By Jon Skinner on 04 December 2018
It’s November, you can tell, as the British weather has turned from what’s been an amazing period of hot rays of summer sunshine to a cold, early winter snap. It was apt, as both myself, Jon...
New York R&B Songwriter Ana on Kickstarting a Music Career
By Music Gateway Team on 21 November 2018
The modern music scene is the most interconnected it has ever been. Most of the best songwriters today work in collaboration with each other in order to bounce ideas off of each other. This is a...
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Fresh Out of the Studio, column:inches’ New EP!
By Mary Woodcock on 08 November 2018
In Music Gateway we love giving artists the opportunity to collaborate and develop themselves. This is why stories like Steven and Jay’s really warm our hearts. A true music industry veteran,...
Aspiration and Inspiration Chloe Temtchine’s Moving Music Career
By Mary Woodcock on 24 October 2018
The Music Gateway community of music professionals is full of incredible artists and incredible stories. One of these is Chloe Temtchine’s inspiring story of how her incredible talent has...
Music A&R interview: Outdustry’s Marcus Rowland talks Chinese Democracy
By Mary Woodcock on 27 September 2018
We sat down with Outdustry’s head of A&R, Marcus Rowland, to get some advice and tips on how to approach A&R placements. As one of the biggest actors in the Chinese music market,...
The Music Industry Notes: Dave Stewart Champions Music Gateway
By Mary Woodcock on 18 September 2018
No stranger to the music business, Dave Stewart is recognized as one of the most respected and accomplished talents in the music industry today with a music career spanning four decades and over...
Artist’s EP: Notes from a Music Lyric Writer
By Mary Woodcock on 12 September 2018
Amanda West is a professional lyricist and topline co-writer, working with bands such as Future Kings Of Denmark, who we actually featured in our August monthly playlist of fresh new tracks to our...
Top 10 Tips for Songwriters from the Songwriting Academy Berlin
By Mary Woodcock on 05 September 2018
As we mentioned on our previous blog from last week, we managed to send a number of Music Gateway people to the Songwriting Academy’s Introduction to Songwriting course in Berlin. The knowledge...
The Producer Notes: David Skynner’s Rock n Roll Cars
By Mary Woodcock on 03 September 2018
David Skynner is a director whose credits include Wuthering Heights, The Story of Tracy Beaker and BAFTA-winning show, The Giblets Boys. We had a chat with him about one of his latest projects,...
The Artist’s EP: Ric Chandler on LUNG and Charity Single for Hurricane Irma
By Mary Woodcock on 26 July 2018
In this Artist Editorial Profile, we got together with Ric Chandler from alternative rock duo, LUNG to discuss their amazing music careers and their campaign for Hurricane Irma relief. Just last...
Music in Play: ‘Pay to Play’ discussed with Jon Skinner
By Mary Woodcock on 17 July 2018
Pay to play culture is something that many composers struggle with on a day-to-day basis. We spoke to our CEO Jon Skinner about what pay-to-play culture is and how artists should avoid it.
Creating an impact: Music Gateway meets Black Smith
By Mary Woodcock on 17 July 2018
Chris Smith, otherwise better known under his artist name Black Smith knew from an early age that he wanted to write songs that would have an impact on people. We sat down with him to hear all...
The Artist Notes: Andy Prinz – The Swiss-Army Music Manager
By Mary Woodcock on 05 July 2018
Andy Prinz has been working in the music industry for nearly 30 years. From jobs at record and Synth stores, as well as producing and writing chart-topping music, to founding Andy Prinz Publishing...
Reeperbahn 2018: An Interview with Europe’s Biggest Music Industry Event Organiser
By Mary Woodcock on 27 June 2018
If you’ve never heard of it before (for you English speakers), Reeperbahn Festival may sound like an event taking place in a farm building owned by Death but it’s actually Europe’s largest club...
Howard Paar: The Clash, Hip-Hop Legends, Moby and Music Supervising in LA
By Mary Woodcock on 22 May 2018
We caught up with award-winning, Grammy nominated board member of the US Guild of Music Supervisors, Howard Paar.
By Mary Woodcock on 27 February 2018
We’ve got so many clients when it comes to sync who all like to work in different ways. Sometimes that can mean we’re servicing for specific briefs, some supervisors are trying to fill...
Event Agency LS4 launched by CEO Creative Industry Hub
By Mary Woodcock on 24 January 2018
We’re happy to share with you that Music Gateway friend George Taylor has launched a creative event agency, LS4 Events. George has had a lot of experience in Live events, making a world of...
Made in Chelsea’s Andrea Madden brings sync opportunities to NextGen
By Mary Woodcock on 24 January 2018
Made in Chelsea’s music supervisor, Andrea Madden will be considering music of NextGen applicants for sync in Made In Chelsea
Kick Ass 2 Music Supervisor Becomes Latest Next Gen Addition
By Mary Woodcock on 06 December 2017
Ian Neil Joins Next Gen
Music Supervisor Lucy Bright Joins Next Gen Judges Panel
By Mary Woodcock on 06 December 2017
Highly regarded music supervisor Lucy Bright becomes latest member of Next Gen Panel