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>> 18th Dec sorry - been a bit lapse with the news - but we've been busy!! we've licensed 2 folk boxsets for commercial release, loads of sync licenses, and we're busy compiling 2 other celtic / irish boxsets. best of all the rfm catalogue is now available directly from download services such as itunes, amazon, emusic, etc. and some of the albums are doing really well. we've also finally aggregated the footie chants, so they're all available too. busy little bees....
>> 19th Oct licenses to thailand tv, a dubai dvd, a folk docu/film, a comic audiobook, and a possible folk album too. all this in addition to my winning golf at the weekend...!
>> 8th Oct about to sign contract with a new digital aggregator, and another music library. also got some new welsh choir music being added to the catalogue.
>> 10th Sept a rare moment of glory as our version of 'bing bang' (originally by lazytown) hits no.5 in the itunes children's music chart! rock and roll! the album, 'Children's TV Favourites' by 'Kidzone', is at no.3. woo-hoo! literally tens of people must be buying it! lol...
>> 13th July some good contacts made at 'london calling'. various music licenses for websites. but it's work at really free solutions that has kept us really busy this last few weeks.
>> 12th June we're going to be at 'london calling' 2007 on the 28th and 29th of this month. if you'd like to meet, please feel free to get in touch for an appointment.
>> 11th May we've got loads of recently produced kids tracks for sale at the new premier children's music site - kidsmusic.co.uk. Only 49p each....
>> 5th May 'dunes' has been licensed for use on the new Brit film 'Cash & Curry'. With a 3mil budget, it's being taken to Cannes next week.
>> 12th Apr recent licenses have included film trailers, commercials in Canada, indie films, and even a minor playstation game - 'hot shot pool'.
>> 1st Mar track licenses for an audio book, and website. new tracks finished for a u.s. music library client. still busy with covers of children's songs - client's kids music website going live soon. you gotta hear our version of 'roly mo',.... so cool.
>> 15th Feb our latest licensing email update has gone out today. this month's licensable concepts include two new albums - 'unstoppable salsa' and 'tango'.
salsatango
if you'd like to be added to the distribution list please contact us.
>> 29th Jan track license for a tv docu on japan, and a new game audio project.
>> 21st Jan 2007 we are once again actively seeking submissions of music, particularly in the world genre - and anything else that is 'niche'. finished albums / masters preferred. see our submission policy before sending.
>> 18th Dec 2006 a great meeting with a client who we are going to be writing more children's songs for, as well as supplying other genres for specialist download sites.
>> 16th Dec it's been quiet, but we've managed to license a track for an australian docu drama, and we're submitting music for a docu on the world cup 2010. also talking to an aggregator about the digital distribution of the catalogue to online e-tailers, which is a bit overdue really...
>> 15th Nov more football chant ringtones now available for download - premiership, england, etc.
>> 1st Nov last post - immediate online licensing and payment now available.
>> 12th Oct various pitches for christmas tv ads going out, and plans underway for developing the website further.
>> 2nd Oct 2006 we have an excellent solo version of the 'last post' for any organisation requiring a recording for remembrance day.
>> 28th Sept mobile game complete. link to the games coming soon. we're already working on the next one.....! other current projects include some new premiership football chants (link coming soon), new hymn arrangements for a client, music for a newspaper premium, and music in development for various other pitches / submissions.
>> 8th Sept we've taken on a commission for music for a mobile/cell game. it feels strange going back to working with midi files - i thought we'd left that all behind 15 odd years ago. but i guess the technology will catch up soon enough, and mobiles / cells will have top quality music like everything else....
>> 1st Sept new bluegrass album now online. take a listen! it's more brilliant music available for licensing from the undisputed champions of niche! sorry - calm down - getting carried away. it's a bluegrass album, and you can license it for your label if you like.... we think it's good.... :-)
>> 30 Aug lots of interesting projects that are trying to land. some more voice over work, and a couple of music commissions. september's 'licensing concepts' e-mailout is in development.
>> 14 Aug 2006 things are quiet, mostly due to our own holidays. august seems to have been a month of 'chasing' - outstanding projects, offers of work, submissions and pitches for films and games. see you in september (it's my birthday on the 3rd)
>> 26th Jul russian tv docu finished, as is our bbc 'galapagos' orchestral composition. a variety of sync submissions made this month including argentinian folk, indian sitar and cool african rhythms for various projects. not to mention a tv ad, and a bluegrass album license. you would have to say we are certainly diverse.....
>> 17th Jul had some great meetings at 'london calling'. hope to be able to forge some new relationships with many of you! recently we've been composing, submitting music for sync, recording english voice overs for a couple of russian tv docu's, and winning golf tournaments. all in a month's work....
>> 9th Jun thanks to the help of some jolly nice chaps in the u.s. of a. we have licensed a track (red hot chilli salsa) for a disney tv ad that's going out on the abc network today. listen to a clip of it on the player at the bottom of this page.
>> 1st Jun check out our football chants for your mobile phone! we had some fun recording these. they are available to buy as mp3s, or we can supply in a variety of formats for your particular mobile phone.
>> 18th May as well as today being my 10th wedding anniversary, there's quite a bit going on to keep me away from my beautiful wife including the licensing of a number of tracks for a sea shanties dvd being released in germany.
>> 15th May 2006 a warm welcome to mark barnwell on the publishing roster. mark composes excellent quality spanish guitar tracks in a number of styles. take a listen to clips here. all, of course, available for licensing. request a sample.
>> 6th May we're pleased to announce we have agreed to represent the commercial licensing rights to a fantastic client catalogue that includes a number of albums by english folk
legends fairport convention, as well as wishbone ash, the albion band, and many others. please contact us for details.
>> 1st May latest licensing emailshot has gone out to clients. if you would like to be on the distribution list please ask us.
>> 18th Apr if you're thinking of sending us something, please see our submission policy.
>> 13th Apr lots of sync submissions going on this week, as well as talks with one or two new artists.
>> 30th Mar we're going to be at the london calling music industry conference - 29 & 30 june '06 at Earl's Court. if you're going, let us know - we'll meet and 'do lunch'! we look forward to
seeing you there...
>> 10th Mar website re-design - looking good!
>> 25th Feb here's a link to speedy. cool game, cool music composed and licensed by us. check it out.
>> 30th Jan 2006 licenses for a health food radio ad, and a toy manufacturer's website this month. we've also seen the beta of 'speedy'. it's a beautifully simple game, yet graphically superb and addictive. link coming as soon as it's on general release.
>> 20th Dec 2005 just completed the music for a new downloadable pc game called 'speedy', being developed by a client in usa.
>> 9th Nov had a small hand in licensing some background music for spielberg's new movie 'munich' this month. they'd better hurry up - it's due out before christmas!
>> 14th Oct rfm welcomes carol arblaster to the 'perfect space' publishing roster. carol's album of celtic harp hymns is both beautiful and inspiring. rfm now represents and publishes these works for all licensing activity. if you are the owner of similar niche product get in touch. for a general listing of genres and artists published by perfect space go to catalogue.
>> 7th Oct copies of ten greatest bible passages still going out of the door to christian bookshops. who needs a distributor?! <note to distributors - ignore last sentence>
>> 22nd Sept film score finished and film now on release. 'same time tomorrow' is a film about two elderly friends who feel increasingly 'divorced' from the outside world. peter scored the whole feature. now showing worldwide at international festivals. congratulations to director and producer, stephen shepperson.
>> 18th Sept one of our published christmas arrangements licensed for the disney 'popular' series dvd - really nice. also the track 'dunes' has been licensed as a backing track on a new spoken word album released in usa, similar to our very own 'tgbp' album.
>> 11th Sept 2005 started selling tgbp in for christmas sales. busy composing and producing lots of latin material for two budget albums being released in uk. more and more licenses on the go every month now. accounts due in before end of month - gulp.
>> 8th August new track on the mp3 player - bottom of screen. more clips added to the site. having fun with some new studio gear this week. we're thinking of opening up the production studio for artists wanting to put tracks down. mostly solo artists / singers. a couple of small licenses on the go.
>> 7th July large proportion of the catalogue now available to download and buy at arkade.com - an excellent site. about to start work on a celtic hymns album.
>> 30th June interesting times. completed short film soundtrack commission. 6 world music tracks included on new production library cd collection in U.S.
>> 17th June various licensing and composition on the go. rather busy. sun's out. we must play golf.
>> 13th June great review of the tgbp album - "If ever there was an album that really did do what its title said, here it is. it's a new way to listen to the Word of God.... this is perfect if you want to breathe new life into your devotional life or fancy having something inspiring in the car." Mike Rimmer - Cross Rhythms Magazine. so why do none of the big players in the christian music scene want to distribute it?! the eternal question....! anyway, we seem to be getting on ok without them for now.
>> 9th June three world music albums licensed in france. tons of samples being sent out for various projects. more new studio equip - some great new plugins. war of the worlds out very soon.
>> 25th May welcome on board to the dowlais male choir. a great addition to the world music catalogue. music of wales available for licensing now... get in touch for a great welsh choirs sampler.
>> 17th May mp3 player updated - 'thunderchild' - explosive stuff! more mp3 clips uploaded to the site.
>> 13th May wotw album licensed to 5 different record companies across the world!! more catalogue tracks being licensed onto various uk compilations.
>> 28th April war of the worlds album finished. accepting more world music submissions for publishing. still no distributor for the tgbp album - but sales still good. it takes time, but we're managing to sell reasonable numbers direct from here. 3 frank hailey tracks licensed for a jazz compilation being released by the 'national trust' (a uk heritage organisation).
>> 11th April we've been on hols, and now we're updating our studio pc's and installing new software - it all takes time! meanwhile we've signed a new agreement with another sync agent in usa, and had a few licenses from existing on-line sync agents.
>> 8th March we've been commissioned to write tracks for an album entitled 'music inspired by war of the worlds' to be released in conjunction with the blockbuster this summer. tracks will also include new versions of jeff wayne's 'eve of the war' & justin heyward's 'forever autumn'. listen to a clip of 'they're already here' on the mp3 player at the bottom of the screen. wotw
>> 1st March month-long promotion on the tgbp album on wirral's 'flame fm'. tracks being played, and stock selling direct from them.
>> 27th February uk sub-publishing agreed for swing star neville skelly's new track 'anything but you'. check out neville skelly & his swing orchestra.
>> 3rd February the mtv show 'wildboyz' has started airing on uk's channel 4 - look out for the episode in india, which contains tracks licensed from our huge world music catalogue. also busy producing the backing track for a charity single being recorded for the Tsunami appeal.
>> 1st February national distributor being sought for the tgbp album.
>> 4th January 2005 happy new year! mp3 player updated again. check out some celtic ambience! there's new music being signed to perfect space music publishing for the licensing catalogue this month, and we're busy sending out review copies of the tgbp album - it's selling well!
>> 21st December mp3 player (bottom of your screen) updated with one of our christmas arrangements, because we're feeling festive!
>> 13th December various little bits of music in production and licensing at the moment including, interestingly, two middle eastern tracks for a DVD release in conjunction with macmillan cancer care. a nice little project.
>> 9th December tracks from our english / celtic folk band - straight furrow - being released on a double cd celtic compilation, imaginatively entitled 'double celtic' (audio & video ent). hmmmm.... not the greatest title we've ever heard of. I'm sure the artwork will match it in its beauty! Also, lots of tracks from the catalogue being released on a new children's album - 'ultimate children's collection' (pegasus).
>> 2nd December the master is on its way - tgbp - ten greatest bible passages (rfm012), and the artwork is just about complete. stock should arrive here in time for christmas! to reserve a copy just send us an email. advance orders ahead of release date (20.12.04) qualify for a 15% discount on the rrp of £9.99 - that's just £8.49! For bulk orders / trade / dealer price, please contact us.
>> 1st November if you've been led here by the 'Bandit' link please feel free to have a nose around. Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to discuss what you have to offer. Usually, a lot of time can be saved with a quick phone call!
>> 19th October work on the Great Bible Passages album continues. It's starting to sound great.
>> 4th October ref. 15th Sept.... and now 3 tracks on the Wildboyz DVD too. We'll have to get a copy!
>> 15th September more tracks from the catalogue are being used on the MTV show 'Wilboyz'. Yet to find out which. www.mtv.com/onair/wildboyz/. Anyone seen this show? I guess it's big in the States...
>> 13th September various tracks being licensed on to a new 5CD world music boxset 'Discover World' for Demon Music Group. www.demonmusicgroup.com
>> 5th September work has begun on the new album '10 Greatest Bible Passages'. This one's going to run and run... great ideas are coming forth. our first label release for a long time. it's so exciting that I need the little boys room.
>> September 2004 rfm gets a face-lift. new website, new logo, new plans, new licenses, new music, new pants. we thought is was about time we finally bought all our music business goings-on under one corporate umbrella. And it's not even raining.....
>> 27th August 2004 rfm signs representation agreement with ark records to host online catalogue for downloads direct to the gen pub. this is a truly amazing website - we would go so far as to say the greatest design exponent of the internet we've seen yet. take a look for yourselves. www.arkrecords.com site goes live in Oct '04 - and don't forget to download some of our great music while you're there.
>> 20th August 2004 3 world music tracks (india) licensed for the MTV show 'Wildboyz'. www.mtv.com/onair/wildboyz/
>> 3rd August 2004 keep getting royalties from BBC2 for an arrangement of 'Panus Angelicus' we publish. If anyone hears it on a programme they're watching, let us know!