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Is there any music industry in Birmingham?

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#3786

nathanjay

Is there any music industry in Birmingham? 17 Years, 12 Months ago
Supposedly Englands 2nd city... but apart from music retail stores and Patto "Bubblin' Hot Hot Hot" Bantons recording studio, there doesnt seems to be any music industry in the midlands. Can anyone tell me otherwise? Nathan Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#3787

JK2006

And, Norty Nathan, the midlands should be a goldmine of crossover culture music... 17 Years, 12 Months ago
I remain convinced the next huge thing will be from kids born and raised in the UK with a cultural background from Asia. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#3798

Simon Cowbell

Re:And, Norty Nathan, the midlands should be a goldmine of crossover culture music... 17 Years, 12 Months ago

Birmingham is great it's just A&R and all the music sheep can't be arsed with the 100 mile trek up the M1. There is so much talent even spreading across to Coventry too.

I think having a new Barfly in the city has helped too.

Editors were the last big thing to come out of the area. There are a stack of artists lined up to hit the airwaves soon.

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#3838

nathanjay

Re:asian cross over tunes 17 Years, 12 Months ago
Asian as in Japanese Korean Chinese etc, or as in Indian Pakistani etc. I personally am a bit bored with the bhangra/punjabi/hindi cross over stuff, but will never get enough of Pacific Asian music Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#3854

JK2006

I meant Indian sub continent Nathan 17 Years, 12 Months ago
but I'd be very interested to hear some good music from the Far East too Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#3860

nathanjay

ace Chinese, Japanese & South Korean pop: 3 videos 17 Years, 12 Months ago
It was a touch decision, but I narrowed it down to one song from each country: Chinese Jolin Tsai: "Xu Yuan Chi De Xi La Shao Nu" Japanese Namie Amuro "Wo Wa" Korean BoA "Amazing Kiss" oh and one more for luck Namie Amuro "Never End" Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#3888

Mr Eccles

Re:ace Chinese, Japanese & South Korean pop: 3 videos 17 Years, 11 Months ago
The custard factory in brum is a huge complex of music and media types - promoters, artists, djs etc. There is a lot of non-band music going on in brum right now, the bands in the midlands seem to be more centred around coventry / leamington. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#3891

Mr Kipling

Re:ace Chinese, Japanese & South Korean pop: 3 videos 17 Years, 11 Months ago
I agree on that one - Coventry/Leamington seems to be the place for new bands these days. Birmingham had a spate of new bands in early 2000's but not so much these days. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#3925

JK2006

Thanks for all those three video links Nathan... 17 Years, 11 Months ago

I thought they were all pleasant but amazingly dated; very much like the kind of tracks I used to reject in my Eurovision filtering process.
And why do the girls - all pretty and with decent voices - adopt the Western look so determinedly?
Surely the teenage culture isn't totally dominated by the US/UK?
Or perhaps, sadly, it is and the cultures have not developed in any different direction.

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