ASHLEY HICKLIN

CITY SHOWCASE / Publishing / Sponsorship Deal...

2008-06-02T14:06:17Z

This last week or so has been mental. Gigs nearly every night of the week, radio interview slots, and lots of industry interest. We've been asked to perform at not one, but TWO of this year's London "City Showcase" Events. This event showcases u...

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LONDON TOWN BLITZ - HERE WE COME! / AGENT / ALBUM ARTWORK...

2008-05-06T20:59:55Z

So! The time has come - The big move to London, we've been putting it off for a while, but now it seems we have no choice - it's all quite exciting really. Debut Album 'Parrysland' is now (more-or-less) finished! Just tweaks now... Massive shout ...

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DEATH OF CORINNE BAILEY-RAE'S HUSBAND...

2008-03-24T17:02:51Z

What a sad day it was to hear about the death of the superb sax player Jason Rae. Seriously, if you ever saw the Leeds-based Haggis Horns play live you'd know what I mean. This guy was something else on a baritone sax. My thoughts go out to the R...

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Major Labels are NOT the place to be...?

2008-03-07T22:40:44Z

Bob Miller (Corinne Bailey Rae's manager) rang me having watched our live video for BBC1 this week. He reckons we shoud all stay away from the major labels at the moment... He's not the first to mention such. Then a manager friend of mine sent me...

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Live Session for BBC 1 TV - Ashley Hicklin & The Troubadours

2008-02-18T13:49:54Z

The BBC invited us to perform a live session with the full Troubadour band, featuring the string-quartet, harp, piano, bass, drums, guitar and vox's. We performed our single 'Home', due for digital release in late march via all major distributor...

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Deal Broker / Gig & Studio Pics...

2008-02-05T14:40:00Z

Loads of gigs this week... few pics courtesy of Stuart's photography in Leeds (Stu's mega!)... Loads of studio sessions for the forthcoming album this week too... few pics courtesy of my phone! In other news, Kevin Reynolds (KRMB Management...

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BBC Live Session Recording - Full Band!!!

2008-01-26T20:12:31Z

We recently recorded a Live Video Session with the BBC in the studios in Leeds featuring the full band set-up (string quartet, harp, piano, drums, bass, guitar and vox's!). The video footage is due in February, but we have just...

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Studio / BBC Video / Gigs

2008-01-24T13:16:38Z

Recorded a live video with the full-band (string quartet, harp, piano, drums, bass, acoustic guitar, vox) for a BBC documentary about the best up-and-coming bands from Leeds at the weekend. Think it went down really well with the techies in the s...

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New Management / Video / Gigs...

2007-12-03T14:46:52Z

Just got back from London, really productive weekend. Spoken to a few prospective new management companies and need to have a good think about what my best options are. I've got a few more further meetings in London later in the week so will post...

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DMF Music / EMI / Electronic Ash / In the Studio...

2007-11-23T23:09:46Z

London London London! I've got a few meetings in the big smoke in early december, so fingers crossed i'm gonna pop into James Martin-Lambert's (AKA indie boy) night in Camden to check out how good these acts are live. Been chatting with Dave Farr...

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