At The Yard

In the latest episode Matt & Lucy welcome CEO of AIM, Paul Pacifico to Tileyard London. Paul dropped by to discuss the outstanding support AIM, which represents over 800 UK independent music companies, offers the independent music sector. Prior to overseeing AIM, Paul was CEO of The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a position he held since January 2015. He was also President of the International Artist Organisation (‘IAO’). In this episode we discuss Paul's career in music, AIM Connected and the other AIM events, sync, streaming & the continued importance of networking which includes online, utilising social media connections effectively.

In the latest episode Matt & Lucy welcome legendary club promoter Terry 'Turbo' Stone to Tileyard London to discuss his brand new documentary "United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass". Terry was a rave promoter and the founder of One Nation, Garage Nation, and Rave Nation in the 90's and 00s, changing the face of clubland. His insightful, hilarious and entertaining film features interviews with Andy C, SASASAS, DJ Hype, Adam F, Sigma, Grooverider, Fabio, DJ Fresh, Nicky Blackmarket, DJ Brockie, Top Buzz, MC Skibadee, MC Shabba Dan, MC GQ, DJ Rap, Mampi Swift, MC Fatman D, MC Flux, Ray Keith, Simon Bassline Smith plus many more, and is available to own or rent on Amazon Prime! https://www.amazon.co.uk/United-Nation-Three-Decades-Drum/dp/B084JBLWDJ Producer: Callum Watts Photographer: Maria Rojas Gomez Technical Support: Alex Hollingsworth, Justin Garty, Stefan Gramunt Composer: https://www.instagram.com/blksmithmusic/

For the 2nd episode of Season 3, Matt and Lucy are joined by the only and only Sister Bliss to discuss her career with chart topping band Faithless, her work as a music producer and international DJ and her new role as a lecturer and mentor at Tileyard Education. Sister Bliss has been at the forefront of the music scene since joining forces with fellow Faithless member Rollo in 1993, before the official formation of the group two years later with Maxi Jazz. The band have released 7 albums, including two number ones, and six top 10 singles. They went on to sell over 15 million records internationally and produce chart topping hits such as God is a DJ, We Come 1 and the incomparable Insomnia, with Bliss establishing herself as one of the world’s premier electronic music producers. This status has been maintained through her solo production work, which has also seen her create music for film, television and theatre projects. Most recently she collaborated on the gorgeous album The Last Summer, the first of a planned series of albums by Rollo under the moniker R Plus and featuring his sister Dido on vocals.

For the opening episode of Season 3, Matt and Lucy are joined by Andrew Kingslow and Trina Smith, the founders of Electric Pineapple, an artist management and production company based at Tileyard London. Andrew is a multi instrumentalist, prolific producer, performer and writer with a career spanning an incredible three decades. His music has travelled the globe, gone viral and received millions of streams. As a performer he has toured the world and as a producer he has delivered for the likes of Sony, Universal, Sony Pictures and countless other major labels. Trina is perhaps one of London's hottest and most exciting new manger/producers. A strong and determined force with uncompromising standards, she is also an advisor for the Women In Music movement and an active member of the MMF. She is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the things she is passionate about; including looking after her artists. In this episode the guys talk us through how EP came to be, how they work together, navigating the industry, their artists and releasing new music and talk us through their latest collaboration, "Black Valentine" with Mutya Buena, out today! Producer: Callum Watts

For this episode Matt and Lucy are joined by Steve Tannett, Director of Marshall Records. Steve is an industry veteran with a rich and successful career having been involved with music since 1977 when he signed a recording deal as a member of punk band Menace with his future boss and legendary entrepreneur Miles Copeland Steve has been involved in literally hundreds of artists careers as both a manager, label boss (IRS Records) and music publisher. His wealth of knowledge and contacts and artist friendly approach has served him well with associations to many multi platinum selling artists including REM, The Police, Duran Duran, Black Sabbath,Sting, Jools Holland, Belinda Carlisle, Zucherro and many more. In the episode Steve talks about his career, offers advice on working at and approaching a record label and shares some fantastic anecdotes from his illustrious career. Producer: Callum Watts

For this episode Matt and Lucy are joined by singer/songwriter and YouTube sensation, Hannah Trigwell. Having garnered over 120 million YouTube views, numerous top ten international singles, including two number one singles in Laos and Vietnam and more than 600,000 total followers online, her journey is a unique one. Hannah began her career busking on the streets of her hometown Leeds before uploading her music onto YouTube. During her studies at the University of Leeds, Hannah released two EPs of original music, and toured the UK and Europe three times. During the same year as achieving a Biology Honours degree, Hannah also won ‘Best Unsigned Artist’ in the Online Music Awards before setting off on a 5-week European tour. Hannah has performed in front of sold-out crowds alongside Jess Glynne, Jake Bugg, Boyce Avenue and many more. Her growing celebrity fanbase includes Louis Tomlinson and Ed Sheeran. In the episode Hannah talks about her career, offers some great advice on overcoming nerves, how to build a following organically, social media trends including Tik Tok and loads more! Producer: Callum Watts

For this episode Matt and Lucy are joined by one of the founders of independent boutique pop label 37 Adventures, Alex Bean. Alex founded 37 Adventures with Nick Worthington, a former XL Recordings A&R, in 2013 after they worked together at 679 Recordings, a label set up by Worthington in partnership with Warner Music in 2001. 679 Recordings released The Streets first album Original Pirate Material and million-selling follow up A Grand Don’t Come For Free. It was also the label that released Futureheads’s self titled debut, Kano’s first album Home Sweet Home and Plan B’s Who Needs Actions When You Got Words plus releases by Marina and the Diamonds and Little Boots. Since launching 37 Adventures they have put their boutique pop philosophy into action working on campaigns for artists like JONES, whose debut album New Skin was released in 2016. Her music has amassed millions of streams and she has recently signed to BMG. 37 Adventures also broke singer/songwriter Emily Burns whose debut EP Seven Scenes From The Same Summer was released by the label in 2018. Emily has now been signed to Island Records. They’re currently working with Australian duo Geowulf, whose single Saltwater has now had 20m+ streams, pop collective Studio Black whose debut single Friends Don’t Kiss Friends is just shy of 10m streams on Spotify and singer/songwriter Elle Charms who has just dropped her amazing 2nd single Better Love, a follow up to her debut Lie With Me, produced by Measure For Measure who has previously produced for Bad Gir$, Emily Burns and his recent own singles. Producer: Callum Watts

In this latest episode, Matt Williams and Lucy Maciera sit down with Richard Engler and David Rowell of Autonomy Music Group. Autonomy is a full music service company that Richard and David founded in 2008. With over 40 years + of music industry experience between them, they talk us through their start in the industry working for major labels including Atlantic, EMI/Chrysalis, V2 and Echo. Before Autonomy was formed, they managed campaigns for artists such as Simply Red, Paul Oakenfold, AC/DC, Snoop Dogg, Moloko, Ray Lamontagne, Nerina Pallot, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Stereophonics, Underworld, Paul Weller, Liberty X, Elbow and Feeder, who they still work with and David co-manages. Autonomy offers a multitude of services to artists and labels including A&R, marketing, PR, campaign management, digital, distribution and live. They guide us through the process of their work, share some brilliant anecdotes and offer some top career advice. https://autonomymusicgroup.com/

In this latest episode, Matt & Lucy sit down with Managing Director of Tileyard Impact, Wizdom Layne. Wizdom discusses his start in the music industry from studying at The Brit School then as a founding member of hip hop collective Green Jade. The group formed in the early '90s and released several well received albums. The took a strong anti-violence message into schools with their revolutionary Gunz Down project. Wizdom went on to work as the Arts Director for XLP, a registered charity at the cutting edge of urban youth work in the U.K from 2010 - 2017. In 2013 he founded How 2 Make A Living, an Entertainment Management, Events and Consulting Business that he created to develop young talent, through artist management, booking, training and consultancy. In Sep 2017 he joined Tileyard Education as a Community Engagement Manager before founding Tileyard Impact in April 2019. Tileyard Impact provides a local entry point for those (primarily) from disadvantaged backgrounds from communities close to Tileyard Studios in Kings Cross and other City & Provincial Property sites; those studying (creative practice) in schools, youth clubs, colleges and/or University, who otherwise lack a means to access to the creative industries and it’s associated networks; who are predominately aged between 16-25.

In the latest episode of At The Yard, hosts Lucy Macieira and Matt Williams, sit down with the CEO of Key Production Group and award winning entrepreneur Karen Emmanuel. Karen started working at Rough Trade Distribution in 1988 as a receptionist before working her way up to the role of Production Manager. In 2007 she set up Key Production in the back office of Jungle Records with just a telephone and typewriter, and went on to create an industry leading company, providing vinyl pressing, CD manufacturing, DVD replication and bespoke packaging. In 2011, Key Production acquired packaging specialist Think Tank Media expanding their expertise and enabling delivery of an even wider array of bespoke products and tailored project management services. In 2016 the purchase of Modo Design and Production allowed them to offer inhouse CAD design presentations and templates for bespoke printing on any substrate. In the episode Karen discusses her career, offers her insight on how to drive a successful business and how she is passionate about mentoring young women in the industry.

We sat down with singer/songwriter and Brit Award & BBC Critics Choice nominee Chlöe Howl to discuss her career so far including how she got her start and being signed to a major label at 16 years old! Chlöe also shares her personal experiences as a young woman in the music industry and talks openly about dealing with unsolicited attention and the lack of diligence for female artists, in particular. We also discuss her triumphant comeback beginning with the critically acclaimed single Magnetic, produced with longtime collaborator Chris Zane(Passion Pit, St Lucia, Friendly Fires), which amassed 564k+ streams in just three months. Her most recent single is the epic In The Middle (Sad Banger). You can catch Chlöe live on 8th October 2019 as part of ‘Ladies to the Front - Because #MenstruationMatters’ event at The Curtain in East London, presented by Trash Like You x The Circle. All profits go to ‘Irise International’, a UK and Uganda-based charity educating girls about menstrual health, making sanitary products available and affordable. Tickets via DICE FM

We’re back for Season Two of At The Yard Podcast! After it’s debut season and an inpouring of positive messages from listeners, Matt and Lucy are back for Round Two of At The Yard! For the first episode of season two, Matt and Lucy interview Chris Rogers. Chris is the Director and Founder of Pivotal Music Conference. Pivotal is an annual flagship Music Conference and Showcase Event taking place in Birmingham every September. The first one was held in 2018 with over 250 attendees and major sponsors including AIM, BPI, ROTOR Videos and CDBaby. This year Pivotal is back on Friday 27 September for more talks, panels and performances than ever before, with growing support from sponsors such as AIM and AWAL. Chris is also the founder of Fat Penguin Management where he manages artists Joe Dolman, Natalie Holmes, John Nicholas, Producer - Matthew Cotterill, Producer - Elliot Vaughan as well as providing consultancy to a number of other music industry individuals.

In this special episode of At The Yard, Matt and Lucy sit down with photographer and author Peter Hince. Peter wrote the book "Queen Unseen" which documents his 13 years as Freddie Mercury's roadie. He shares some candid stories about how he met the band, the tours, how he started his career working with Bowie and Lou Reed, and the highs and lows working with one of the most iconic music acts in history. It's been 34 years since the band performed their legendary set at Live Aid, documented in the Oscar winning, hit film Bohemian Rhapsody. In this episode Peter talks about that gig and his thoughts on the film and Rami Malek's performance. Enjoy! Producer: Callum Watts

In this week's episode hosts Matt Williams welcomes two friends to the show, Angela Reed (former Promotions Manager)and Phil Nankivell (former VIP Manager) who were both key figures at Heaven Nightclub in Charing Cross during the 90's and 00's. In this special Pride episode we discuss what it was like working at Europes' biggest gay club. We discuss nights like Fruit Machine and Popcorn, DJs that played at the club including John Digweed and Sasha, Heaven's involvement in Pride and we talk about Cher choosing the venue to relaunch her career in 1998 with Believe. Angela and Phil, both hugely successful event managers, also offer their advice on working in clubland and events. Music featured in this episode include: Take Me To Heaven - Sylvester Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox I Am What I Am - Gloria Gaynor HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE! Producer: Callum Watts

In this week's episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira sit down with Russell Swallow and Joana Casaca, two members of the team behind The Cally Festival taking place in North London on Sunday 23rd June 2019. Caledonian Road is one of London’s most vibrant neighbourhoods and this annual event is a celebration of everything the area has to offer. Each year, for one day, they close Caledonian road and over 7000 people come together to throw a huge party in it. Russell and Joana talk us through the history of the festival, logistics, booking acts to appear and things to look out for at this year's event. To find out more about the festival, visit their website https://thecallyfestival.co.uk Producer: Callum Watts

In this week's episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira sit down with musician, DJ, and music lawyer Pete Bott to discuss his career, working with bands and artists on understanding the legal aspects of the industry and ask him for some key bits of advice. Pete is at the firm Sound Advice, who specialise in media & entertainment law and his clients include Bring Me The Horizon, Let’s Eat Grandma, While She Sleeps and Fox Stevenson In our emerging artist feature, we showcase singer/songwriter Joe Taylor, whose latest release is the stunning 5 track EP "Holding On", out now via Universal Music. The track featured in this episode is the soulful "You & Me". (www.instagram.com/joetaylor_music) Producer: Callum Watts Theme music composed by Christopher Blacksmith (www.instagram.com/blksmithmusic)

In this week's episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira sit down with Nick Keynes, the MD of Tileyard London. Nick walks us through his early career in music, having signed not one but two record deals, setting up production company Gold Dust and now his continuing role in shaping Europe's largest creative hub. Nick is vital to the continuing development of Tileyard and offers insightful, often humorous and, more importantly, honest anecdotes about the music business. In our emerging artist feature, we showcase Adam Wedd, a student at Tileyard Education and his fantastic new single "Shipwrecks" (https://www.instagram.com/adamwedd/) Producer: Callum Watts Theme music composed by Christopher Blacksmith (www.instagram.com/blksmithmusic)

In this week's episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira sit down with Kelli-Leigh, one of the UK's most celebrated vocalists and CE0 of her own record label, Music Core. Kelli-Leigh provided the vocals on two No.1 singles "I Got U" with Duke Dumont and Jax Jones and Secondcity's "I Wanna Feel". In 2017 she had a huge smash hit single with James Hype "More Than Friends" which has now amassed over 200m streams. Her own brand of anthemic pop has gained support from the likes of Kiss FM and Radio 1 and she will be headlining 02 Academy Islington on Tuesday 30th April 2019 (link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kelli-leigh-o2-academy-2-islington-london-tickets-57091921474). Kelli-Leigh shares her experience of the music industry including working with Adele, the pressures of social media and the reality of running your own record label. Her latest collaboration with Tiesto and Justin Caruso "Feels So Good" is out today! In our emerging artist feature, we showcase jazz, soul, hip-hop duo Geejay with the title track "City" from their recently released EP (https://www.instagram.com/geejayuk/) Theme music composed by Christopher Blacksmith (www.instagram.com/blksmithmusic) Producer: Callum Watts

In this week's episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira sit down with Ralph Rolle, best known as the drummer with Nile Rodgers Chic, but who has also had an incredibly interesting life – from being the in-house drummer for New York's legendary Apollo Theatre to running his production company Phat Kat. Ralph has worked with everyone from Bono, Bette Midler, Roger Daltrey, Lady Gaga, Biggie Smalls, Aretha Franklin, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, John Legend, Paul Simon and India Arie. Recently Ralph has been at Abbey Road with Nile working on Grammy and Brit award winner Dua Lipa's second album. In our emerging artist feature, we showcase TYE alumni singer/songwriter YASMINE JANE with her latest single "Come A Little Closer" (https://www.instagram.com/yasminjanemusic/) Theme music composed by Christopher Blacksmith (www.instagram.com/blksmithmusic) Producer: Callum Watts

Music Jobs UK, Tileyard Education, and Tileyard London are delighted to announce a brand new collaboration for music fans and music enthusiasts. ‘At The Yard’ is a brand-new podcast recorded out of Tileyard, situated in Kings Cross. In this week's episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira chat with Elly Jackson, better known as La Roux, about her start in music, her Grammy award winning debut album, dealing with fame and her plans to launch a course dedicated to encouraging more women to get into music production. Fiercely intelligent, funny and candid, she isn't afraid of speaking her mind and telling you how it is. In our 2nd emerging artist feature, we showcase rising singer/songwriter KINGS and her sensational debut single "Colour". She recently supported Lewis Capaldi on tour and looks set to stamp her mark on the music industry (twitter.com/heyitskings) Theme music composed by Christopher Blacksmith (www.instagram.com/blksmithmusic) Producer: Callum Watts

Music Jobs UK, Tileyard Education, and Tileyard London are delighted to announce a brand new collaboration for music fans and music enthusiasts. ‘At The Yard’ is a brand-new podcast recorded out of Tileyard Education, situated in Tileyard London. In the 2 episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira chat with songstress, DJ, author, broadcaster and Scissor Sister Ana Matronic about her early days performing in the gay clubs of San Francisco and New York. She also talks about how the chart topping, award-winning Scissor Sisters were formed, discovered, the process of writing some of their most famous tracks and the tribulations of gigging. And for our emerging artist feature this week we are showcasing Tileyard Education MA Songwriting student Archie XN TricK. Archie's new single 'Selfish' came out on 8 March and was co-written by topliner Christina John and Produced by reputable Producer Sky Adams. Producer: Callum Watts Theme music composed by Christopher Blacksmith (www.instagram.com/blksmithmusic)

Music Jobs UK, Tileyard Education, and Tileyard London are delighted to announce a brand new collaboration for music fans and music enthusiasts. ‘At The Yard’ is a brand-new podcast recorded out of Tileyard Education, situated in Tileyard London. In the first ever episode hosts Matt Williams and Lucy Macieira chat with musician, composer and pioneer Martyn Ware about his start in music, founding Heaven 17, creating musical soundscapes, gigging, his work as Principal of Tileyard Education and the time Bowie turned up in his dressing room. Producer: Callum Watts