Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Latest news section added to the site!

As you can see we have added a 'latest news' section to the site to keep everybody up to date with MusicMann's happenings.

Information for featured bands will appear here as well as updates to what MusicMann Promotions are planning: band reviews, latest gig news, up coming gigs, new deals for bands or reviews/mentions on other sites.

What's MusicMann Promotions up to at the moment?

We are currently furthering our 'featured bands' service to include great deals on all the things bands need. We have struck deals with music photographers, printing and promo material companies as well as on line music shops. More to follow and the site will be updated to allow you to enjoy the cheapest promo’s going.

We are also looking to find more venues to offer bands gigs at. MusicMann Promotions has been asked back to continue putting on nights at BCSU, High Wycombe from September onwards and we are also in talks with other managers/promoters.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Mama Roux + Parker '20 Questions'

After appearing at MusicMann Promotions' Unsigned Band Showcase 2005 Parker and Mama Roux's interviews with 'The Mag' are now avaliable to be viewed here.

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Decoder - ' 20 Questions'

Unsigned Band Showcase 2005 finalists Decoder have answered 'The Mag's' '20 Questions'. View here


Live reviews from all of the Unsigned band Showcase 2005 can also be found on 'The Mag'.

Mr Derry win Unsigned Band Showcase 2005

Mr Derry from Burntwood, Staffordshire were voted the winners by our panel of industry judges at the Grande Final of The Unsigned Band Showcase 2005 at BCSU, High Wycombe held on 24th May 2005.

On the night the band treated us to an explosion of "indie rock & roll with a hint of blues" with a fantastic 45 minute set of the highest order which included a fantastic acoustic cover of The Kings of Leon’s ‘Bucket’. We all knew what to expect immediately when guitarist Tom strutted onto the stage shouting “are you ready to rock n roll?” The crowd was immediately on the bands wave length and spent the next 45 minutes dancing, tapping feet and clapping along with Mr Derry who were pulling all the strings at a very exciting pace.

When doing the impossible in describing Mr Derry to those who have never experienced the band the best description can be to “imagine a British Kings of Leon fronted by Blondie”. This is not to say that the band are ripping anybody off as I am perfectly happy that Mr Derry have successfully taken in all their influences let them wonder around inside before churning out something that is truly theirs.

We must not dwell on Mr Derry too much because during the course of the final of The Unsigned Band Showcase 2005 we were treated by the sounds of three similarly fantastic bands. Alphino from Southampton, Decoder from Brighton and High Wycombe based The Wutars all made the judge’s final decision almost impossible and everybody who attended agreed that we had all seen 4 fantastic bands that we would pay a lot more than £3 to see again.