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SIMON

About Me

After 22 years association with the music industry its time for me to change...I retired four years ago and the gardening is boring me to death. I want a fresh start with some new unsigned talent. ..Got Talent.... Obviously you have so hook up and share the music. The channels of getting your music out there are all very blurred right now, but don’t loose faith.....Form comes and goes but true talent is always a constant. There are ways of breaking through the forest of bands, and who knows the light at the end of the tunnel might just be you!!!!! Drop me a music link or u tube clip myspace/facebook. Don’t forget I’ve been around the block a few times; I am a lot older than I look ...so no imitations. I will listen to anything once...twice if I like it!!!Right now I am switching more to music TV and music video as a means or promotion, there is as you all know no budget for any of the above anymore, but it is still the best way to visually represent yourself, there is no shame in going straight to Utube, some of the greatest talent of the future is right now uploading music and video to such sites..Utube is the new DVD as was the new Video, and so on.I am also rolling out a national band Syndicate Solutions Inc. with some old industry mates, Ian Light (ex Virgin), and Jon Brookes (Charlatans), launching in Feb 2009, putting a little back into new acts, so if you run a club night or your band has a residence and you are interested in hooking up let me know.WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SYNDICATECLUBNIGHTLets not dwell on past glories but embrace new acts as yet unsigned...what have you got to loose. Best Simon.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Interesting talent who wont waste my time..this is a business

My Blog

It's a bit bleak...sorry

Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty y...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:18:00 GMT

OUR KID

Liam Gallagher missed what could have been his greatest Rock 'n Roll moment when he could only manage a bitch slap from behind the dazed security guards separating him from the "fan" who had just push...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:50:00 GMT

STAND OR DELIVER

As I have explained many times the knife at the heart of the music bizz is the power shift from creator/owner i.e. artist/record company, to the music retailer.....(predominantly) iTunes. [For power, ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:38:00 GMT

PIGSWILL

Lets all watch Peter Jones have a 75 Grand wank over Hamfatter... The PR shots of him, at the helm, wearing rock and roll shades have already begun to appear.     
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:06:00 GMT

D.I.Y or D.O.A.

I have been hanging around a few festivals over the summer&&.  not necessarily main stage but, looking for new talent on the introducing stages/ tents  etc. What I have observed are several ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:55:00 GMT

Sympathy for the Devil

  I know its an unpopular view but we do have to feel a twinge of sympathy for the major labels. (Not much I grant you.) The bigger picture is this.. The value of music sales has moved from the p...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:25:00 GMT

Come in Las Vegas

I have recently taken up watching live bands again in a bid to re infuse some life into my musical world. The one thing that sticks out like a sore thumb time and time again is the massive lack of pro...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Its only Rock n Roll

I thought I would catch up with my old friends the Charlatans in Oxford at the beginning of their UK tour last night (12th). It was a beautiful and rammed gig, even though I still prefer Tim when he u...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 14:41:00 GMT

Tesco, Sony, and You

So the UK Competition Commission  have said that will not allow supermarkets to buy nearby land with a view to ring fencing it , thus stopping their competitors building another supermarket ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 14:15:00 GMT

"theyll never play this on the radio"

I want my rock stars to be dirty, I want them to be drug taking, sex crazed, brilliant shooting stars that burn out in the rush of brilliance as they scorch the very ground they walk on. I want Dohert...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:28:00 GMT