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} Post Malone scored Leave A Light On No. 1 with “sneaky” Tom Walker YouTube scheme. Relentless Records (Fader) out Tom Walker is enjoying a meteoric rise. His new single Leave }  moves A Light On, released last Friday, is a brilliant emotional piano to formalise pitch led song which builds to a crescendo of skittering drums and process for slots in pitched-up synths. Co-written and produced by 1 as part of the Brit List. Streaming support is big too, with top CONTENTS its Browse section. (, , P!nk, , ), we placement on Spotify, Apple and others helping to generate (MusicAlly) love the deliberate sense of space and depth within the mix over 50 million plays across his repertoire so far. Active on which allows Tom’s powerful vocals to resonate with strength. the road, he is currently supporting The Script in the US and P2 Editorial: Paul Scaife, } Universal Support for the -born, -raised has will embark on an eight date UK headline tour next month RotD at 15 years announces been building all year with TV performances at Glastonbury including a show at The Garage on 29 November P8 Special feature: ‘accelerator Treehouse on BBC2 and on the Today Show in the US. before hotfooting across Europe with . With the quality  engagement network’. Recent press includes Sunday Times Culture “Breaking Act”, of this single, Tom’s on of the big time and we’re Record of the Day! (PRNewswire) (Bizarre), Pigeons & Planes, Clash, Shortlist and certain to see him in the mix for Brits Critics’ Choice for 2018. Wonderland, and he’s guaranteed playlist positioning at Radio See page 27 for contact details Plus all the regulars } Live Nation admits including Compass, some of the fees Tweets, 6am, Word charges On, Business News, are “not defendable”. Media Watch and (Billboard) Chart Life

} Spotify reportedly heading for $4bn year, but losses grow. (Billboard)

P19 Millie Turner – Compass P26 Jerry Williams – Records of the Week P33 Wu Tang – Word On 1 editorial

RotD founder Paul Scaife reflects on 15 years of Record of the Day and the evolution of the music business

Original RotD Music Editor (and now Music part amicably and start RotD with at least a receive a “fantastic response, thanks” email. Consultant) Joe Taylor and had worked potential user-base. From what I’d learnt at “The most gratifying With the signed material however, what with at the Tip Sheet magazine, as Editor and the Tip Sheet, I had no doubt subscription was other activity going on, it’s harder to know how General Manager respectively. When only way for a niche publication to exist. part of publication we made the difference, but we do know from small but respected industry publication Not everyone agreed, one executive wrote remains the help their feedback that the most powerful music folded, due to publisher ’s “great you are going subscription. As long people in the media and sync worlds are detention at Her Majesty’s pleasure, I joined a as it’s priced like Friends Reunited (£10), I’m we’ve been able to reading and paying attention. first-wave dotcom called Clickmusic. in”, while another quipped “Don’t know why give great music.” We’ve been through remarkably few The company had an idea to charge a you’re doing this daily, there’s fuck all in Music staff over the years. Of the current team, subscription fee for a contacts Week”. Joe is still involved, even though he’s a database. Interest in this was minimal, but I We launched on 1 November 2002, with successful manager. Mark Beazley joined a did grow a sizeable audience via a free daily an email that has only subtly changed in a good feeling to be able to look at potential couple of years after we started and juggles email that had originally been intended to terms of layout over the years. The news ideas and assessing whether they excite us, book keeping with a successful career as a push people to the site. we’ve featured however, has reflected a rather than feeling a sense of obligation for musician and engineer. My wife Marie has Numbers jumped from 1,000 to 5,000 a constantly shifting industry that has changed financial reasons. It’s frustrating if we don’t been invaluable, from allowing me to pursue day over 18 months, and a lively combination in ways none of us could have imagined. Our have the resources to make ideas happen. an idea, to handling bookkeeping regularly of news, along with personal comment, made commitment to featuring only the best music That said, the acquisition enquiries we’ve in the early days, to being continually (or her for a unique start to the day. Feedback for is something Joe and I learnt at Tip Sheet and had over the years have yet to convince description, ‘reluctantly’) supportive even the ClickmusicBiz daily email was incredibly it’s been the core principle of RotD to this day. me we’d be much better off working with a if it means I’m out of an evening or away. positive but there was little revenue to be had, The desire to know everything going on hasn’t bigger and more resourced partner. Ideas Editor Liz Stokes, always looking for new as ad sales were near impossible with such a dimmed, however impossible the goal. like launching in America and Japan proved interesting companies and developments small audience. Despite being a small business, running too time-consuming and risky to pursue, and to write about and helps to keep RotD fresh Like many sites at the time, Clickmusic’s RotD probably hasn’t been as hairy as it is for suggested the set of circumstances that make and vital. Former Music Editors James Foley, income was low, despite more and more many. Start-up costs were minimal, funded us successful in the UK wouldn’t necessarily Pete Jarrett and Chris Price, now hold key people coming online. In August 2002, Selina by credit card. Subscription revenue has translate abroad. However, a free limited roles at Spotify, as a manager of Betsy and Webb, then Polydor’s Director of Press, (now helped with cash-flow, and with no investors version of the email with just the featured others, and as Head of Music at Radio 1 Executive Vice President of Universal Music to answer to, we’ve not been answerable track serves the us well. respectively. Not bad. Lee Thompson just UK), came to see me and indicated the daily to people expecting a healthy return. I Ultimately though, I still love working with left us to go travelling for a year, and we email was a good thing and asked what I doubt we’re ever going to be significantly people who care about the of music hope he returns in some capacity, but current planned to do with it. David Balfour, fresh from larger than we are now, although we have and the industry. Being part of something that editors Ian Greaves and Kevin Marston have leaving , came to Clickmusic for financially grown each year, which is no has influence, whether with media for the made a cracking start. Compass editor Ruth an interview. I suggested it wasn’t the right role mean feat in these times. However, finances editorially chosen tracks, or the industry at Kilpatrick passionately keeps us abreast of for him but that I might have something else remain modest and we are ever-vigilant of large on key issues, is very fulfilling. new artists, even if personally I can barely for him. He soon became RotD’s first editor. the challenges ahead. We’re always looking The most gratifying part of publication keep up. The saddest story is that of former Feeling my time at Clickmusic would come out for other areas to move into, while being remains the help we’ve been able to give editor David Balfour, who was diagnosed with to an end as the business downsized, I bought realistic, and we’re pretty flat out simply great music. It’s easy to quantify the impact terminal Motor Neuron Disease at that start the mailing list off them, which allowed me to keeping on top of what we have to do now. It’s when we feature an unsigned artist, we often of 2016. He can but remain in our thoughts }} 2 editorial 6am

The least banal stories from the week’s pop press

} Manager Sarah Bowden talks }  (£66m) and }} about sexual harassment in (£51m) have come third “The news we’ve As Record of the Day publishes its the music industry on Victoria and fourth respectively in a 750th issue, here are some fun facts: Derbyshire’s TV show. (BBC - Forbes list of the highest- featured however, has from 24.45) paid European celebrities. reflected a constantly £ We were nearly called MusicFC, thinking the (Express) team and football connotations would go down } Shania Twain and Bjork have shifting industry well with the industry. We discovered the URL revealed they were groped } Bruno Mars is to headline that has changed in had been registered just a couple of weeks earlier and harassed by men as they British Summer Time in by a consultancy called Foster Craig. the Foster rose to fame. (Sun) Hyde Park next July. ways none of us could side was Mark Foster, once MD at Deezer UK, (Standard) have imagined.” now successful board director with Midia and } Sexual exploitation was so rife . In the end, our Joe Taylor came up with in the Pussycat Dolls that it } Iain Shedden, a drummer with the better name. was effectively ‘a prostitution the seminal Australian punk ring’, former member Kaya band The Saints, has died while he survives and then beyond. £ Our logo represents a sun, and a volume dial. Jones has claimed. (Times) aged 60. (Age) He had had For the future, the industry will continue With a nod to Spinal Tap, the mark on the knob Founder Robin Antin has treatment for throat cancer. to be interested in great music and news. was supposed to point to 11. It wasn’t until we’d dismissed the claims. (Metro) Whether we can continue to be a chosen been trading a few years, we realised the outer } Ed Sheeran’s provider of those remains to be seen, but marks start at zero, not one as we had, so the } Andrew Macrae, VP goes times platinum. it’s the goal. When we started, there were knob had been pointing to a mere ten. of finance and strategic (BBC) ten national newspapers and few websites. initiatives at Live Nation Now there are more papers, often with less £ The Blower’s Daughter by Damien Rice was our Entertainment, filmed up } The Beatles still earn £67,000 industry-relevant news, but their websites, first Record of the Week. For some reason we women’s skirts with a pen a day from Apple Corps, a along with well-informed bloggers and started the magazine with a pilot issue instead camera on his London company they formed before worldwide sites, keep us busier than ever. of Issue 1. The company began on 1 November commute. (Standard) they split, nearly 50 years ago. has helped us find news, but also 2002, but it seems we didn’t have a daily email (Mirror) provided a forum where ’s until 8 November, so the first Record of the Day } Gord Downie, Tragically Hip industry news can break before our daily was from Hermes House Band & DJ Otzi. Possibly frontman, dies of cancer aged } Harold Pendleton, founder email comes out. As with any business, there not our finest moment. We can’t remember why 53. (Guardian) of London’s Marquee Club and are disruptive outside influences one can do there wasn’t an email before the 8th. Reading Festival, has died nothing about, other than adapt. } Boy Better Know’s Solo 45 aged 93 after a short illness. All of us here would like to thank you £ An odd highlight for founder Paul Scaife must have charged with 29 counts of (IQ) enormously for helping us reach this point. been being named as one of five web celebrities rape. (BBC, Guardian) It’s a significant milestone, yet in the great who weren’t Stephen Fry in a bizarre } Ed Sheeran has cancelled scheme of things, we’ve only just begun. Long story. He was credited with finding Crazy Frog, but }  and lead the a string of dates in Asia after live Record of the Day. Joe Taylor’s early support deserves the credit. MOBO Awards nominations. damaging his arm in an Paul Scaife (BBC, Guardian, RotD) accident. (Standard) 3

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Mike Smith Alex Hardee Simon Wheeler Managing Director, Partner, CODA Agency Director of Digital, Warner/Chappell Record of the day is the Record of the Day felt like first thing I look at when I I’ve been receiving RotD the first chance the music get in each day and open in my inbox ever since it business had to get all my inbox, well actually it’s started, it’s part of my daily of its news and updates about the eighth thing after routine to get a round-up together in one place I have deleted all my spam Martin Goldschmidt of the latest news. When I every day. Plus, it was a and overnight emails from Chairman, Cooking Vinyl Group look back at my other emails great opportunity to hear America, however, it is from that time (yes I am that Get up in the Austin Daboh something new and worth Mark Davyd always insightful, up-to-date, retentive…) there aren’t Senior Editor, Spotify listening to. I always check Music Venues Trust, CEO well written and informative. morning baked many companies that are still it out in the morning and it Congratulations to Record In fact it’s perfect apart from around… Vitaminic, OD2, Record of the beans for informs so much of what we of the Day on your 15th one suggestion I have to VirtueTV, PressPlay, Liquid Day is a valuable do as a business. Good luck Anniversary! These days make, maybe it should be breakfast, Audio, Media Defender daily resource guiding us through the next I barrage your news desk called Stream of the day followed by – Paul & team, you’ve fifteen years. with the desperate plight of moving forward. Record of the Day. outlasted them all! for all that’s the UK’s Grassroots Music going on in the Martin Mills Venues, but way before I Nicola Formoy (Desmond Dekker Neil Hughes music business. Founder, Beggars Group became an irritating news Head of PR, and Martin MD, RCA UK piece RotD was my go to Reading Record of the Day I find RotD a vital read every I love my Congratulations curator for new music. As is an integral part of my Goldschmidt) single day of the week. on 750 issues, morning news well as being a vital resource morning commute and I Continually impressed with long may it digest, it’s for industry buzz and news, never take for granted the Jon Turner how comprehensive their the main thing you need relief of being informed of the Managing Director, coverage is across all areas. continue! the best. And to know about RotD is that day’s news from the moment RotD is as much part of my Massive congratulations it’s so great they’ve got impeccably I step into the office. As an working day as listening to on the 15 years, what an Huw Stephens to see all good taste. These days, in a added bonus Paul and Liz music, answering emails, achievement in this day Radio 1 deluge of media sources that are a dream to work with checking streaming data and age! To me what you There’s a lot of work that that work sometimes feels like a and have been instrumental and speaking to artists and guys do is more useful than goes into RotD, and it shows being done wave, that’s becoming even in helping us communicate managers. It sets me up ever…Thank you for making every day. There’s so much before I’m more important. Here’s to out Vevo’s news across for the day with all the vital my life easier by providing going on, it’s to keep up another 15! the years. We’re hugely developments across the all the info you do! with it all. But it gets easier even awake. appreciative of the support industry. Congratulations on with your work, so thanks for they’ve shown us. 15 years and keep on doing keeping us updated! what you do so well. }} 8 special feature

}} what you say on the tin..! research, mouth off. out moments over the 15 I can’t remember how us And of course, because years have been many and PRs survived before you news is information and varied and too numerous came on the scene. But I can information makes us all to mention. Paul, Liz and remember how our day would better at what we do, you give the team congratulations start - going through every us power. You help make us to you all, a big thank you page of every paper. Time all better at what we do. from PledgeMusic and I consuming, not to mention So, music, news, access look forward to several more - the dirty fingers, the dirty and power and all in an lifetimes reading Record of Alison Wenham hands! The chance we might entertaining way! Hell - you the Day. Chairman and CEO, WIN miss something…. even line up for us relevant Kim Bayley Shabs Jobanputra So, what do you give us radio listening and TV Nigel Elderton CEO, ERA President, Relentless Records Since RotD all? Well - first off a chunk watching when we have PRS Chairman, and MD Record of the Day has the I think I asked Paul to do launched, it has of music. And that’s no bad a night in…And in all of and European President reputation of being the our first featured track always been one way to start the day! As well that daily mix, that access, of Peer Music indomitable resource for when he started off. We all as being a constant reminder you give us that priceless anyone in music. Always on knew at Relentless that it of the more that, without aspiring writers commodity in today’s world From the the button editorially and had the reach and power welcome daily and musicians, we have - time. insightful expertly covering a wide to get things moving in nothing in the ‘industry of RotD - you have shaved breadth of industry topics, a campaign. Well done inbox arrivals, Media Mongrel human happiness’. years off my life - here’s to Record of the Day probably for making it through and offering a Next you give us news. your next 15! to in-depth saves me an hour each for still being part of the comprehensive All that has gone on - and interviews, morning by providing a one conversation. sometimes it feels like more - Malcolm Dunbar stop shop of daily music news overview of the Record of in the last twenty fours. And in Co-Founder and President, for ERA and our members. Adrian Pope news, decent digestible, bite-sized chunks. PledgeMusic UK & Europe the Day is Keep up the great work. Chief Digital Officer, [PIAS] You give us easy access to A 15th birthday is several features and indispensable Record of the gossip. A very ’stuff’ across myriad media lifetimes in this industry George Ergatoudis platforms. Click and hey and warm congratulations to the music Head of International Shows & Day has always happy birthday to presto, it’s just there in front to Record of the Day on industry. As it Editorial, Spotify been reliable, the RotD team! of us. Clean. Stuff that no one this anniversary. Lots of reaches its 15th RotD’s daily email is an poor executive would ever important news and music essential part of my morning relevant, and have the time to find once has come to me first through birthday, I would routine. It provides an required reading. Jonathan Morrish her or his day has started. the daily bulletins like to say invaluable one-stop shop for Like many good MorrishComms Nuggets of stuff buried in and the magnificent weekly congratulations music news and it regularly So, Record of the Day. nooks and crannies of the magazine. Testament to the leads me to interesting things in life, Fifteen years old. A 21st century media landscape continuing high standards to Paul and articles I would have missed. it’s a simple granddaddy of the digital age but where so many good of the publication that it still his team, and I’m also a huge fan of Media idea, done - but still so, well, youthful, writers and observers and is one of the first emails that Mongrel in the weekly long may it zestful and, importantly, commentators ply their trade, I open every day and read magazine - it’s essential very well. relevant! And you do just shoot their views, publish from top to bottom. Stand continue. reading every issue! }} 9 special feature

}} Sarah Liversedge Andy Prevezer Guy Moot MD, BdI Music VP of for Press Warner Music President of Worldwide Record of The Day is one of & & SVP Press Creative, /ATV the first emails I open in the Strategy, WMUK Huge morning – always an eclectic I was a supporter right from range of artists to check day one. I thought that a congratulations out and always interesting daily email with all the latest to Record of news articles and contacts. I news, music and reviews recently signed a worldwide from both print and, latterly, the Day on Professor Jonathan Geoff Taylor exclusive publishing deal online sources, with links reaching 15 Shalit OBE Chief Executive BPI & BRIT Award with Irish singer , attached, was a brilliant idea Chairman, ROAR Group Jeff Smith years. Record of the Day is part of Ailbhe Reddy – RotD were and something that would Head of Music, Quickly spreading the word the fabric of the UK music behind her music from the make everyone’s lives here BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music throughout the entire music business. It combines outset – I also bumped into at the labels so much easier Vick Bain industry on a new song has Happy birthday breadth with brevity and the wonderful Paul Scaife at each day. And so it has CEO, BASCA never been as important it’s an essential read in the her Great Escape gig which proved. Thankfully it’s gone Record of The I find reading RotD as now. Record of the Day morning to bring you up to was rammed. Very grateful from strength to strength, Day. I wake up every morning essential reaches key influencers speed with what’s new and for the support RotD has broadened its remit and preparation on my commute in every part of the music interesting in the world of given me and my artists and coverage along the way, and most mornings to so that by the time I get into industry quicker and more music. Congratulations from over the last 5 remains the first destination the newsletter my office I feel I have a good effectively than any other everyone at the BPI to Paul, years, most recently a photo for my information fix every and I always idea of what is going on in media available. I know Liz and the whole RotD team of me featured in the Weekly morning. Happy anniversary the music business. I feel this personally from acts on your achievement. Mag just after I received a ROTD, here’s to the next 15! make an prepared for my day…I keep as diverse as Rebecca Gold Badge Award! appointment to an eye on BASCA’s news Ferguson, N-Dubz, Pixie Richard Griffiths William Luff look at the to ensure our comms are Lott, Katherine Jenkins, Co-Founder, Tony Wadsworth Managing Director, working and we have the WSTRN and Louisa Modest! Management When RotD first arrived, it Wilful Publicity weekly edition. coverage we expect and I Johnson. Happy 15th was a game changer in the I’ve always found Record of look forward to reading about birthday! I love Record It’s a great one industry, bringing together the Day to be an invaluable stop way to find the latest developments of the Day. everything that’s relevant in tool for news, and reference, of other organisations and Jon Gisby Every morning the day’s media, all dropping across the sector of music out what’s going individuals. Sometimes I Head of Europe, Vevo in your inbox at an unearthly publicity. Having a daily on in the music read a surprise or two… Record of the Day is an I lay in my bath hour. Paul and his team of digest of what stories and some good, sometimes essential part of my reading it so music fans have a great feel artists are being covered, and industry. sad, but always useful. As a morning routine, giving I’m fully up to for what’s important, relevant by whom, is a great asset in presentation of everything me a fantastic synopsis of or just simply a bit of a laugh. planning future campaigns. It we need to know it is everything I need to know speed before Here’s to another 15 years also gives a wider overview unsurpassed, and I ensure regarding the media and going into the and may the news start to of industry and broadcast my managers get it too. music industry. I wouldn’t |get better… news and is a great way of Thanks for all your help – start my working day office! discovering new music. and happy birthday. without it. }} 10 special feature

}} Jo Hart Damian Christian Martin Talbot Michael Dugher Founder, Hart Media Director Of Promotions, Atlantic Chief Executive, Official Charts CEO, UK Music For us, Record of the Day Records UK & SVP Of Promotional Company Record of the Day has is much more than an email Strategy, WMUK Congratulations to Paul become an indispensable every morning. As part and his team (past and part of the UK music I always have a of the Hart Media team’s present) on their 15 years. industry’s morning routine. busy day-to-day schedule, cheeky look every RotD provides an essential It’s the one stop shop for it is important to get the Ben Turner morning, tips, overview of the day’s music your daily dose of what’s latest news and see what Graphite / IMS / industry headlines - and happening in the global is happening out there in It’s hard to imagine life gigs of the day continues to be one of the music scene - from gigs, Jane Dyball the world of music. RotD without Record of the Day… etc! We have had first emails I check out every new records, industry CEO, MPA Group Companies is also a great platform So much so that we replicated many of our morning. Even when he was developments, celeb Record of the Day provides for artists who want to be its format for the IMS Industry a competitor (in my Music news and public policy. a handy point for which it recognised for their hard Insider which I conceptualized artists profiled Week days), it was always Congratulations on is possible to read detailed work and is very useful for from getting so much out over the last difficult not to like and admire 15 fantastic years. articles of insight, catch up & unsigned artists of the main Record of the Paul too - it is no mean feat on a snapshot of the week’s looking for representation, I Day for the last 15 years. 15 years, too to launch and run a business Andy Hind news and be directed personally have discovered Paul Scaife has always many to mention. in the entertainment industry. Head of Communications, towards interesting new some incredible artists via been supportive of all my Here is to the And 15 years is a lot of PRS for Music talent. In a crowded market, RotD and have worked ventures and he was equally headlines. Congratulations RotD has found a niche alongside a selection of positive when I suggested next fifteen.. and The Music Publishers fantastic musicians that have we copied his idea for an Barnaby Hooper to Paul and Association Group of previously been featured. electronic version! I can tell Sarah Mitchell Communications Director, all of the team Companies congratulates Happy birthday Record of the you that industry people in the Head of Member Services, PPL The O2 them on that achievement Day, thank you for all that you electronic can’t Record of the Day is a If you want to know what’s at Record of and on reaching this do and here is to the next 15 imagine life without Industry news source that I would going on, get Record of the the Day for impressive milestone. years! Insider now. Big props to Liz encourage anyone with an Day. It’s the must read every reaching such Stokes for delivering it on our interest in the music industry morning and quite frankly David Manero Ritch Esra behalf every week of the year. to read on a regular basis. if it isn’t in RotD, it didn’t an impressive Producer, Wisebuddah Publisher, Music Business Survival in media is one thing It keeps me and my team happen. Paul and Liz do a milestone. 15 As soon as RotD magazine Registry – survival in trade media is up-to-date with need-to-know cracking job and are two of years of daily lands in my inbox I head of fight, passion information, ranging from the best connected journos Congrats on your straight for the Mongrel and determination. The key business news including in the business. From the essential news section for all the gossip 15 wonderful music industry should herald updates on advances daily news, to the in-depth and thought from the radio world, the years of covering Paul’s work and rather than in industry technology, features in the weekly mag, provoking charts and music telly. It’s him giving out the awards all right through to breaking the charts to the new music, my favourite place to find this industry. the time, he should get one. artist and showbiz stories. they’ve got it covered. commentary. out what’s been going on out Here’s to the Respect to the whole team Congratulations on reaching Congratulations on 15 very Keep it up. there in the week. Obsessed. for their continued pursuit 15 years and here’s to successful years. next 15! Long may it continue! in excellence. many more! }} 11 special feature

}} Dr Adam D Hudson Paul Sexton Peter Quicke keeps me connected to what Producer, BBC 6 Music Journalist and broadcaster MD, everyone in our industry is An essential read every So, I guess it must have reading as headline news. RotD has been morning. I’ve got lots of been in 2002 that Mr. Scaife Without it I would be drifting musical tips from here and I were using the excuse very useful for along on a river of my own and I regard it as a good of discussing his idea for keeping up to making with no idea what was litmus test for music if its what became Record of round the next bend. I mean featured. I’ve picked up on the Day as a reason to go date with the how else would I know what stories for the shows, and to the pub. 15 years later, ever-changing was up to? even found my girlfriend a Paul Hitchman somehow, we’re all still here, music business. Long may it continue. job through it! President of Kobalt Music and less surprisingly, still Peter Leathem Recordings in the pub. Thank you for a Chief Executive, PPL Steve Lewis Harvey Goldsmith RotD has been a must for me decade and a half of getting Jeremy Lascelles Over the past 15 years, Steve Lewis Services every morning over the last 15 up early, of continuing to CEO, Raincoat Music Record of the Day has I loved RotD Many years. Along with my morning believe in the notion that TGF RotD!! Put most simply, established itself as a from the coffee I don’t think I could get music journalism hasn’t it cuts through the crap and genuinely trusted source of congratulations beginning. It started without it! I love how cashed in its chips just yet, gives me a nice, simple, music industry news and on reaching it covers both the key news and for being a voice of digestible distillation of what opinion through both its gives a great of the day but also points reason helping us negotiate is being written about. And morning bulletin and weekly this landmark roundup of daily me in the direction of more the music minefield. Happy most importantly, it means I Thursday e-magazine. I and producing entertainment esoteric reads and views, birthday! don’t have to spend any more would like to thank them what has it’s like a daily conversation of my money on a Rupert for their excellent industry news. Well with someone who is as Stephen Budd Murdoch publication. coverage and congratulate become, for curated, passionate about music and Stephen Budd Music them on this impressive me anyway, an thanks team. the music industry as I am. RotD has been a work-day Lynne McDowell milestone. indispensable ritual for the last 15 years. Head of Communications, PPL Steve Tilley Cappuccino (check), Log Reading Record of the Geoff Travis start to every John Giddings Director, Kilimanjaro Live in (check), download RotD Day’s daily bulletin is an Founder, Rough Trade working day. Solo Music Agency RotD has been a regular (check!). As a business essential part of my morning I get up in the morning Record of the Day is the part of my daily routine for as resource it’s invaluable. routine; it is unmissable and part of my routine after first mail I read when long as I dare to remember. I have picked up new for anyone who wants to having some coffee is to Peter Button and the I get into the office. I From a contact I need for clients, made records informed on the latest read Record of the Day. Clintons subscribers find out everything that a particular artist to saving with acts and more. For developments within the It’s nearly as bad as the Thanks Record of The has happened, or is time actually reading all of promoting acts I managed, UK music industry. On a coffee addiction; I ask myself Day for keeping us fully happening in the industry. the papers//magazines such as Dry the River and personal note, Paul and his why I can’t be bothered to informed of what’s going What people have said, to find relevant articles, Songhoy , RotD was team have been a pleasure switch to green tea or water on in the music business. what tours/shows are or live reviews, it’s instrumental in creating to deal with both at PPL and with a hint of lemon but I just Every morning, as regular being announced, who is an essential and great value early-doors awareness, in previous roles – many like coffee. RotD is the same, as clockwork, you are there. changing jobs. It is all there for money too. Here’s to for which I (and they) will congratulations on this I just like it. It tells me what’s Happy anniversary and long on one page - thank you! another 15 years! always be grateful. landmark 15th anniversary. going on in the industry and it live Record of the Day. }} 12 special feature

}} Adam Webb Ric Blaxill Wibberley Sam Potts Both publications looked FanFair Alliance/AL1 Music And Content Director Magnolia Music Artist Head of Radio, Columbia like they knew what they Communications Planet Rock, Kerrang! And Management were doing – dotcom outfits Checking Record As a rundown of the most , Bauer Media Congrats to all at Record seemingly leading the important news stories and RotD is a consistently of the Day on your 15th of the Day in charge, threatening the likes features, the daily is about high quality music and birthday. In 2005 RotD kindly the morning is of Billboard and Music Week. as important as coffee to broadcasting industry news featured a one shot home I emailed the contact at the my morning routine – i.e. source, pulling together made video of my new habitual as my bottom of the email, Paul near essential. And from national and international unsigned Artist, David Ford. morning coffee. Scaife, and asked for a job. a music PR’s perspective, news alongside considered Within hours of publication It’s essential Fortunately for me, he was Darcus Beese to get listed in “headlines” insight, opinion and access I had Sony New York stupid enough to give me President, Island Records pretty much ensures that to reviews, discussion and phoning to offer him an for staying one. In doing so, he changed Every day we spend so the campaign/story/launch music profiles across the album deal. Today, David informed and my life. much time on socials to you’ve been working on media. The perfect e-mail is in New York playing connected with ClickMusic, amazingly, see what’s going on. But has gotten off to the best to start the day if you are some East Coast shows. still exists. Back then, the before the socials exploded possible start - while you interested or involved in the Your support was the pivotal the industry. original company was many I’d start every day reading know a piece in the Weekly music or the entertainment moment in starting his things to many people: a RotD to catch up on what’s will be seen by ‘those who media, and clearly written and career. We are both forever Nicola Riches publisher of music websites, been going on across the matter’ throughout the compiled by a passionate grateful. Former RotD Editor an early download site, a business. I still do! RotD has industry. I’m truly grateful and expert team. September 2001. I’d just contract magazine publisher always been and remains an that Paul and Liz have Annabella Coldrick got back from a holiday in and a mobile content invaluable one stop shop for given FanFair Alliance James Foley Chief Executive, New York (landed the minute creator. Paul was GM and news and information about an opportunity to write in Senior Editor, Spotify Music Managers’ Forum the planes crashed into the led the show in the quiet the industry. 15 years... length about secondary The Record of the Day towers), and didn’t have a and understated way that Congratulations Wow! One love, Darcus ticketing, although I miss ‘daily’ is one of those job. I’d been Dep Ed of the seemed to become his & the Island family. David Balfour’s Thursday pm to my RotD emails you look forward Fly/Channelfly before that trademark. analysis, one of the finest family. You to digesting each morning. for a few years (and had But then the dotcom Chris Carey business journalists around. Nothing distracting, just even paid my dues at Mean money ran out, and Paul Founder, Media Insight Consulting Fond memories too of the raised me, a rundown of the biggest Fiddler for a couple of bumpy Scaife trundled back to his I’ve been subscribed for Music Journalism & PR corrected my stories and must-reads - months), but I was green beloved Walthamstow. Little over a decade now and Awards, and still genuinely typos, subbed setting you up for the day. and wet behind the ears, did I know he had a plan RotD is a big part of my bowled over that you ever Like many others in the or whatever those phrases up his sleeve. Paul was morning routine. I enjoy the gave me a blue plate. my libellous industry, I suspect I’d be are that spell out naivety tipped me off variety of topics as well as Happy Birthday RotD. copy and never lost without it, and on and youthful arrogance. about a job at Music Week the summaries of the gig left me short behalf of MMF members I chanced upon a music (launching and running its and album reviews. It saves would like to wish Paul, email called ‘ClickMusic’ first ever website). I think he me a lot of reading! I’ve when I was skint. Liz and team our collective at a time when music biz even had a word with the found some great artists too, Here’s to the congratulations on such a people were also checking team to probably tell them I Havelock and Anna Pancaldi next 15 years! landmark birthday. out another ‘insider’ website was feisty, but a worker. And to name a couple. called . that I was music obsessed, }} 13 special feature

}} although not obsessed by was. I was thrilled to the sort of music he listened become editor of Record “Record of to (I think a DJ did *actually* of the Day, despite the fact save his life). I had to be out of bed at the Day was While I was launching 5.30am to get it done. Paul’s ground- Congratulations, Music Week’s first website mantra has always been the with the assistance of same: ‘you’re lucky to have breaking; a corporate publishing three minutes of anyone’s a genuine house, Paul was launching time’ and it was this mantra RECORD OF THE DAY! Record of the Day at his I stuck to - content and service, house using a credit card information that could be or utility for funding; 15 whole years gobbled, quickly, over ago. To me, it felt like I was breakfast. He was ahead of maybe, that We ‘fi nd’ you an essential part of a new vanguard. his time in that pre-Twitter people have And, being a young, single universe. In my role now, read every day. girl in the industry, I lived all the way down under in come to and breathed it all. Paul and Oz, I still adhere to that. love.” I were never out of touch – Record of the Day was he became my good friend ground-breaking; a genuine and mentor. He bailed me service, or utility maybe, Here’s to the next 15 years! out of personal troubles that people have come (I even lived at his house to love. I doubt very much at one stage), and always it would be as loved as it talked to me at the bar when is, if it wasn’t for Paul – I knew no-one else in the for his understated, quiet room. He filled in the gaps tenacity, determination and in my knowledge without passion. He’s not the sort of ever patronising me. He man who will ram opinions was honourable, decent and down your throat, and honest. The exact opposite rarely will he preach about Team LyricFind of what most young women his new favourite band, expect from men in the but he loves it – the music music biz, especially those and the evolving, crazy 10 years their senior (sorry business around it. Even Paul…). that cycling obsession of his And in 2006, Paul put plays second fiddle. He’s the word out he was looking one of the good guys in the for a new editor. I’d come business - maybe even the to love the team at Music best one. Nicely done, Paul. Week, but I knew where my I miss you.

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The hottest unsigned acts of the moment from RotD Music Consultant Ruth Kilpatrick

 King Henry Up and coming Production wonderkid King Henry played a co-headline show in Hoxton last week, debuting his own material to an eager audience. Having already worked with the likes of Beyonce, and behind the scenes, For You is his debut EP as an artist in his own right, already amassing decent plays on Spotify and featuring some exceptional vocalists. The EP has been released by Black Butter in the UK and rest of world, with a US release via Duke City. King Henry is not short of offers for an album deal, take a  Gabriel Black listen through the rest of his work, and “Baby I’m a sad boyyyyy” is a line we’ve not been able to stop of course the EP too to hear why. His ever since being sent to the Soundcloud of Gabriel Black. Facebook is here, where you can also With 155k plays on that track alone, we’re obviously not alone. find his upcoming shows. Follow-up release Pine Trees was premiered here in the UK by Contact: The Line of Best Fit, showcasing Black to a brand new audience. [email protected] Better yet, and in-keeping with Black’s entire online aesthetic, the accompanying interview was animated in full – adding  Millie Turner another video to the growing series on his YouTube, dealing with Still in school and aiming to complete her everything from putting his phone number online to the darker A-Levels before coming to any decision on avenues of mental health. Stating his influences as pretty polarized a future label, 17-year-old Millie Turner but essentially boiling down to growing up with a mix of caught everyone’s attention with debut track and alt-rock, the three tracks online take a little from each, plus Underwater. Having been likened to a number some more modern R&B, but sit within their own niche thanks to of scandi-pop superstars and newcomers alike, Black’s vocal nuances and the lyrics in particular. Brand new track as well as more earthly artists such as Maggie Freedom went up a week ago and is on 56k already – as dark as Rogers – it still seems like neither quite fits – the tracks are, Black is keen to ‘stay true to how he feels in any which is of course wonderful news. Take a listen given moment’ and have that influence the content of each song, to Underwater here, or watch the video if you no matter how murky it might get. We can’t wait to hear what the prefer – either way, keep an eye on Millie Turner. new year brings for Gabriel Black, his number is still up on his You can buy the track on your chosen platform page if you have questions, and you can find his animated videos via AWAL, and her brand new single Eyes On via his own channel Find him on Facebook too. You can be heard here. Contact: [email protected] Contact: Her Facebook. }} 19 compass tv/radio

Highlights for the coming week

}} FRIDAY TV FRIDAY RADIO MONDAY TV TUESDAY TV WEDNESDAY TV 19:00 06:30 Radio 2 23:30 BBC1 17:00 Sky Arts 22:30 Vintage TV Trailblazers - The The Graham Discovering Live With - Madchester Breakfast Show - Norton Show - Music - Fantastic 19:30 BBC4 with Gregory Porter Negrito Top of the 06:30 Radio 1 performs 20:00 Sky Arts 23:15 ITV1 Pops: 1984 The Radio 1 MONDAY RADIO Too Young The Jonathan Breakfast to Die - Ross Show - 20:00 BBC4 09:30 Radio 2 Easy Listening Show with Kurt Cobain with Ed Sheeran - and Rita Ora Ones to watch Hits at the BBC sits in - Keren 22:00 BBC2 with Rita Ora Later with Jools 20:00 Sky Arts and Liam Payne Woodward from WEDNESDAY [K S R], Solregn, Stella The Sixties - Bananarama Holland - with RADIO Donnelly, M.I.C, Sunken, Sex, drugs and 09:30 Radio 2 picks the , - Hurray for the 09:30 Radio 2 Hak Baker, Snowy, rock ’n’ roll Tracks of Fearne Cotton Hak Baker My Years Riff Raff, Moses Congi, whenyoung, 21:00 BBC4 chooses the Sumney, Richard sits in - Keren River Greene, Ojikae, : Tracks of 19:00 6 Music Thompson, Woodward from How to Make It My Years Marc Riley - Hiromi, The Bananarama Signing news Phundo Art, Celeste, in the Music My Sad picks the Tracks 19:00 Radio 1 White Buffalo £  £ BMG has signed Clive Mercury, IMOGEN, Business Captains in and Zara of My Years Chrystal, FRIGS, - session has signed to a publishing 22:00 BBC4 Doc Daneeka McFarlane 16:00 6 Music BMG publishing. deal with Bush Col3trane, Sons, Pet BBC Introducing: Mini Mix 22:00 Radio 2 22:30 Vintage TV - Ten Years of Something Old, Simon frontman Gavin Deaths, dube, Teen 21:00 6 Music Needle Time - Ravine, Sports Team, Finding the Something New, Judy Collins Raymonde in £ Sony/ATV Music Rossdale. Next Big Thing Something conversation Gaffa Tape Sandy, - The Cyclist TUESDAY Publishing 22:00 Sky Arts Borrowed, 19:00 6 Music guest mix Something RADIO has signed a £ SO Recordings, Skinny Pelembe, Felix Rock and Roll Marc Riley - Pallas, Husky Loops, 22:00 Radio 1 Blue - Baylen 09:30 Radio 2 Peter Perrett worldwide deal part of the Silva 22:35 BBC1 Leonard on Porridge Radio, Kinder, - Fearne Cotton in session with songwriter Screen Music The Graham Live Dance country music , Yazmin Norton Show - sits in - Keren 22:00 Radio 2 and rapper Group, has Music Month: 23:00 Radio 2 Woodward from Lacey, Yiigaa, MATA, Gregory Porter Damian Lazarus Gregory Isaacs, signed British performs Jools Holland - Bananarama The Godfather Alice Gold, JD.Reid, The and The Aubrey Logan picks the Tracks rock band Ancient Moons of Howl & The Hum, Sid 23:00 BBC4 guests of My Years £  have Turbowolf Great American 00:00 6 Music Nathan, Scott Quinn, Rock Anthems: 19:00 6 Music entered into a ’s Marc Riley - Isaac Tyler, Critical Turn It Up to 11 Electric joint venture £ Sony/ATV Music The World in Powers, , Litany, 23:30 Sky Arts Ladyland - session with Brighton- Publishing and Brian Johnson’s Fabric 18th Sam Frankl, LAPS, 21:00 Radio 1 based sales Stellar Songs Santino Le Saint, Nashe A Life on birthday special the Road BBC Radio 1 and distribution have signed xx, Felivand, FEET, Ellie and 1Xtra’s company, songwriter, artist Bleach, Vinyl Staircase, Stories - Extreme Republic Of and producer Festivals: Hotel Lux, Caro, IshDarr, Spring Break, Music. to a , Cat Burns, Cancun, Mexico worldwide deal WENS, Lia Lia, Young via their joint Yizzy, ADE, Abi Ocia. venture. 20 Crystallizing news and opinion for 15 years Happy Anniversary to Paul, Liz and the team from all your friends at Universal

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A big moment for us this something genuinely useful, £ Last week, we were at week as we celebrate influential and liked by the our 750th issue of industry. for the launch of Le the magazine. Strictly We hosted a party at Crxssing, an Anglo- speaking, our 15 year The Islington bar (yes, in French cultural festival to anniversary is 1 November Islington), which was a delight be held in Kings Cross but who’s counting? to welcome so many friends next year, where Universal to. One gripe though, we Music, Studio Canal and A few thank yous: To those had 280 people who hadn’t Havas will be based. It’s team members past and RSVP’d, and we were unsure exactly what we need present not mentioned in the whether we’d have an empty to continue to affirm our editorial - the designer Sarah, room or queues around the friendship with those or Julie and Sian when corner. As it happens, it was outside the UK. needed, who have quietly just fine, but we were hit by RotD head honcho Paul Scaife Stella Creasy MP, BPI’s Gen toiled away each week to lay the on the night. enjoys RotD’s 15th birthday party Williams and Paul Scaife £ ASCAP hosted their out the magazine; Dan Baker Many thanks to Terry and annual awards in the for expertly choosing the right his team at the venue. It was glorious One Marylebone shows to feature for Gigs of a great choice for us, and venue this week, but the Day and Robert Davage the staff were super helpful. no amount of grandeur for his accountancy services. Recommended for artists who could stop many at the Also many thanks to PPL and can pull a 150-200 crowd. back talking the whole PRS for helping to keep us Also thanks to young Ruby way through the short lubricated and Proper Music Scaife, who stayed up way awards section. it’s a Distribution for keeping us too late on a school night to problem we faced with all fed on the night, and of help with the goody bags. ours many years ago too, course, facilitating a ‘Proper Here’s the few words founder to the point we used an Party’. Paul said: airhorn to quieten guests To all the companies Tonight, we’re hosting MPG’s Andrew Hunt and Marie and Spotify Senior down. Please, everybody, who took an advert for this an E17 takeover of N1. Ninja from The Go Team Editor James Foley awards, events, artists issue, raising some funds Walthamstow’s finest performing, whatever – for our party and staff, band, Walthamstow’s finest it takes a lot of work to but also raising over the produce in the goody bag, put something on, try minimum Paul Scaife needed Walthamstow’s, if not the delivered before 9am coupled 750th issue tomorrow. I think he deserves a and pipe down for a bit. to cycle the entire Tour de universe’s, finest Member of with a weekly magazine full , however, toast, I certainly know I’d be For those not listening, France route for charity next Parliament, and, if it’s not too of features, comment, gossip, to give special recognition nowhere without him. Steve Mac gave a lovely year, a week ahead of the bold a claim, Walthamstow’s charts and more. to our original editor David To introduce the band, acceptance speech professionals. Thanks also finest subscription based I’ll keep this short, partly Balfour, who was diagnosed here’s the aforementioned focussing on his luck, to those who submitted a music industry daily email because I really want to see with terminal Motor Neuron fine Member of Parliament perseverance and working testimonial, we can’t tell you containing all the day’s the band, and partly because Disease nearly two years ago for Walthamstow - Stella with better people as his how gratifying it is to work on news and a hit record that’s we’ll give full thanks in our and is still soldiering on. Creasy. key to success. }} 24 media mongrel CONTACT US

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From RotD Music Editors Ian Greaves and Kevin Marston Won’t Forget You Pieces Mother Ft. ECKOES Jerry Williams 3Beat Unsigned Sunglass Records out now out now October 20 It’s exciting to have Let the intimate Regular readers will Pixie Lott back and and sensual know of our passion sounding so good! sounds of Pieces and support for talented Teaming up with wash over you singer Jerry Williams and 3Beat label mate as we introduce it’s gratifying to watch her Stylo G, Won’t you to the seismic development. Forget You is a beautiful and Self-released on her own euphoric slice of sublime world Sunglasses Records dancefloor driven of ECKOES. label, the catchy to keep spirits The British- pop single Mother, high while the darker born, Nigerian which is co-written nights draw in. singer-songwriter and produced with Co-written by The effortlessly longtime collaborator Six and produced blends dark R&B Dan Brown, showcases by M-22 and , Pixie delivers vibes with soulful, downtempo textures her vast musical and vocal talents with a a superb vocal performance on her first to create an expansive and breathtaking superb Vampire style guitar melody headline single of the year. It follows her song that lyrically explores the impact weaving throughout the song. Its popularity Anton Powers collaboration single Baby of meaningful human encounters on gathers pace daily with over five million plays which received over 8m streams, 2.5m video one’s own emotional mindset. Driven by so far on streaming services, additions to 36 views and topped the Coolcuts Chart. 2017’s her unique and emotive vocals we can regional radio stations and a radio impact date been wild for Pixie with top performances see this song sitting happily next to FKA of this Friday. TV support comes from The at , Manchester Pride, out in Twigs and on any chilled Box, MTV and BT TV too. Selected for First and more, she stormed to victory as pop or R&B playlists. Tastemaker support Fifty Great Escape 2018 and just announced the winning coach on the first season of for ECKOES has so far come from Clash, for SXSW 2018, the Portsmouth singer is The Voice Kids UK and has more prime Wonderland, Indie Shuffle and Q, with finishing the year with a flourish. Among TV appearances lined up in November on radio plays from at BBC her many live dates is a hometown show at Saturday Mash Up, Blue Peter and Saturday 6 Music, BBC Introducing and Amazing Wedgwood Rooms on 21 October and she’ll Kitchen. Jet setting between New York, Radio. With a new track, Nobody Else, on be performing at The Courtyard for the BBC and London to work on her the horizon and a debut EP being readied Music First Fifty showcase on 22 November. forthcoming 4th album, Pixie’s perfectly for release in 2018, we can’t wait to hear The mounting success is merely a benchmark placed to extend her global audience and more from this astonishingly talented for a singer destined for greatness and we rocket up the charts once more. emerging artist. simply can’t wait for next year’s debut album.

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“It’s a different world Bruce Dickinson tells now” — and one that’s Andrew Johnson how he leveling the playing field has survived 40 years in for Asian-American rock ’n’ roll. (iNews) pop artists, who’ve traditionally been shut out Springsteen on of the American music Broadway is an earnest industry. (Buzzfeed) meditation on the bandleader’s life and What ’s work, a “long and noisy Thriller has to do with prayer” delivered by a the vivid new album from diligent and practiced . (LATimes) showman. (NewYorker)

Progress has been As his final creative slow in bridging the work – an gender divide within the autobiographical UK music scene. Here documentary – is successful musicians, released, , producers and executives and offer advice on breaking other stars remember in. (Guardian - the George Michael Naomi Larsson) they knew. (Observer Magazine) , and all They were friends for benefited from business- 15 years and were minded members, so working together on why don’t responsible a documentary about rock stars ever get his life when he died. their dues? (Guardian - Broadcaster Kirsty Young Michael Hann) reflects on theGeorge Michael she knew – and Mick Fleetwood tells reveals what he talked Craig Mclean how being about in the last interview dumped got him into he ever gave. (Times) – and about the band’s unlikely young fans. (Telegraph) 39 chart life

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