like Sony Music Publishing and music supervision at an agency or in-house team. 

    Now, since we recorded this episode Sony ATV has renamed itself to Sony Music Publishing - so whenever we are referring to Sony ATV, we are talking what is now called Sony Music Publishing. Sony Music's publishing arm. 

    If you enjoy the episode don't forget to like, subscribe and leave us a comment! 

    Like all our episodes, this episode was recorded remotely.

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    44 min
  • SHENIECE CHARWAY - Artist Relations Manager, YouTube and YouTube Music
    Having started her career in marketing at Columbia Records, Sheniece is now Artist Relations Manager at YouTube and YouTube Music! 

    Sheniece has worked with some massive artists including George Ezra, Rick Ross, Skepta, Stefflon Don, Wretch 32 the list goes on! We dive into her career history, the importance of making yourself indisposable, along with some of the amazing projects she spearheaded in 2020, including YouTube Music's Excellence Brunch which celebrated the best of Black British Culture in Music and The Legacy Series - a series championing Black fashion designers and Black Musical Talent. 

    Sheniece is also an ambassador for the PRS Foundation Power Up campaign and is passionate, like many of us, about tackling anti-Black racism in the music industry. 

    Like all our episodes, this episode was recorded remotely.
     

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    34 min
  • VICTORIA STUART - Artist and Label Development, AWAL
    Victoria is AWAL's Senior Director of Artist & Label Development. 

    In this episode we go into the detail of what AWAL does as a business, how Victoria's role fits into this, how her team works with artists and label partners as well as what qualities she looks for in anyone joining the team and some of the proudest moments of her career.

    Like all our episodes, this episode was recorded remotely.
     

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    29 min
  • BINA 'BOB' MISTRY - Digital Legal Counsel, Warner Chappell
    Bina or 'Bob' is a digital licensing expert. She is currently Digital Legal Counsel at Warner Chappell and previously worked at Apple Music, Discovery Channel and PRS for Music.

    Bob is massively knowledgeable about all things music rights and in December 2020 launched music:defined, a music consultancy offering a 121 service for artists and songwriters as well as businesses. 

    We talk about diversity within the music industry particularly in music law, which is an area, I'm sure we can all agree is still a less diverse part of music. 

    You can find Bina or 'Bob' on Instagram @bobskimistry and LinkedIn @binamistry
    music:defined on Instagram is @musicdefineduk or https://www.musicdefined.co.uk/

    Like all our episodes, this episode was recorded remotely.

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    30 min
  • HARRIET JW - Female Entrepreneur
    Most of us will know Harriet as Founder of Secret Sessions, which in January 2021 celebrated it's 10 year anniversairy! 

    More recently, in response to supporting artists during Covid-19, Harriet also founded GIRLS TO THE FRONT. The platform, also known as GTTF, is created to help female musicians grow their fanbase and network. 

    We talk about her current day to day, her experience as a female entrepreneur in the music business, the exploding world of Clubhouse and what advice she would give women on a mission to set up their own projects. 

    You can find Harriet on Instagram, Linkedin and Clubhouse @harrietjw
    Girls to the Front on Instagram is @girlsttf and Secret Sessions is @secret_sessions
     

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    33 min
  • DAISY FINETTO - Creative Director

    Daisy wears many hats; photographer, music video director, lyric video animator and graphic designer but she is most simply described as a Creative Director!

    Daisy has worked with some of the biggest dance acts including DJ Snake, Axwell and Grosso, Chase & Status, Amber Mark, SG Lewis plus many more!

    We dive into what it means to be a Creative Director, what qualities she looks for in a creative and some of her projects.

    Daisy also shares lots of tips and tricks when it comes to working in the music industry. 

    You can find Daisy on Instagram @thisisdaze and @superglowcreative

    For more details on her creative agency co-founded with Gary West, check out https://superglow.co/

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    We hope you enjoy this episode! If you do,  don’t forget to like, subscribe and leave a comment. This will help these conversations reach more and more people to support their career in the music industry!

    See you soon, MeloCompass


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    34 min
  • MELOCOMPASS - TEASER
    This gives you a taste for what we have coming up in the MeloCompass podcast! Join us for conversations with accomplished individuals from across the music industry, spilling the beans on what they do day to day along with lots of tips and advice on what

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    2 min

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