Music Business Portfolio
I have always been an extremely organised person and as I graduate from my Music Business degree and prepare to enter employment, I decided to create a career development plan. This will help me map out the steps that I need to take to develop my skills and what I need to do to achieve... Continue Reading →
Wychwood Music Festival 2020 was due to take place this year from the 29th May-31st May. I was a project manager for the festival, co-ordinating the running of 3 festival stages, the Bandstand, the Wychwood FM stage and the dance tent. Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the music festival was cancelled and I was... Continue Reading →
The Artist Guide was born out of a project, with the aim to educate amateur musicians about the music industry and the first steps in starting a music career. The project began as I wanted to find a way to simplify and convey the knowledge I have learnt in the last 3 years on my... Continue Reading →
For my dissertation I wanted to analyse the current music industry, exploring trends and changes within British popular music whilst also thinking outside the box. Stormzy is the name on everyone's lips in the last year and he has broke through a cultural barrier to achieve this. I wanted to explore this deeper, and find... Continue Reading →
In The Box Sessions is a project started by Boxed Records in which we record and release different music artists covering their favourite songs from 'InTheBox' (our studio's live room.) We aimed to release our content regularly on both Facebook and Instagram, conducting the sessions a month in advance to give time for editing. As the... Continue Reading →
Since October I have worked with Tuneriver as a social media assistant, designing visual content for their social media pages. Below is some of the content I have created.
As per a report published by MIDiA, music publishing has seen an accelerated rate of growth in the past 3 years, with an increase of 12% in 2018 totalling $7 billion in revenue. With questions arising about the markets potential to grow further in the next decade, I will be analysing the challenges and opportunities... Continue Reading →
As a team, we knew straight away that our first Boxed Records project would be to create a Christmas album, ready to release in December. As a team, we all love Christmas and were full of ideas of what we wanted it to achieve. To start the creative process, we held a team meeting and... Continue Reading →
In September 2019, a group of 4 of us took on the challenge of establishing and running our own independent record label. The mission of Boxed Records is to offer a platform to showcase our university artists, giving them the opportunity to take part in various products and release their music to a wider audience.... Continue Reading →
In March 2019, I along with some other students were approached by a local Cheltenham pub called Whittle Taps to host a live music event at their venue. There were no financial rewards, however, we thought it would be a good opportunity to build our events portfolio. Along with the help of three bands and... Continue Reading →
Set Questions: This interview aims to act as primary research in the study ‘How has streaming affected the consumption of music?’. It will consist of 5 set questions, with the opportunity to elaborate depending on the direction of conversation. What is your earliest recollection of music and how did you consume and discover it during... Continue Reading →
My Findings: The conclusion of my research, is that men hold a more dominant position within the music industry compared to women. This statement is supported by both the primary and secondary data that I collected. For my primary data, I chose to count the amount of male Billboard Magazine Covers versus female Billboard Magazine... Continue Reading →
