Meg is a co-founder of South Lanes Studios and has been instrumental in building the Brighton Artist Development Studio into what it is today. As Brighton’s first female studio co-founder, Meg is ambitious and passionate about promoting and uplifting up-and-coming musicians. With a background in Artist Management, she has established herself as a force to be reckoned with within the Brighton music scene. From managing the successes of Jarki Monno (signed to Marshall Records) to achieving multiple sell-out shows at Grassroots Music Venues throughout Brighton and across the country.
Jamie Sellers is a songwriter, record producer and mix engineer with over 15 years experience in the music industry. He has worked with artists such as Elton John, Ed Sheeran, FLO, Little Simz, Ronan Keating, Alesha Dixon, Shaznay Lewis, Chelcee Grimes, Liv Dawson, Max George, 5ive, B*Witched, Grace Davies, and GIRLI among many other great artists. Over his career he’s accumulated three UK No.1 Singles, a UK No. 1 Album, and 3 UK Top 40 Singles and Two No.1 Albums in Japan. He also owns Run Wild Music, a boutique recording studio and artist development company working with some of the UK’s most exciting new talent.
Danni of Dirty Freud is an electronic artist and music producer based in Yorkshire. Dirty Freud originally met in the legendary nightclub Niche, Sheffield. Their sound contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage and bassline, it is simply Dirty Cinematic Electronica. Over the years, they have played headline slots at UK festivals including Glastonbury, All Points East, Citadel, Boomtown, Beatherder, as well as at gigs across Europe. They will soon be touring Stateside starting in New York followed by Texas for the SXSW Festival. They have gained key support from Jon More of Coldcut, and Ninja Tune, Rough Trade and Keep It Dirty Records.
Over the past 15 years, Bessi has been passionately involved in the music industry as a music producer and songwriter. They started their journey into the world of music at 13 years old, and since then has had the opportunity of performing at Glastonbury on the BBC Introducing stage and ITV Studios. Songs they’ve produced have had radio play on Radio 1 & Radio 6 Music, Jazz FM, as well as millions of plays on Spotify. Their second project Sea Bed, an electronic music production duo, were signed by Four Thieves Records in early 2016, releasing their first EP on vinyl in record stores across the UK, and signing a deal with live agency Coda later that year. Their management deal was signed with Republic of Music soon after, and the band’s lead track from this release gained support from DJs such as Lauren Laverne and Tom Robinson on Radio 1 & 6 Music.
Bessi is also a composer on the Universal Music Roster, producing for their album ‘100% Her’ in 2020 and composed the song ‘Take It Slow’ for the Peugeot Advert Campaign, gaining support across Europe. These days Bessi’s time is mostly spent producing for other artists, tutoring & lecturing & working on their solo material.
Candi Louise is a vocalist, choir leader, and vocal coach who specialises in training performers and songwriters to develop a unique, sustainable vocal style and carry this through to live performance. With over 15 years of professional experience, she’s been featured as both a singer and songwriter on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6Music, Kerrang!, Radio X, Planet Rock with her original projects – pop/rock band Lazybones, and industrial post-hardcore band fakeyourdeath – as well as sung at numerous large nationwide events such as Ascot and gone on several UK tours with her function project, specialising in pop, rock & soul music. She also runs an adult intermediate Musical Theatre choir City of Stars.
Alex Deadman was born and bred in Sheffield and has worked in the music industry since childhood. His first true musical passion was for jungle music in the early 90s, leading to work as a DJ, MC and promoter. His first regular paid job in the industry was managing the box office at acid-techno-trance event, Headcharge, at the age of 16. As a music industry professional, Alex has worked with many organisations including Drum & Bass Arena, Tramlines Festival, Under the Stars (disability arts charity), Sheffield City Council and Tickets for Good. He specialises in consultancy, PR, strategic communications and marketing.
Craig is a multi-instrumentalist and electronic music producer. He has worked in the music industry for over 20 years. Initially starting out as a session bass guitar player, Craig played with the likes of Dylan, Ronan Keating, Eliza Doolittle, Zemfira and Carl Barat. Craig now divides his time between producing his own electronic music, programming Ableton Live shows, playback tech’ing, and teaching. He has done playback work for Years & Years, Melanie C, and The Name That Tune band with Randy Jackson for Fox TV America. Craig also runs his own online music production courses, Push Patterns, which feature on YouTube, Udemy and Skillshare.
As a professional musician, Mike has performed live or on record with a wide array of artists including David Bowie, Elton John, A-ha, Asia, Jack Bruce, Paul Carrack, Beverley Knight, Lulu, Wishbone Ash, Steve Winwood, Joss Stone, Tom Jones, Bono, 21 Guns, PsychoMotel, Lou Reed, Bob James, Randy Brecker, Hamish Stuart, Dr. John, Natalie Imbruglia, Imelda May and many more. Mike is currently the drummer with jazz-funk group Redtenbacher’s Funkestra (20 albums, 4 million Spotify streams, 3.5 million YouTube views). As an educator, he has been part of the teaching and management teams across a variety of higher education institutions in the UK.
Front-women of her former band, drummer and singer Jodie graduated from her MA in Innovation and Enterprise and jumped straight in to Tour Managing a European month-long tour with Made on the Road. It was there that she discovered her passion for events and tours. After working alongside Bruce Dickinson in the first WaterBear UK tour, Jodie became Head of Events at WaterBear and is now Head of Music Industries.
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