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Liverpool Sound City 2011
Written by Jono Heale    Friday, 10 December 2010 13:41    PDF Print E-mail

Access To Music presents:  ATOM LIVE TOUR @ LSC 2011.

Showcasing the best talent from the UK's Music Student Network.

From national auditions, unsigned acts have the chance to tour the UK in a professional Sleeper Tour Coach including an exclusive stop at Liverpool Sound City 2011.

Access to Music is the UK’s leading designer and provider of popular music education. They provide dynamic vocationally-related services inspired by direct involvement with the music industry. One result is empowerment and engagement through realistic opportunities for students through their national events wing - Atom Live, which specialises in exciting events for young people in the creative arts.
Atom Live are proud to showcase some of the new up-and-coming talent from Access To Music at Liverpool Sound City 2011.


Towering Heights are a pivotal heavy rock quartet from Lincoln with inspired stadium rock sound of towering heights at every performance. Jimi's Parade with Sheffield songwriter Liam Burns are describe as raw yet melodic fused by honesty and realism.  2011 saw them booked for showcases at SXSW in Texas along with their first single release, The Lover, on iTunes through Ditto Music.

Are you serious about working in the music industry?

Special offer for Access to Music students at Liverpool Sound City 2011
Do you want to speak directly to and learn from those who work with bands, artists and the media day in day out and find out what it’s really like to work in the industry? Do you want to benefit from the knowledge of the new breed of entrepreneurs who work in the music, media and technology sector and take the steps towards going it alone yourself?

Liverpool Sound City is the largest city centre festival and international music business conference in the North of the UK. Every year we bring in over 1200 business delegates from over 23 different countries who shape the international music business including speakers and companies such as the legendary Ian McCulloch (Echo and The Bunnymen), Seymour Stein (CEO, Sire Records and Warner Brothers, USA – signed Madonna, Echo and the Bunnymen, Talking Heads, Blondie), Bernard Resnick, Lady Gaga’s lawyer, Live Nation, Activision Games, Radio 1, Xfm, SXSW, Full Time Hobby, NBC Universal TV, Bella Union, Sony Playstation, Universal Music and many more.

If you are serious about being in this business then you seriously should be at Liverpool Sound City. The music industry is more competitive than ever before and that it’s getting harder and harder to get your foot in the door – learn from the industry people who have been there and done it and meet and make an impression on them at Liverpool Sound City – and make sure you get ahead of those who don’t!
 
After the business is done in the day, then by night you get to party and take in any of the 300 bands over 30 stages on offer. Liverpool Sound City consistently delivers a stellar line up of the best new emerging talent alongside the coolest household names every year.

Artists have included:
Afrika Bambaataa, Animal Collective, Black Lips, Doves, Ian Brown, The Courteeners, The Wombats, The Blackout, Super Furry Animals, Gabriela Cilmi, Blood Red Shoes, British Sea Power, Deerhunter, Delphic, Eliza Doolittle, Enter Shikari, Errors, Everything Everything, Egyptian Hip Hop, The Fall, Florence and the Machine, Glasvegas, Gil Scott Heron, Holy Fuck, Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Los Campesinos!, The Maccabees, Paloma Faith, Pulled Apart By Horses, Rox, Santigold, Sound of Guns, The Sunshine Underground, Tinchy Stryder, White Denim, White Lies, Wild Beasts, You Me At Six, The Zutons

2011 will be our best yet. We can take care of everything from arranging your accommodation and passes. To make sure you are part of the action get in touch with us now: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
£65 delegate passes for Access to Music students (full rate £200) giving you access to the 3 day festival, all conferences, networking events and parties.  Contact Phil Ellis This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more info or to book your place

 

The Perfect Pitch

Access to Music invited hopeful young entrepreneurs into their Dragon's Den-style Music Biz Bid Shop at the recent Atom Live Conventions where they presented a Perfect Pitch for their music business to four music dragons.

From the many students who entered, three have been chosen to pitch their music entrepreneurial idea at the final at Liverpool Sound City on Friday 20th May, 2-3pm in Breakout Room 3 (see Liverpool Sound City website for more details) to a top-flight panel of music industry experts.
The chosen students are:

Norwich  - Amy Wragg
Stoke On Trent - Francess Clinton
Manchester -  Jennifer Langton

For the final chosen Perfect Pitch bid there will be opportunities to win prizes including a Blackberry Curve, £300 worth of music equipment from GAK,

 

Last Updated ( Monday, 23 May 2011 10:04 )
 

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ATM Partner College Submissions

Atom Sounds are now receiving music submissions for its 3rd annual compilation CD and Digital release via iTunes and other outlets! artists previously compiled included ATM former student (and Brit Award winner) Ed Sheeran.

Upload a link to your soundcloud account with some information about you to our drop box, we are accepting all Genres

Please do not submit tracks with uncleared samples! The compilation CD is for promo only and will be distributed in The Liverpool Sound City goody bag 17-19 May 2012. all submissions in by 15th March latest.

Submit your track for consideration for the Atom Sounds Volume 3 CD by dropping it onto the icon below. Send us your sounds