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FOREVER ALUMNI, FOREVER TILEYARD

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FOREVER ALUMNI, FOREVER TILEYARD

On Monday 18 Feb 2019, Tileyard Education graduated their first ever cohort of students in the iconic King’s Place. Postgraduate courses MA Commercial Songwriting and Production, validated by Nottingham Trent University, and MA Music Business, validated by University of Wales Trinity Saint David, both had a ground-breaking first year. Having both courses being delivered at Tileyard has benefited both students, and the wider Tileyard community.

Graduates are already reaping the rewards from the networks at Tileyard, with Tileyard Alumni getting signed to publishers and labels already, MA Music Business students have walked into jobs in places such as Columbia Records, Big Indie Records and MTV.

Tileyard Education is committed to continuing to nurture their alumni network, with free-access to ongoing events at Tileyard, special alumni writing camps and other activities in the pipeline, Tileyard Education’s tagline for their alumni fits the brief perfectly, ‘Forever Alumni, Forever Tileyard’. Graduates are also welcomed back yearly to pitch their ideas to a panel of investors created at Tileyard for potential funding on new projects.

Tileyard Education believes ongoing support of Tileyard’s alumni is fundamental to the overall success of students and the university. Tileyard Education alumni are as much a part of the Tileyard success story as every other individual who benefits from such a thriving ecosystem of creatives and talent.

We would like to congratulate our alumni for exceeding all expectations and look forward to seeing each of them around Tileyard, whether for leisure, or business, very soon.

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INTRODUCING AT THE YARD PODCAST

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INTRODUCING AT THE YARD PODCAST

Tileyard Education, Tileyard London and Music Jobs are delighted to announce a brand new collaboration for music fans and music enthusiasts. ‘At The Yard’ is a brand-new podcast recorded out of Tileyard Education, situated in Tileyard London. ‘At The Yard’ is a podcast designed to ask the big questions about what the music industry is really like. The team will be talking to some of the biggest names in the industry, from artists to managers to record label owners, it will give listeners a 360 degree of the range of jobs that exist within music. The podcast will also be a platform for guests to reflect and tell stories about their exciting careers, as well as telling the exciting story of Tileyard, and the amazing clients that exist there.

The podcast is presented by Lucy Macieira (Education & Marketing Manager to Tileyard Education) and Matt Williams (CRM Director and Editor of Music Jobs). The duo make a striking pair, with Matt’s long-standing career in music and background in radio, and Lucy’s background in music marketing and live events. The podcast is also in collaboration with Tileyard Education students, with Callum Watts (MA Music Business) as Lead Producer, the opening sequence has been mixed and recorded by MA Commercial Music Producer student Christopher Smith, and each fortnight the team will be showcasing a new emerging artist feature to give platform to the new talent coming out of Tileyard.

The podcast will drop twice monthly, launching on Thursday 28 Feb with it’s first ever guest, Martyn Ware. Martyn is Principal to Tileyard Education and has been a resident of Tileyard for over 4 years. He has written, performed and produced two Human League, two BEF and nine Heaven 17 albums, he’s worked with artists such as Tina Turner, Terence Trent D’Arby, Chaka Khan, Erasure, Marc Almond and Mavis Staples. He also founded Illustrious Company with Vince Clarke in 2001 to exploit the creative and commercial possibilities of their unique three-dimensional sound technology, in collaboration with fine artists, the performing arts and corporate clients around the world.

‘At The Yard’ will run a special feature during March in celebration of International Women’s Day. The podcast will be dropping 3 podcasts covering a special ‘Women In Music’ feature. They’ll be leading with guests Elly Jackson (La Roux), Ana Matronic (BBC Radio /Scissor Sisters) & Marli Harwood (Topliner/Songwriter/Tileyard Music).

The podcast will be available on all streaming platforms including Spotify, iTunes and Soundcloud from 28 February.

You can find out more on Music Jobs here.

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MA Design

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MA Design

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MARLI, LYRA & NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

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MARLI, LYRA & NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

“Marli Harwood has had a long career as a top 40 radio artist, with 6 deals and 7 albums, she signed to Island Records at the age of 19. However, her focus now is collaborating and writing for others. She’s had remarkable success as a songwriter, her releases include “Stole The Show” by Kygo feat. Parson James (Sony), “I Really Like You (Pretender)” by All City Steppers (Flight Master), “All We Have Is Forgiveness” by Sondr feat. Joe Cleere (Ultra), “Love Won’t Let Me Go” by Julian Peretta (Sony) and “Aqualung” by Miss Li (Sony). Marli is also part of the Tileyard Education team delivering tutoring, masterclasses and mentorship to MA Commercial Songwriting and Production students.

Most recently, Marli gained notable success on a co-write with artist Lyra on the track ‘Falling’ that made its way onto New Music Friday playlist on Spotify after it’s release! We caught up with Marli to ask her about the track, and how the collaboration came to be. Marli said:

“We got on straight away, I’d seen her play live, and she is just an absolute superstar.”

She also said:

“The collaboration worked because sometimes things just come when you have a free channel, when there is an organic”

This was the first time the pair had written a song together. The versus had been constructed, but no one was happy with the chorus. After one day together in the studio, the 2 had created something everyone was delighted with. Marli said one of the things that helps her with the creative process is

“Visualising the video of the track, and drawing inspiration from that”

She said the two had a fantastic working creative energy, and the future holds many more writing sessions for this complimentary creative duo.

You can find out more about Lyra here and more on Marli here.”

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MA Commercial Music Producer (Online Blended)

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MA Commercial Music Producer (Online Blended)

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James Lewis Signs To Tileyard Music

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James Lewis Signs To Tileyard Music

Embedded in the largest pro-music community in Europe, with a multitude of industry-partnerships, Tileyard Education’s students and alumni have encountered many useful offerings from this thriving eco-system of successful & creative businesses. One of Tileyard Education’s most notable partners is of course, is Tileyard Music.

Tileyard Music is Tileyard’s own Publishing & Management company, with over 1000 songs on their catalogue. They manage artists such as Sigala, Ella Eyre and Tiggs Da Author, as well as having an array of talented songwriters and producers on their books. Tileyard Music work closely with Tileyard Education, with assistance and A&R feedback on student writing camps, they’re always on the look-out for emerging talent. This is why Tileyard Education is delighted to announce the newest producer just signed to Tileyard Music’s roster is Tileyard Education graduate James Lewis.

James Lewis came to Tileyard Education to study MA Commercial Songwriting & Production to accelerate his career as a producer. We asked James what made him choose Tileyard Education as a place to study for his masters, he was pretty clear in saying;

“Why would I study anywhere else? It’s hard enough getting A&R teams to listen to your work, and here I had Michael Harwood as a mentor in Term 3, I had a weekly excuse to put another track in front of him, you don’t get that at any other university.”

James has now been a part of a number of writing camps with Tileyard Music since August last year. He has written with a multitude of established producers and songwriters, and now he is officially signed to the publishing leg of the company, we are anticipating the news of many more exciting projects. Congratulations James!

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TILEYARD ED IN CONVERSATION WITH DON LETTS

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TILEYARD ED IN CONVERSATION WITH DON LETTS

We are delighted to be hosting an evening in conversation with music industry legend Don Letts. For a single night, we’ll be discussing Don’s expansive career across multiple projects and taking questions from the audience on the night.

Don Letts’ reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial body of work from the late 70’s through the 80’s, 90’s and well into the millennium. His work has been exhibited in The Kitchen N.Y.C, The Institute of Contemporary Art, The N.F.T in London and was honoured at Brooklyn’s BAM festival and The Milan Film festival. In March 2003 he won a Grammy for his documentary ‘Westway To The World’.

He came to notoriety in the late 70’s as the DJ that single-handedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae. It was whilst as a d.j at the first punk club ‘The Roxy’ in 1977, that Don adopted the punk D.I.Y ethic and begun to make his first film ‘The Punk Rock Movie’. Shot on Super-8mm it is the only documentary on the U.K punk scene w/ Sex Pistols-The Clash and many others. This led to a period directing over 300 music videos for an eclectic mix of diverse artists ranging from Public Image to Bob Marley. He then moved into documentary work covering the likes of Gil Scot-Heron, The Jam, Sun Ra, George Clinton and most recently Paul McCartney. Dancehall Queen (co-directed by Rick Elgood) shot in location in Jamaica 1997 was his first feature film.

At the end of 2007 Don presented ‘Speakers Corner’ in conjunction with the British Arts Council. Featuring several spoken word artists, poets and rappers with a musical band in a theatrical setting. The event toured the UK in November-December and was a contemporary response to the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade.

Tickets for this event are strictly limited so we recommend buying before we sell out! TICKETS HERE.

More on Don Letts: https://www.donletts.com/

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David Parish

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David Parish

Since 1997, David has has been responsible for the online marketing and PR of numerous established and breakthrough acts as diverse as 2K (The KLF), Eminem, Rammstein, Elton John, Amy Winehouse, the Goldie Lookin’ Chain, and Oasis due to having lucrative retained PR supplier deals with UMG, Warner Music Group, and Sony. David has also worked with independent labels such as Domino Records, Jeepster and Mute Records.

At it’s peak, David’s representation covered over a third of the Official Top 40 in addition to running and marketing the social media profiles of all active Universal Music Group releases – and even putting the first sport’s personality, Formula One racing driver Jacques Villeneuve, on MySpace. Additionally, David produced and fronted one of the first legal music podcasts in the UK in 2003 and has been in the podcasting and steaming radio space ever since.

David also assisted industry leader Rob Wells at UMG in the creation of its first online-only label, Universal Digital, in 2004 which was later merged into the larger group as standard ‘digital first’ best practice. In 2016, David was accepted as a Freeman in the Worshipful Company of Marketors in recognition of his services to youth marketing and in 2017 attained the Freedom of the City of London.

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CATCH UP WITH CHRISTINA JOHN

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CATCH UP WITH CHRISTINA JOHN

We caught up with Focusrite Bursary winner Christina John to see how her year at Tileyard Education has been shaping so far.

Christina is a professional songwriter and topliner, with over 20 years of writing experience under her belt. She was already making way with her writing career before she started studying at Tileyard, including a non-exclusive licensing agreement on a track with Platonic Music Group, as well as having interest from BMG when she was establishing her career in 2009.

Christina also met fellow songwriting student, Archie XN TricK at a Notting Hill Networking event in 2017.  They later collaborated creatively, and Christina co-wrote Archie’s first single ‘My Darling’ which received attention on local radio. Since then, the two have also collaborated on Archie’s up and coming single release ‘Selfish’ which is due to be released on the 8 March and are both currently working on the launch party that will be at The Batch, Peckham. The event is free and open to anyone who wishes to attend.

Then in 2018, Christina took a leap of faith to become a full-time postgraduate student of MA Commercial Songwriting and Production to pursuing her creative dream full-time.

Since arriving at Tileyard, Christina has been awarded a £2,500 bursary by Tileyard Education Partners Focusrite to assist with her course fees. She has also received a gift from partners Focusrite, just in time for Christmas, with thousands of pounds of Focusrite goodies to trial and keep! The gift included; KRK v4s4, Focusrite Clarett 2PRE USB interface, SE electronics x1s studio bundle, x1s large diaphragm. Christina will be publishing a monthly vlog showcasing her brand new Focusrite equipment in her home studio!

Christina’s choice of university was a no-brainer for her, she chose to study at Tileyard because of the rich and creative eco-system that exists here. She had been engaging with the wider Tileyard community since 2015, frequently attending Notting Hill Networking events. She said the biggest attraction for her was the expertise of the tutors on hand, the collaborative potential, and of course, the networking.

We’re looking forward to what the rest of this year has in store for Christina. You can follow her on her Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with her projects!!

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YASMIN JANE GETS SIGNED

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YASMIN JANE GETS SIGNED

Yasmin Jane is the first of Tileyard Education alumni to get signed. The same day Yasmin handed in her final assignment for her Masters in Songwriting & Production, she made her way down to bndr Music’s headquarters, to sign her record deal.

bndr Music is a brand new label that introduces a patented platform which seeks to cultivate the next generation artists. The label is formed of music executives who’ve worked for the likes of Relentless Records & Metropolis. Their core strategy is bringing emerging artists into the spotlight and encouraging the sharing of free music and content across social media platform.

2018 was a triumphant year for Yasmin, after getting a cut from her track  ‘Girls do It Better’, the track got signed to Ninja Tune. Since her label signing, the offers and successes continue to grow. Yasmin dropped her first single ‘Cute That You Think That’ with the label last year, followed by an extensive PR campaign that had Yasmin pasted across London buses.

Yasmin was also had her first debut on BBC Introducing last week, and has just become ‘Track Of The Week’ on BBC Introducing Norfolk! She has also featured in Mita Magazine, Magazine Of The Future and Neon Music. Her track ‘ Come A Little Closer’ is also currently being remixed as part a massive club campaign and will be one to watch for Summer 2019. Yasmin’s music has also had global reach with particular success in Sweden, Germany, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Yasmin said one of the biggest learning curves for her since the signing is

“Surrounding myself with the right people”

With a stylist and manager on board, Yasmin is set for a very exciting 2019. She will be dropping another single later in the year, and currently working on the concept for her video, The single debut with a launch party will be part of a larger PR campaign for the young artist.

Yasmin is also about to feature on another Ninja Tune playlist for Valentine’s Day with her track “Broken Glass”.  As part of her goals for 2019, Yasmin is getting back in the studio, she said;

“I can’t be out of the studio for too long, I miss it too much!”

The words of a true artist. You can expect to see Yasmin this summer as she’ll soon be dropping some live tour dates. Follow Yasmin’s Instagram for updates on releases and the announcement of her tour here.

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CATCHING 5 MILLION STREAMS

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CATCHING 5 MILLION STREAMS

We caught up with emerging artist Catching Cairo to see what’s been happening for her since graduating from her Masters at Tileyard Education back in 2018. Catching Cairo (previously known as Tiffani Juno), has barely had a moment of stillness, with offers coming in for creative collaborations regularly, she barely has the time to take-up every offer.

Catching Cairo is North-London based DreameR&B artist, she describes this genre as;

“a subgenre that encapsulates elements of a stylistic, lyrical, contextual approach to music, to create my unique sound through using elements of R&B, Soul, bass and reggae”

Before her solo artistry, she began making waves on the dance music circuit, songwriting and collaborating with many artists and scoring notable releases on Indie Labels Rinse, Maison Kitsune, Chase And Status’ label MTA and SHY FX’s Digital Soundboy.

Wasting no time, shortly after completing her Masters, Catching Cairo became part of a project with 9 other young women curated by Sian Anderson (1xtra) in collaboration with Warner Music and the Mayor Of London. The project ‘Nexxt Steps‘ was created to celebrate 100 years that women have had the right to vote in the UK. Over the course of a series of weekends, the women created an EP with the theme #BehindEveryGreatCity, finishing in a showcase in XOYO back in November 2018.

Catching Cairo has also enjoyed some great success on her collaborations, she featured on ‘Supernova’, a release with Hybrid Minds, and in just 5 months the track has hit over 623,000 streams on Spotify. In fact, between both her Spotify accounts, she has accumulated over 5 million streams! Catching Cairo is also being managed by Adam Nash at Wave Divergence Management, and she assured us that she has some “promising collaborations on the horizon”. 

We asked Tiff what’s the biggest thing she’s learnt over the past year, she said;

“I’ve learned so much, I’ve learned I needed to push myself. I can get the things I want but I have to put the work in.”

We feel 2019 is going to be a very important year for Catching Cairo. You can ‘catch’ Catching Cario if you were lucky enough to get tickets to the sold-out show with Hybrid Minds at XOYO on Feb 8, or follow her on Instagram for updates on her upcoming shows.

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WHEN EMMA MET HARRY

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WHEN EMMA MET HARRY

Emma Horan is an exceptionally high achiever, knowing from an early age that music was the path for her, she started in musical theatre at the age of 6. Emma’s success has come relatively effortlessly, a testimony to her dedication, charisma and talent.

Emma was discovered at the age of 14 when she decided to start using Facebook as a space to start sharing videos of her covering some of her favourite songs, from there, her videos went viral, some gaining up to one million hits. Some of her videos were shared by the X-Factor star Jake Quickindon which contributed to their viral spread. This quickly got Emma spotted, and by the age of 14 she was taken on tour in with another X-Factor star, Janet Devlin, together they toured Northern Ireland, and Emma got her first taste of performing to a mass audience.

Before long, Emma enrolled onto a government scheme called Generator NI designed, a scheme designed to support artists find their feet. From here, she wrote her first single with Producer Tre Sheppard, that she released at the age of 15, and another at 17. During this time, she was also spotted by Raz Nitzan, a Dutch songwriter based in Amsterdam. Raz flew Emma over to Amsterdam to write with Emma and record some vocals that were released as on his label, Raz Nitzan Music. Their tracks also aired on A State Of Trance Radio, one of the world’s largest Trance radio stations.

There is more, Emma even played to Prince Harry and Megan as a Peace event in Northern Island back in 2017. Emma has big aspirations for her music career. She enrolled onto our MA Commercial Songwriting and Production programme after a trip to London, she took a trip to Tileyard “The place she’d heard so much about”, and came into contact with Tileyard Education, she said from there, she “Knew she had to study here”. We asked Emma what her favourite thing was about studying at Tileyard;

“Everything! This is the right place for me to study music and further my career”.

We asked Emma about her future aspirations, she is looking to focus on her MA and songwriting collaborations this year, and eventually, she’s looking to get signed onto a publishing deal. Emma is also looking to release her own music, in the near future so watch this space.

You can check out Emma’s viral videos here.

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THE A&R SESSIONS WITH ROY LIDSTONE (A&G BRANDS)

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THE A&R SESSIONS WITH ROY LIDSTONE (A&G BRANDS)

Join us in conversation with Roy Lidstone for a night of A&R feedback at Tileyard Studios.

Roy is veteran of the music industry with over 28 years experience which includes music publishing, sync licensing and A&R. He has achieved Gold, Silver and Platinum record sales in the UK and US and as CEO of A&GSync Inc. and A&G Songs Ltd, runs the independent sync agency and music publisher with operations in LA and London.

  The night will begin with an interview with Roy to find out more about his exciting career in music, followed by an A&R playback session with the chance to receive valuable feedback on your work.

This A&R Session could be particularly useful to anyone looking to get into sync for film & TV.

Anyone wishing to play music, please bring your files on a mobile phone device, USB or via a web link for feedback. We cannot make it to everyone, but we always endeavour to get through as many as we can.

  This is sure to sell out! Grab your tickets quick! TICKETS HERE

More on A&G: http://www.aandgbrands.com/

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ELEVNS - LONDON - NEW YORK - LA

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ELEVNS - LONDON - NEW YORK - LA

ELEVNS is an electronic and beatmaker duo made and based in London. Forming in 2016, the electronic inspired-duo showcased themselves at their first ever headline show in Rockwood Music Hall, New York in 2017.

ELEVNS has become a name buzzing around everybody’s lips, especially at Tileyard. The band have already been endorsed by ROLI (London-based music tech-company) after their trip to NY in 2017 and have also become part of the Soundbrenner family who specialises in portable, wearable metronomes. The duo even created their own label Deja-New Records in 2016. The concept of the label is to sign music that can:

“Induce listeners into remembering about a good feeling while discovering new music.”

The concept for ELEVNS is simple but strikingly powerful. The line-up of consists of just two musicians Aurélien and Gramm, but they invite an array of talented and feature singers and rappers to join them in recordings and on stage. Their music crosses boundaries, drawing inspiration fro Hip-hop, soultronic, pop and contemporary R&B. Gramm, also known as Stefan Gramunt, is part of Tileyard Education alumni, completing his masters in MA Commercial Songwriting and Production last year. Aurélien is a current student of the MA Commercial Music Producer programme.

So Tileyard Education was thrilled to hear the news that ELEVNS have been invited out to LA this week to play a show as part of NAMM 2019. The booking came about after Aurélien met Ilana Lorraine back in October during her visit to Tileyard for a guest lecture. Ilana, who is an artist Ambassador for Harman International, Waves Audio & ROLI, got talking to Aurélien and within a few months had them booked onto a showcase at the world-renowned venue, Shoreditch House and then invited the boys to LA. ELEVNS will be performing tonight as part of the NAMM show to their first ever LA audience.

The band have had a busy 2018 and Aurélien most recently composed the music for the fashion brand Uniqlo’s new film. The film is being played in every Uniqlo store worldwide to showcase a new range, and you can watch it here.

And as if that wasn’t enough excitement, the boys will be releasing their single ‘Let Me In’ (Feat SYON) on 8 Feb with AWAL, and will be dropping their first ever EP in March. You can also check them out at the 229 in London on 31 Jan, tickets still available here.

Keep your eyes on ELEVNS, 2019 is going to be a defining year for the band, and we’re anticipating big things.

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FRANZISKA AND TALENTBANQ

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FRANZISKA AND TALENTBANQ

Tileyard London is an exciting and prosperous place to be, with new and established businesses joining the community regularly, the popularity for joining the Tileyard postcode is growing, with up to a 6-month waiting list for space. With clients such as Marathon Artists, Notting Hill Music, The Prodigy and Platoon it’s no wonder this thriving community welcomes in some of the best new start-ups in the business. One company that Tileyard Education has grown close alliances with is Talentbanq.

Talentbanq represents a carefully curated selection of the UK’s best independent artists to deliver outstanding live performances and have branched out to start managing artists too. The company was founded by CEO Ray Jones, Former Director of the Union Chapel, and Business Development Director at Time Out UK and Pablo Ettinger as Chairman, who is one of the founding team behind Caffè Nero and now manages their music department.

Talentbanq moved into Tileyard at the very moment they were ready to launch their exciting venture. Their business has gone from strength to strength, with a demand for good live talent, they now have over 70 artists on their roster! Their team is also expanding fast, with an Events Manager and Development Manager now also based at Tileyard.

So, in 2018, Tileyard Education was delighted when Ray Jones approached the university asking for help to recruit the company’s newest intern. After sharing the opportunity, Talentbanq chose MA Music Business student, Franziska Uecker. Franziska moved to London to immerse herself in the music industry networks here, she graduated from the University of West London with a First Class Honours in Music Technology in 2018. From there, she decided she wanted to learn more about the business of music and chose to do her Masters with Tileyard Education.

She has been working with the Talentbanq team for 2 months now and is getting to apply herself to the live industry in multiple ways. She has been assisting the team with social media, booking, helping with their roster, and will be helping the team with their exciting and newest development – ‘Live At The Camden Chapel’, a 40 cap intimate venue, that launched this month. This intimate space will serve as a listening venue for independent artists and will allow artists to be paid for their performances.

We asked Franziska what has been the best thing she’s learnt so far;

“So much, I get to do new things every day.”

We also asked Franziska how she is finding her time at Tileyard:

“I love it here, I really do, there are so many opportunities to network.”

Franziska’s internship with Talentbanq has now ended as she will be turning her focus and attention onto her Masters. But we know she’s gained valuable insight with the team and look forward to catching up with her and Talentbanq later this year.

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Get Podcasting!

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Get Podcasting!

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WATCH OUT FOR MAKI FLOW

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WATCH OUT FOR MAKI FLOW

Francesca Di Basi, or Maki Flow as you will know her, is an artist by heart and an artist by nature. Her tagline “I write and sing my heart out” can be found on ever bio page she’s ever written.

Maki Flow came to London from Rome in October of 2018 to further develop and grow what is already, quite an established musical career. After successfully enrolling onto MA Commercial Songwriting and Production at Tileyard Education, she relocated to her new North London home. She says London is the place for her, she finds romantic tones of gesture on the “busy streets”.

Maki Flow crosses boundaries and genres, with some of her biggest influences being drawn from an eclectic mix of genres, including R&B, acoustic and dance. To her, good music is music that can provoke emotion, and have the ability to carry you away.

In Italy, Maki was already gaining recognition for her songwriting and artistry, with particular success in the EDM genre. She’s worked with Nightvision Records (Warner) in the Netherlands, and her first collaboration was in 2017, with 2 Italian Producers working with Casual Jam, an EDM label. In fact, she’s also collaborating on 2 more tracks with 2 more dance producers, which she is looking to release this year.

But most recently, Maki Flow gained major recognition on Spotify, after releasing the track “Teenage Love” with a duo called Wallaby on 28 Dec. The track reached over 100k streams in just one week and was featured on over 15 playlists including ‘New Music Friday’ in Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Thailand, Iceland and many more! Maki said;

“The song is about being insanely in love, the kind of love that shakes your knees and blows your mind, that kind of love that can turn back the hands of time and can make you feel like a teenager again: invincible, free and safe.”

Teenage Love has also been added on The Vibe Guide and Sensual Musique channels’ on Youtube and reached respectively 77k and 27k views in one week.

We asked Maki what her goal is, and what she hopes to achieve out of the next year of her study at Tileyard. She said;

“I see myself as an artist, but I’m also a songwriter, my goal is to get a publishing deal”.

We feel very excited about Maki Flow’s next year at Tileyard, she is definitely one to watch. You can listen to “Teenage Love” here.