You should get in touch with ManchesterMusic if so:
MM is built on a bedrock of supporting emerging talent, which puts an equal emphasis on the talents of reviewers and photographers as it does for musicians. MM is serious about its coverage and approaches this in a purely professional way – so this means our reviewers are expected do be fair, transparent and knowledgeable, as well as, of course, competent and interesting writers.
We don’t set a minimum workload, but do ask that you’re honest about what you feel you can deliver and stick firmly to deadlines – we can get you into a lots of gigs/venues, but we also ask that biased importance (ie. in contrast to signed/touring material) is attached to:
- Local music
- Unsigned Music
They’re looking for live reviewers plus feature writers and interviewers, plus people who can contribute relevant audio/visual content. So far they’ve covered 4,500 artists on http://www.music-dash.co.uk/.
If you’re interested in writing for ManchesterMusic, email sovrec@yahoo.co.uk with some samples.
Someone posted a note on the Hey! Manchester Facebook group a few months back about ‘a brand new chain of music venues opening up and down the country’, including Sub29 in Cardiff, Sub89 in Reading, Sub41 in Glasgow… and now Sub61 in Manchester.
This 600-capacity venue (with a suitably large club/live PA) sits on the top floor above Walkabout, overlooking Quay Street and with an entrance on Artillery Street. Early events are mostly club-based, but there are a few bands playing too – check out the venue’s listing page on Last.fm for the upcoming events. And for more information about Sub61, try this contact page.
Everyone’s favourite baritone-voiced Yorkshire funnyman, Richard Hawley, is doing an in-store set at Piccadilly Records on Oldham Street tomorrow. To get a ticket – of which there are only a few remaining – you need to go in and buy a copy of his new album, Truelove’s Gutter. He’ll sign it after his performance, from 4pm tomorrow.
And Piccadilly Records’ weekly newsletter also flags up an appeal that may be of interest to Manchester music history fans:
Manchester District Music Archive is currently seeking information, photos and artifacts relating to gay clubs and bars in Greater Manchester from the 1940s to the present day. They are planning a large-scale event in February 2010, hosted by writer Jon Savage, which will celebrate the history of gay music culture in Greater Manchester. This will be followed by an in-depth virtual exhibition on their website MDMArchive, so they need photos, flyers, tickets, posters, fanzines, membership cards – that kind of thing.
They are also looking to interview any regular attendees of gay clubs and bars over the years (across the whole of Greater Manchester), or anyone who has been a member of a musical group, such as a choir or band that had an LGBT focus.
If you can contribute, get in touch by emailing info@mdmarchive.co.uk.
