Category: Portfolio
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Liverpool Acoustic Live
Liverpool Acoustic Live is a monthly live acoustic music event that takes place in thee independent View Two Gallery on Mathew Street at the heart of Liverpool’s famous Cavern Quarter. It normally takes place on the fourth Friday of each mont, and is run with help on the night from local musician Stuart Todd. The event…
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Made in the UK Show
madeintheukshow.co.uk Started: December 2007 Involved from: February 2008 Type of show: UK music Frequency: fortnightly The Made in the UK Show is fortnightly podcast hosted by a collection of UK music podcasters. Each show has a different host who plays two tracks from musicians or bands based in the UK, and introduces pre-recorded submissions from…
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AMPed New Music Weekly
amped.musicpodcasting.org Started: August 2005 Involved from: October 2006 Type of show: new music Frequency: weekly AMPed New Music Weekly is a collaborative show from the Association of Music Podcasting (AMP). Every week the members of AMP submit one track from each of their shows and a different member each week hosts the show by introducing…
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Instrumental Rewind
rewind.itsafrogslife.net Started: May 2007 Type of show: instrumental acoustic music Frequency: occasional The Instrumental Rewind is an occasional show that features full versions of the instrumental acoustic tracks previously played as bedding music on the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast. There is some fantastic instrumental music out there which doesn’t often get heard on podcasts, and…
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NEWS BLAST
The idea for the NEWS BLAST came at the beginning of January 2011. I was coming across lots of small items of news that didn’t warrant their own news item, but which were still of interest to followers of the site. I’d started tweeting some of these stories towards the end of 2010 but realised…
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Liverpool Acoustic newsletter
I’ve written and published a monthly newsletter on the Liverpool Acoustic website on the first day of every month since June 2008. I’ve developed the Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter over time and it now includes a summary of main events and festivals a brief summary of the Liverpool Acoustic events Diary News listing new regular events…
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Reviews – live events
I’ve been writing live music reviews since I launched the Liverpool Acoustic website in April 2008. Below is a selection for you to read. Examples Woody Guthrie Folk Club @ The Ship & Mitre – December 2011 Don McLean @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall – June 2011 David Ford @ The View Two Gallery – February 2010
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Reviews – music releases
I’ve been writing music reviews since I launched the Liverpool Acoustic website in April 2008, and have reviewed albums, EPs and singles. Below is a selection for you to read. Examples Single review: Rob Rivieres – Enough is Enough – March 2012 Single review: Sensorites – Just Because You Can – November 2010 EP review:…
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Copywriting – other events
Since creating the Liverpool Acoustic website in April 2008 I have written hundreds of articles and news items promoting mainly acoustic music events taking place across Liverpool and the Greater Merseyside area. Examples The 2ube Extra preview – 21st April 2012 Threshold Festival – 10th February 2011 Grateful Fred’s opening – 16th September 2010 Liverpool…
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Live event PR emails
I’ve been writing PR emails to market and publicise the Liverpool Acoustic live music events since they started in February 2009. I use an online system called Mailchimp, and over time have built up a mailing list comprising of local media contacts, musicians playing our events, people who have signed up at our live events,…