Dawson Breed Music is a fresh thinking music agency and management company which is passionate about quality song writing, musicianship and live performance. Born from the closure of Concorde International Artistes Agency, we are committed to pushing forward what we call, untapped talent.
Common Tongues have won a competition run by Replay clothing in association with Clash Magazine to play at Bestival this year. Last week they were invited to play at the Replay clothing store in Covent Garden, London, with other selected bands and got to choose and keep their clothes from the store! To watch them trying on their clothes and performing live at the Replay store click on the link below.
The Morning Orchestra are all set to play 3 fabulous gigs on 2 different stages Saturday and Sunday at Glastonbury this year in the Avalon and Shangri-La fields! We’ll let you know how it goes!
The Great Escape took place May 12th for 3 days and we were there again, listening to the panels and the live music! This year the Alternative Escape had some of the strongest acts playing and who are emerging very nicely!
Jake Morley
Jake Morley played a truly mesmerising set at The Latest. Just the previous week he did a live session on the Janice Long show, and the BBC peeps loved it so much that Jo Whiley replayed that session on her show!
Common Tongues
Common Tongues had a very busy couple of days playing at the Something Nothing showcase on Friday and the Shuga Buddha showcase on Saturday, in fact the Shuga Buddha showcase had such high quality acts playing, it was quite tricky trying to get to other showcases!
Shuga Buddha also showcased the stunningly brilliant Jim Stapley ………..
Jim Stapley
and the unbelievably energetic Felix Fables
Felix Fables
both of which were so impressive, we’ve started to work with them!
With Skinny Machines also putting on an amazing live show, Shuga Buddha at The Fishbowl was the place to be!
Skinny Machines
Also check out Festival Spectacles they were launched at TGE and are just so cool with different coloured lenses that easily slot into the frame and with 5 colours make a great accessory for any outfit! We bumped into singer songwriter Alice Russell sporting a pair……..
Alice Russell
March is the time of year when it all happens at once! First comes the ILMC in London, which clashes with Canadian Music Week in Toronto! ILMC as always was very informative, with various panels and industry opinions from across the globe. Kicking off on the Thursday night with the fabulous industry showcase hosted by Discovery 2 at the AAA Club in Kensington with a sterling line up including Eliza Newman.
Eliza Newman
Directly after ILMC we flew straight out to Austin Texas for SXSW ( South By South West), the annual international film, music and interactive conference and showcase where we saw some amazing talent including Kill It Kid, De Staat, Blackbird Blackbird. The Mpress Records party saw some amazing performances from a stellar line up of amazing talent: Avi Wisnia, Walter Parks, Caleb Hawley,Seth Glier, Ryan Hommel, Amy Speace, Rachael Sage and Jim Bianco
Kill It Kid
De Staat
Blackbird Blackbird
The European Festival Awards took place on January 12th in Groningen, which was a fantastic event held in the gorgeous venue Stadsschouwburg for the opening of the 25th Anniversary of Eurosonic/Noorderslag It was a great night with some fabulous live music and tasty Dutch food, do check out the website links above. At Eurosonic/Noorderslag some great bands played, including the fabulous Dutch band Moss in the wonderfully intimate setting of the Groningen Museum, below, and there were some very informative music industry panels, including the festival panel.
Moss at Eurosonic
Noorderslag - The Festival Panel
Happy New Year and it’s full steam ahead for Dawson Breed Music. After a pretty hectic year in 2010, we now have lots going on over the next few months but first we’re heading out to Noorderslag/Eurosonic again!
What an exciting week it is! 2 full days of Nokia World for a hands-on experience of the latest Nokia tech that will be making waves in the year to come, and a chance to be a part of something else truly dear to my heart as we work with City Showcase to put on performances from 8 emerging artists in the world of music.
Now, you may not know City Showcase, but the non-profit organisation is responsible for launching the likes of Amy Winehouse, N-Dubz and Razorlight to name but so very few. With a track record like that, it’s no surprise they’ve secured 8 different but equally amazing acts for the 2 day event.
But the performances from these rising stars won’t be reserved for the conference attendees alone, as I’ll be on hand to film each of their performances on a Nokia N8 for the world to see… and that’s where YOU come in. We want you to vote on these videos by ‘liking’ them. You can leave a comment on each video post if you want to fulfil your “I’m a music mogul” fantasy too.
The most popular band/artist, as “liked” by you, will win some Nokia swag and get promoted on Ovi Music. Which everyone knows, are the two most important steps to fame, fortune, adulation and global dominance. Ahem.
Click here to vote for The Morning Orchestra!
