Sundae Promotions Presents...

If you already 'like' us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter then you'll know that Sundae Promotions have announced their first creative live music event! 

We're excited to be holding it at Six Eight Kafe in Birmingham on Sunday 21st April 2013.

The cafe has recently done up their basement room into a great space for holding creative events. They've previously used the space for film nights, live music, comedy nights and art exhibitions and now Sundae Promotions are using the space to celebrate and support unsigned music in a creative way. 

We'll be announcing times and the great musicians we'll be showcasing in the near future so watch this space!

Can we expect to see you there?
Let Sundae Promotions make your Sunday more exciting! 

Auditions

Yesterday Sundae Promotions had the pleasure of holding auditions at Access To Music (Birmingham). We spent the day listening to a wide range of musical talent and watching performances to seek out the acts to perform at our upcoming event in April 2013. 

It was fantastic to see how the college is developing these students into performers and crafting their skills. We really hope the Sundae Promotions live event will give them some great experience in the music industry and a platform to showcase their talent to more people. We'll be releasing taster clips and images on Facebook of those great acts that we were lucky enough to see perform.

Remember to get involved in our event if you want to see and hear more and support passionate and ambitious students! (Information coming soon)

Getting Professional!

Say hello to Sundae Promotions' fancy, new business cards! 

They're looking great thanks to Sundae Promotions' Visual Communications Manager, Amy McArthur. We're hoping to get these handed out and start networking and making contact with Birmingham's creative communities and businesses.

What do you think? We love them! 

If you're interested in getting some printed for yourself then check out Moo for great offers and service.   

Exciting News for Sundae Promotions!

As I mentioned in my last post, I am currently managing a project that I am really proud of and excited about. Sundae Promotions is a new creative live events project management team and we're seeking to put on a music event in the coming months. 

Of course, with this comes the need to spend money.

Myself and my team partner, Amy McArthur, are both students and so with our tight budget we were wondering if we'd be able to afford all the costs of hiring, printing and such fees...

That's where O2 have stepped in. 

That's right, O2! 

We're so excited to announce that Sundae Promotions are now working with support from O2 Think Big so we can make our project bigger and better. 

At Sundae Promotions we're all about bringing communities together through arts events and with this funding and supporting we're hoping we can reach even more people and make sure the night is a great success! 

Don't forget to keep up-to-date with our progress on Facebook and Twitter. A website will follow shortly! 

We'll be announcing our event in the near future so make sure you mark it in your diaries.

We'd love to see you there! 

Sundae Promotions

Welcome to my new project!

Sundae Promotions is a Creative Live Events Project Management Team set up and run by myself and my team partner, Amy McArthur. Our mission is to challenge the perception of unsigned music and promote Birmingham's creative industries. We're going to do this by putting on a live event experience in a creative space rather than a 'traditional' venue. 

We want to bring back the art to live music and involve people in new music experiences as we feel live unsigned nights have become a little boring and standardised!

Not only are we working with and supporting Birmingham's creative industry but we want to offer platforms for talented young individuals and groups in Birmingham to showcase their talent - be it musical or media based! We're currently collaborating with music colleges around Birmingham and various university media projects to ensure Sundae Promotions is a creative community project that brings a little excitement back to Birmingham's music scene. 

I've been super busy working on this project for the past few months and we're really hoping it's going to be a great success and an event that people will remember as offering something different! 

You can keep up-to-date with the project on Facebook and Twitter. Please check these out as we'd really appreciate your support and as always, any feedback is welcome! 

Watch this space!

Talent: How to Use Twitter Professionally

I love using Twitter to update friends about my personal life (I'm a self-confessed tweetaholic!) but also to update about my professional life. Twitter is a great way to create awareness of projects I'm working on, work I'm involved with and following accounts related to my career interests. Therefore, when my friend and fellow media student, Grace Montgomery, asked me to get involved with one of her pieces about using Twitter with a career focus, I was more than happy to do so!

As a media student, I am aware of how important it is to have an online presence and Twitter offers a great platform to interact with people in your desired career field and create awareness of your skills and the work you do. A bit of self-promotion never hurt anyone! 

If you haven't got a professional Twitter account, get on it! While you're at it, don't forget to follow me and check out Grace's tips on How to Use Twitter Professionally (featuring some words from me). 

Grace writes a whole host of interesting articles for Talent, "a dynamic and innovative youth & entertainment project aimed at improving the life chances of young people in the West Midlands".

Interested? Check out the site here and don't forget to follow Grace's Twitter for updates on her work! 

Do you have a professional Twitter? Follow & tweet me so I can check out your profile and work too. 

Cornwall

This summer I spent a week in the beautiful Cornwall with my family and I didn't put my camera down! It was my first time there and I couldn't believe how much there was to take in. I tried to capture most of it in photograph form, both on my SLR and film. 

We spent the majority of  the week travelling around Cornwall to different spots such as St. Ives, Penzance and St Michael's Mount. Despite the terrible weather this year, we managed to hit the jackpot and got a glorious week of sunshine. Perfect!

The rumours about Cornwall are definitely true. It's really that beautiful. I could easily have spent the whole of summer there (and longer) exploring and taking an infinite number of photos. Fingers crossed I can persuade my family to go there again soon! It was well worth the 6-hour journey. 

I've finally uploaded a small selection of my photos to Flickr so if you want to see a glimpse of what I got  to experience from Cornwall then take a peek here!

Here's a little preview:

This set features some more shots from St Michael's Mount, Penzance, Land's End and the little village I called home for the week, Treen.

I'm slowly but surely working my way through the photos so hopefully I can put another batch up soon, however university work is priority this year so forgive me if I take a while!

I hope you enjoy the pictures, any feedback is greatly appreciated.