#this ep was a rosie promotional campaign

[rcbertleckie]

NATE MANN as ROBERT 'ROSIE' ROSENTHAL MASTERS OF THE AIR · part six

[dylanwilliams]

Blog 26/03/18

It’s been a busy week following on from the last one to one meeting with Malaki. In the meeting we finalised a deadline for sending off our songs to be mastered (15th April) and ran through the final things we need to sort out ready for the release of the EP. Following this, throughout the week Izaak and I started completing the tasks discussed with Malaki.

On Tuesday we began to finalise the concept of the EP and started to decide which songs would be going on the EP and in which order. This also gave us a chance to look at songs for a pre-release to build some momentum and songs we would save for further projects (for example the song with Griz-O). We also made a short list of songs for an artist (Dread MC) to choose from as we were meeting him on Wednesday.

On Wednesday we were visited by Dread MC; our penultimate artist to record. Whilst we were with him we discussed our music, the music industry and he gave us some valuable insight into the industry and also some feedback on our music which is always motivating and inspiring. During our chat with Dread we showed him some of our songs and he chose one to record vocals on which was recorded on Saturday.

Thursday we played a show on a Radio station in Bristol which gave us experience with radio and gave us the opportunity to promote our sound and brand. Following the radio show Izaak met with Bristol DJ Hodge for an interview in which we were able to network and build a relationship with him.

Saturday Dread MC recorded vocals on the song which really builds on the energy of the song. We now just need to piece the vocals together on the track and mix them down. Then we had a photo shoot with Khali for our press shots. This was a great experience to be able to build on our PR and our social media profiles. During this session we also were able to build a relationship with a high profile photographer. Saturday night Izaak and I attended a youth project in Charlton Kings where we saw younger talent perform and spoke to them all about what we do and have planned. This was good and we were able to promote Upsurge! by doing this.

Today we had a talk from Grammy Award winning producer Richard Adlam (Fiasco) who gave us an inspiring insight to the music industry and spoke about other opportunities within the music industry. I found this really helpful as it showed the broader horizons in the music industry and showed me other paths to look down. We are looking at having one to one meetings with Richard as we think this will be extremely useful and have things we would like to discuss with him.

There are a few tasks left to do:

-Decide and arrange for videos to be created for 2 of our songs

-Record the final vocals with Rosie on our last song which is booked in for Wednesday this week

-Sign up for PRS and PPL

-Final mix down of all tracks with Jordan

-Choose where to have our tracks mastered

-Discuss and set up PR campaign with Malaki

-Final EP preperation

EP completion just round the corner!