Sounds Like These is an informal, insightful, and inspiring conversation with a variety of music industry professionals: from songwriters, producers, composers, and session players to people working in music for film, TV, and games, record labels, PRs, music charities, and more. Discussing their careers, showbiz anecdotes, as well as matters of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the music business and beyond, with a common denominator at heart: their devotion to music.
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Jasmine is a force of nature. At only 24 years old, she is The Music Federation's Head of PR, working across a wide roster of bands and artists. How did she get there? As a teenager, Jasmine was dreaming of finding a job that would allow us to be surrounded by the bands she loved. Her love for writing pushed her to pursue a career in journalism, on…
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Following a degree in Economics and Mathematics, combining his passion for Music, Business and Data, Jeremiah built a career that's been and still is going strong. Cutting his teeth as part of the commercial team at Universal Music, he then joined Warner to lead the Commercial Analytics team there. Currently, Jeremiah is Head of Data & A&R Analytic…
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Saidah Blount moved to NYC to study Political Science but soon realised music was really the industry she wanted to work in. Starting out as a music journalist, working for and with the first few web 2.0 agencies, Saidah experienced the glorious New York musical scene; think anything from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Strokes to LCD Soundsystem and R…
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Sean Adams started out as a music journalist, launching a newsletter back in the late 90s, which then became Drowned In Sound, a pillar when it comes to online music magazines. Sean has also delved into artist management (for the likes of Ed Harcourt and The Anchoress), social media production (for BBC Radio 6), and has more recently launched his 3…
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Raissa Pardini is a multi-disciplinary designer, type artist, and art director hailing from Tuscany, Italy, currently based in London but previously active in Berlin and Glasgow. As a musician, DJ and record collector, and overall music expert, Raissa mainly works for clients from the music industry, including artists and bands like Paul Weller, Ma…
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Charlotte Hatherley is a session guitarist, composer for the moving image, and singer-songwriter, also known for being a former member of the rock band Ash. Charlotte joined the ICMP faculty in 2019 teaching on our BMus Popular Music Performance course (Guitar), then moving on to our BA Music Production for Film, TV, and Games. In the interview, Ch…
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Welcome to the Interview Series, a number of conversations between Lara Magnelli, a member of the Marketing team at ICMP, and a variety of guests from the music industry. From producers to marketers, to music supervisors and session musicians, Lara has been asking them about the music business, their work experiences, their career paths, and most o…
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Sam works as a music consultant, event producer, music educator, and creative producer. His career has seen him work both on a local and international level, producing events, setting up venues and recording studios, and much more. His experience also includes working on multiple projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a Music Business Teaching Fellow, …
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Obsessed with music since she was a little girl, listening to Stevie Nicks and Carole King with her mom, Megan really kicked off her career when she decided to move from a small Irish town to Nashville (USA) first, then London. In the past few years, Megan has collected great successes, including landing a few tracks on top Netflix shows and also t…
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Jason took his first steps in the music industry as the lead singer and songwriter of the indie-rock phenomenon Battle, releasing two acclaimed albums and touring internationally throughout the mid-2000s. After the band split up, Jason started his solo career which peaked in 2015 when he put out the first-ever cinematically release album, 'Whiplash…
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Justin (aka Merlin, his artist name) joined the group Bomb The Bass at the age of 16 and a year later was signed to American label Sire Records (Madonna, Ice-T). With such great success also came something else: Justin ended up in prison for three months. While doing his time, Justin realised something that would change his life completely: he prom…
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Lara asked Audrey to go through some of the work she's credited on (the list is endless), including her collaboration with The Smiths - the first of her career - Moloko on the amazing 'The Time Is Now', Coldplay on their album 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head", The Foo Fighters on "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace", and The Smashing Pumpkins on the et…
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Mwen is a sound designer, producer, composer, DJ and Ableton tutor, who took their first steps in the music industry as a session drummer. Most of the conversation Lara had with Mwen revolved around their love of sound and creativity in all forms and the never-ending possibilities that these offer in terms of career developments. Mwen discussed the…
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Catherine Anne Davies is a producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who's released two solo albums as The Anchoress and has worked with a wide array of artists, including the Manics Street Preachers, Simple Minds, and Bernard Butler. Catherine tells Lara about her latest release, The Art Of Losing, a dark album that came out earlier in 2021 a…
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Xan Blacq is a performer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and solo artist with a lot of stories to tell. Xan went through his career with Lara: from his first music steps at the local church to being Amy Winehouse's BV & keys player and working with Mark Ronson, Nigel Kennedy, Laura Mvula, and Candi Staton, Xan never really stopped travelling and …
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Lara chats with Charlie Thomas, currently teaching on ICMP's BA Creative Music Production. Charlie started his career in the hospitality sector, soon realising music was actually what he wanted to pursue. He luckily managed to land his first internship at Britannia Row, the studios owned by Pink Floyd. As a never-ending learner, Charlie loves to te…
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Lara talks to Lia Mice, a multidisciplinary artist and producer who joined the ICMP faculty for the 20/21 academic year. Lia went from studying a BA in filmmaking to becoming a performer and now also an instrument designer. She has designed a number of instruments, including a one-handed violin, her response to music lessons in schools, where the s…
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Lara chats with Jamie Doe, currently teaching on ICMP's BA Songwriting and BA Creative Musicianship programmes. Jamie is not only an educator but also a prolific songwriter, who's been releasing music under the moniker of The Magic Lantern. Jamie tells us about his most recent release, the instrumental piano EP 'My Soul Is A Strange Country', featu…
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Lara chats with Francesca Confortini, currently teaching on a variety of ICMP's Vocal courses. Francesca also keeps busy with her session work, her private teaching, her singer-songwriter career, as well as a Master's in Jazz Studies. Francesca openly talks about her most recent work with the great Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), her experience as a fem…
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Multi-talented producer, songwriter, and publishing A&R Jack Gourlay tells us about when his band got signed by a major label, how he naturally transitioned to working in the studio, and how to approach co-writing (quoting one of his heroes Mark Ronson).由ICMP London
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Abi is the founder and managing director of Leland Music and Leland Originals. A true entrepreneur, she embarked on her mission to become a music supervisor at the age of nineteen having worked already within both the film and music industries. In 2005 Abi founded Leland Music, her own company, expanding the scope of her mission to include commerci…
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Erika Footman is an artist, songwriter, DYI music entrepreneur, music educator, and session player who has worked with artists and bands such as MIKA, Senser, Skunk Anansie, Bastille, and many more. Erika has written, recorded, produced, and released three solo albums on her own label, toured extensively as a solo artist, and written with productio…
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