Stories written by Laura GrivainisThorneThough born in Ealing, Laura only recently returned to London after establishing her music industry bona fides in San Francisco, California, where she rubbed elbows with the top players in jazz as Marketing Director for boutique concert promoter Stanford Jazz Workshop. Her background also includes marketing, PR & production duties for several independent labels such as Primarily A Cappella and Tinder Records, and she was producer for award-winning sound design and commercial music house Ripe Sound (with credits including SFX work for Electronic Arts and Disney and ad campaigns for international brands T-Mobile and Capital One). Laura is a former bassist/singer/songwriter who (still) lives to rock and likes it loud. She has a degree qualification in English to help her write and talk nice.

ShareTweet Part 2 of an exclusive two-part interview with Richard Cohen, CEO of London-based LoveLive, a music content developer and strategic service provider working with artists, labels and brands including Ford, Google, Virgin, Florence & the Machine, PJ Harvey, Madonna and Plan B. Richard talks about the Google/YouTube partnership, best use of social media, electronic [...]
Oct 16 2012 | Posted in
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ShareTweet This August and September, UKTI (UK Trade & Investment, Great Britain’s leading government agency promoting trade and investment in UK based businesses) sponsored a series of roadshows in ten UK cities designed to help British bands, labels, agencies, filmmakers and digital companies apply for and attend industry showcase events such as SXSW and MIDEM. [...]

ShareTweet TMV’s Laura Thorne interviews Richard Cohen, CEO of London-based LoveLive, a music content developer and strategic service provider working with artists, labels and brands. Prior to forming LoveLive in 2008, Cohen was on the board and Entertainment Managing Director at sports media company Perform Group, and previously held senior positions at Framestore CFC and [...]

ShareTweet NARIP hosts its next Music Supervisor Session in London this Monday September 3. In honour of the occasion, we talked with Sharon Dean (Director of NARIP’s London chapter and as well as founder/director of Respect Music and ex Director of Licensing, PRS) about the publisher’s role, sync placements and co-writes. TMV: Tell us about [...]

ShareTweet Part Two of our interview with LoveLive/Rockfeedback/Transgressive founder Toby Langley, discussing LoveLive’s collaboration with YouTube, their philosophy around the band and brand partnership, and his views on content development and where it’s headed down the road. We interviewed Toby at the Lexington pub prior to opening – where they have presented many an event [...]

ShareTweet Toby Langley, known colloquially as Toby L, started interviewing bands in the UK when he was just fifteen years old. It was the year 2000, and the website Rockfeedback was born. In 2004, Toby and his partner, Tim Dellow, went on to form Transgressive, a record label, management and publishing house, and are working/have [...]

ShareTweet Seems like every day brings with it a new digital service for labels, managers, artists and marketers to promote music and be heard above the noise. Some will distinguish themselves and become the next Topspin or Soundcloud, others will be forgotten almost as soon as they are announced. One new service that looks very [...]
Jul 20 2012 | Posted in
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ShareTweet YouTube was prominently featured at the BPI’s AGM, held in London earlier this month, along with a “Dragon’s Den” style tech startup derby. TMV’s Laura Thorne provides an event summary and sifts through the numbers. The British Phonographic Industry’s Annual General Meeting is where industry leaders assess the year past, review issues present, and [...]
Jul 18 2012 | Posted in
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ShareTweet There’s no question that technology — initially perceived to be a blood-sucking albatross hanging over the music industry and draining it of all life — has taken on the persona of savior, savant and the all-powerful Oz. With that in mind, TMV’s UK Editor Laura Thorne launches an occasional series looking at tech startups [...]
Jul 9 2012 | Posted in
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ShareTweet TMV’s UK Staff Writer Laura G Thorne was on hand for the latest debate on the subject of collective licensing, hosted in London by 2Pears under their Music 4.5 brand (“bringing together music tech start-ups, serial entrepreneurs, investors, artists, band managers and key industry players to share knowledge, discuss strategies for business success, debate [...]
Jul 3 2012 | Posted in
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