Over the last 5 years, award winning Social Enterprise "Timeless Music Project" has been lobbying for, making the case for and delivering projects aimed at drawing attention to and supporting Yorkshire's talented music industry. Established in 2004 by singer Pat Fulgoni (Kava Kava, Hospital Records etc), projects include regional showcase CDs, events, festivals, campaigning and conferences.
In 2009 and thanks to Yorkshire Forward sponsorship, Timeless Music Project made the case for and organised the first ever live Yorkshire Music Showcase event at SXSW Music Conference, Texas on Saturday 21st March 2009 at the British Music Embassy venue - just before the slot traditionally held by Liverpool Sound City. Homegrown acts Wild Beasts, Sky Larkin, Talk To Angels, Rolo Tomassi and Paul Marshall played to packed music industry crowds. Yorkshire was also a regional partner in the British Music Stand at the Austin Convention Centre (again for the very first time).
Timeless Music Project and "Music Yorkshire" was subsequently nominated for a Going Global award "Best Export Initiative" category.
This year's Yorkshire concert is funded by Regional Development Agency "Yorkshire Forward" "NorthernNet" and "Arts Council England, Yorkshire"
YORKSHIRE FORWARD was established in 1999 to grow the Regions economy, create employment opportunities and to improve the skills across the workforce.The Digital & New Media Industries (which includes the music sector) is one of 5 priority sectors that are of significant importance to the region. The success of these businesses is crucial as they contribute over £5.2 billion to the Regions economy, with over 14,000 established companies and 125,000 employed or self employed working in these sectors.
SPONSOR: NorthernNet proves that it's fast up North with its high speed symmetric broadband network (up to 1 Gbps). NorthernNet is available to businesses as a direct connection and, for the first time ever, as pay-as-you-go via 17 Media Access Bureaux. www.northernnet.co.uk
SCREEN YORKSHIRE is the regional screen agency responsible for inspiring, promoting and supporting a successful and sustainable film, television, games and interactive media sector in Yorkshire and Humber. Our aim is to grow the screen media industries in Yorkshire and Humber by helping businesses to compete in a fast-changing global marketplace. www.screenyorkshire.co.uk
SXSW is regarded by many as the most important US based Music Conference relevant to British Music - helping to break acts including Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae and the Kaiser Chiefs to name a few. There was a sharp upturn in interest for Yorkshire Music at SXSW 2009!
2009's Timeless Music Project "Independent Sounds of Yorkshire and the Humber" regional CD sampler was snapped up by the music industry delegates attending the Yorkshire Launch Party showcase at SXSW (as well as those attending Conferences in Europe and more recently the Japanese Music Industry attending SummerSonic and British Embassy Conferences over in Tokyo)
For the third year running, UKT&I Yorkshire also ran a trades mission taking 16 music, film & interactive companies to the conference, brought to Austin in conjunction with Sensoria and Timeless Music Project.
For 2010 UKT&I will be funding 8 showcasing artists from the Yorkshire region and taking 12 more companies over to SXSW. For further information on Trades Missions and potential funding contact Jo Hubbard at UKT&I j.hubbard@uktiyorkshire.co.uk
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Statement from Plugged In: "From April 2010, Plugged In, the music network for Yorkshire will provide support services, networking opportunities and guidance that will ensure all music businesses and organisations throughout the region have the best chance of success."
"Once the home of synth-pop and goth, Yorkshire has, over the past decade, become the cradle of arguably the most exciting and diverse music scene in the UK.
Corinne Bailey Rae, the Arctic Monkeys, Jarvis Cocker and the Kaiser Chiefs will already be familiar to an international audience. Along with, perhaps, the Pigeon Detectives, the Sunshine Underground, Richard Hawley and the mighty Wild Beasts. But there's a wealth of talent waiting to break through. In Leeds, for example, Pulled Apart By Horses, Sky Larkin, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Middleman, I Like Trains and Grammatics are all on the cusp of great things.
Sheffield's musical renaissance continues with 65daysofstatic, Slow Club, the Black Spiders, Rolo Tomassi, Reverend and the Makers and the genre-defying DJ, producer and studio whiz Toddla T. From Wakefield comes the stunning wordsmithery of Skint & Demoralised and the sky-scraping indie of The Cribs, who now boast Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr among their number. Flying the flag for Huddersfield are dance-rock act Kava Kava; from Shipley, there's Britain's answer to Joanna Newsom, Blue Roses; up in the village of Helmsley One Night Only have been crafting their second album; in York Brit-poppers Shed Seven are active once more.
As a county, Yorkshire boasts a staggering array of musical talent. Where better to discover some of it than at South By South West?"
Ever since Kaiser Chiefs' "Everything's brilliant in Leeds" T-shirt in 2004, music in wider Yorkshire has undergone an enormous resurgence. From the Kaisers to Leeds's Pigeon Detectives and chanteuse Corinne Bailey Rae, to Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys, the northern county houses some of the biggest and most influential acts in the UK. There's no such thing as a "Yorkshire sound", but the diverse acts do share an independent spirit. The Kaisers' Britpop-influenced anthems ignored prevailing fashions. Following the example of Sheffield pioneers the Human League and Pulp, Arctic Monkeys' blend of storytelling and guitars has provided a blueprint for bands around the nation. Although Leeds and Sheffield boast thriving club and jazz scenes, the diversity of sound is shaped by the annual influx of students, many of whom form bands like Dinosaur Pile-Up and Wonderswan, who are trailblazing an unlikely but exciting Yorkshire grungey sound. Sheffield continues to hit the headlines with Mercury-nominated singer/producer Richard Hawley and his Made In Sheffield album union with Tony Christie, another of the city's famous sons. But now, even smaller Yorkshire towns are producing bands: indie rockers the Cribs and Skint And Demoralised from Wakefield and One Night Only, the tiny North Yorkshire village of Helmsley's unlikely pop sensations. Maybe someone should change that slogan to "Everything's brilliant in Yorkshire."
Dave Simpson, music writer, the Guardian and author of The Fallen: Searching For The Missing Members Of The Fall
Yorkshire's music scene is blooming marvellously. It's been on the up for over seven years now and shows no signs of slowing down. Four years ago Melvin Benn (Head of Mean Fiddler at the time, now Festival Republic) said in an interview on BBC Raw Talent Introducing; that Yorkshire was the new capital of UK music. Since then the infrastructure and expertise necessary to support this volume of new talent, has moved up from London or been created by local entrepreneurial enterprises. The result is sustained success for the regions artists such as Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Pigeon Detectives, Corrine Bailey Rae, and a new interested market for the emerging talent in and around Leeds, Hull, York and Sheffield who will be rightly showcased at SXSW this year. Artists like Paul Marshall, Nat Johnson, Awash with Antler, Sky Larkin, Rolo Tomassi, Hungry Ghosts & Talk To Angels, to name a few of the many superb artists and bands that are rising up in Yorkshire this year. The success of the summer events like the BBC Introducing Stage at Leeds festival, Scarborough's Beached Festival, Timeless Festival, Huddersfield and the new stages at Beverley Folk Festival have focused media interest on Yorkshire and brought music audiences out to support these bands. The success is now on show and Yorkshire's future looks fantastic.
Alan Raw from BBC Raw Talent Introducing
Ayup it’s the Yorkshire blog
21/07/10 MERCURY PRIZE:
Congratulations to the lovely Corinne Bailey Rae and of course the Wild Beasts who played our showcase at SXSW in 2009. Both Yorkshire and nominated for a Mercury prize. Best of luck
07/07/10 UKT&I's SXSW 2011 and MIDEM 2011 BRIEFING COMING TO LEEDS 1ST SEPTEMBER, 7.30 PM tbc:
More details and registration infos here soon. Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queen's Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 1NY. Check back soon. Footage from last year's here
05/07/10 A FEW MORE LOCAL MUSIC BIZ WORKSHOPS:
University of Hull on Tuesday 13 July (Record labels) and Mercure Hotel, Sheffield Thursday 22 July (A&R and publishing). More details here
15/06/10 NICE BIT OF TV FOOTAGE:
14/06/10 DOMESTIC OPPS:
Plugged In artist management event featuring Cerne Canning (Franz Ferdinand) and Graham Wrench (Richard Hawley, Tom McRae) - 17th June in Leeds: here
14/04/10 BBC RADIO YORK FEATURE ON OUR YORKSHIRE @ SXSW INITIATIVE
Streaming for 2 more days here
14/04/10 SXSW BRIEFING EVENT
Sheffield will hold a SXSW briefing event on the 29th April at the Workstation. More details to be announced here
08/04/10 FEATURE IN TODAY'S YORKSHIRE EVENING POST
08/04/10 BBC RADIO ONE'S BETHAN ELFYN DIGS THE YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY
Read Bethan's views here: here
07/04/10 BRILL ARTICLE IN SHEFFIELD MUSIC SCENE
Page 14 onwards here
05/04/10 MORE PRESS: YORKSHIRE - THE HOTTEST SCENE AT SXSW?
US magazine Twangville goes as far as suggesting this! Read on: here
26/03/10 YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY COVERAGE
Nice feature about Yorkshire's SXSW Party in This Festival Feeling: here
22/03/10 YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY PHOTOS
Receiving some amazing feedback about the Yorkshire SXSW Party. Here are some: photos
Click the thumbs to enlarge
19/03/10 YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY - PACKED!
It may have been an early kick off but Middleman, Slow Club, The Crookes, Grammatics and One Night Only played to packed music industry crowds at the British Music Embassy! Well done to all the bands for top performances and great vibes!18/03/10 YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY! TODAY!
Two and a half hours more promotion to go. If you are in Texas for SXSW get yo' asses down to the British Music Embassy (Latitude 30) 12-3 pm for Middleman, Slow Club, The Crookes, Grammatics and One Night Only05/03/10 BBC LOOK NORTH
Excellent news piece on the Yorkshire Showcase on today's BBC Look North just after the 6 o clock news, with video footage from One Night Only, Middleman, Slow Club and Grammatics! Just before the weather. See it (today only) here05/03/10 BBC RAW TALENT INTERVIEW
33 minutes onwards. Streaming for 5 more days: here04/03/10 LEEDS BANDS PLAY SXSW FUNDRAISER EVENTS
Kava Kava and Middleman play Brudenell Social Club, Hyde Park tonight (Thursday). Grammatics play The Well on the 8th March. Serious Sam Barrett plays Duck and Drake on the 10th
28/02/10 REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Register now for the Yorkshire SXSW Party here
22/02/10 YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY UPDATE
Ooops the dreaded US visa curse struck us down. We'll not be defeated. Here's the new line up: Thursday 18th March 12-3 pm @ British Music Embassy venue features One Night Only, The Crookes, Grammatics, Slow Club and Middleman
19/02/10 FILM FESTIVAL
Soundtrack specialists In The Nursery (Sheffield) perform their live score to the classic silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc, at the Alamo Ritz Cinema on Wed 17th March as a SXSW special event (Film Festival)
17/02/10 YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY 2010!
Thursday 18th March 12-3 pm @ British Music Embassy venue features One Night Only, Pulled Apart By Horses, Slow Club and Middleman!
10/02/10 OUR YORKSHIRE SXSW PARTY SPONSORS ARE NORTHERNNET:
NorthernNet proves that it's fast up North with its high speed symmetric broadband network (up to 1 Gbps). NorthernNet is available to businesses as a direct connection and, for the first time ever, as pay-as-you-go via 17 Media Access Bureaux. www.northernnet.co.uk
10/01/10 SXSW CD SAMPLER 2010
Yorkshire bands playing this year's SXSW Music Conference, Texas - get in touch asap for some free promotion
01/12/09 SXSW 2010
Working hard to raise the necessary funding and sponsorship needed to ensure we have another quality Yorkshire presence at SXSW in 2010. Good to see that so many Yorkshire acts applied for showcases this year!
01/11/09 JOIN MUSIC YORKSHIRE FACEBOOK GROUP
29/10/09 SXSW DEADLINE IS THE 6TH NOVEMBER
Apply here to Showcase at SXSW
19/9/09 FOOTAGE
Photos from Yorkshire's SXSW briefing - click here
16/9/09 GREAT VIBE LAST NIGHT AT YORKSHIRE'S FIRST SXSW BRIEFING EVENT
Thanks to the venue, screen yorkshire, the panelists and the large crowd of delegates who turned up. We hope it leads to a Yorkshire invasion at SXSW 2010!
20/08/09 ATTENTION ALL BANDS, MANAGERS, LABELS - SXSW COMING TO LEEDS 15TH SEPTEMBER!
Round Foundry Media Centre, Leeds - SXSW briefing explains all on 15th September 6.30 - 8.30 pm
09/08/09 JAPAN!
Great to see the Yorkshire CD snapped up by Japanese Music Industry at the SummerSonic and British Embassy bashes in Tokyo!
06/04/09 Steve Lamacq show - discussing the gig on the Radio
This is great. Steve Lamacq and Alan Raw are talking about the Yorkshire cd AND the showcase gig on BBC Radio 6. Ace. They even plug this website. Thanks guys!
24/03/09 Lordy 20 hours later and back in Yorkshire
Huge relief. We can safely say that Yorkshire made an impact at SXSW 2009!
22/03/09 Wow! Get in!
Yesterday was ace. The venue was capacity throughout, and continued through to Liverpool Sound City's slot. At times "one in - one out" People even loved the mini Yorkshire Puddings! The bands all played very well (well done you). Big up Talk To Angels, Paul Marshall, Rolo Tomassi, Sky Larkin, Wild Beasts ... you did us proud. Hope you get the interest you deserve. Thousands of Yorkshire Cds were snapped up too at the gig and from the stand in the Conference Hall Check out:
A few photos from the FIRST EVER Yorkshire Showcase at SXSW.
20/03/09 Getting psyched! The gig is tomorrow. Doors 11.30 am!!
The promo for our gig is out there. Seen the adverts now, got rid of most of the flyers and handed out a tonne of CDs ... As usual there is a serious amount of competition here. 100s of gigs on all at the same time! Fingers crossed.
We've already made it to excellent sets from Yorkshire acts Slow Club, Ralph Lawson's 2020 Soundsystem, Stoney and Little Boots. Yes Little Boots. Come on, play fair ... we claim her! She's from Leeds dammit.
06/03/09 Greetings from pudding land!
Pretty stoked that SXSW is nearly upon us...
A bit of background info if you’ve never heard of it. SXSW is one of the largest music festivals in the United States, with more than 1,400 performers from around the world playing on over eighty stages in downtown Austin, Texas over four days in March. By day, conference registrants do business in the SXSW Trade Show in the Austin Convention Center and partake of a full agenda of informative, provocative panel discussions featuring hundreds of speakers of international stature.
Running about trying to find Yorkshire pudding recipes that Americans might understand and tekkin tha whippet out for a few last walks down t’ginnel before crossing ova tha pond.
Not just bands there’s a few Yorkshire music, film and interactive types going over too so check out www.y2tx.com
Let’s be ‘avin’ yer! It’s tahm fer a rub-a-dub-dub!
So don’t be shy come down to Latitude 30 on the Saturday. Get there early at 11.30am and make sure you pick up a copy of Independent Sounds of Yorkshire and the Humber 2009. We might even throw in some curd tart and a pickled egg!