music business

It’s time for music in the park again. The summer is here and Londons best free music festival is here again.
Saturday July 31st and Sunday August 1st is the date for the Croydon Summer Music Festival @ Lloyd Park and this year has one of the most impressive line ups to date.

Junior Elliot, 21, better known by his stage name ‘ Junior Brat’ is a young talented British solo rap vocalist from South London. His homage is of Caribbean and Nigerian heritage. The stage name ‘Junior Brat,’ derives from a mixture of his birth name ‘Junior’ and his cheeky behaviour as a [...]

Here at Croydon Music we try to encourage the adoption of a mainstream business view point when developing your musical aspirations. It is vital to understand the industries success is based on this view point and the exploitation of a huge percentage of individuals happens when this view point is not adopted.

So you’ve recorded your music, taken your promotional photos and you are about to expose yourself to the public and the media.
Question
Are you Release Ready?

Are you marketed mud?
You may actually ask, what on earth is he talking about now?
Well marketed mud is what I call all the millions of artists that exist in the market who are just a mixture of stuff who do not stand out.

Calling all amateur musicians, performers or beginners (with a good sense of rhythm) with a desire to learn Indian percussion

Taal Zindigi – Rhythm of Life Ensemble

Many people have quoted the famous saying
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”
Since the first time I heard this I thought that this can’t be true, in some ways it is and in some ways it definitely isn’t. But in the world of business many will prove to you over and over again [...]

Music branding has become more and more popular as a topic amongst not only the hierarchy of the music industry but the average artist and independent companies.

Many of us visit the movies and pay little attention to the importance of the musical soundtrack, but if you where to remove it film and dialogue could not convey the emotion of a situation as effectively as with an appropriate soundtrack.

Croydon Music is working in partnership with Croydon Council on Croydon’s first film festival.  The festival will take place in April 2010 and will include: