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Alex Von Soos Alex is a London-based songwriter and producer. He is a trained classical pianist and has spent many years analysing the theory behind hit songs. His own successes include a UK No. 1 Hit with the All Saints (Black Coffee) and cuts by Atomic Kitten and many other artists worldwide, sellling more than 5 million records in the process. Alex has worked with some of the most prolific hit writers in the business including Cathy Dennis (Britney Spears, Katy Perry) and Wayne Hector (JLS, Westlife). Currently, Alex is writing and producing albums for new artists Dan Akio and Cherry Greene. He has also been busy in the advertising and music branding field working with companies like Coca-Cola and Vodafone. On top of that, he is about to launch his own songwriting consultancy business. |
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Dave Garnish Dave started his music production journey as a musician at the BRIT School, with the guitar being his first instrument. He cut his teeth as an in-house engineer at Air Lyndhurst Hall, then EMI (The Townhouse, Abbey Road and Olympic), recording orchestras one day and mixing pop records the next. Artists include Janet Jackson, Madonna, Bjork, All Saints, Sting, Eternal, Cher and Utah Saints, Massive Attack amongst others. Producers ranged from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Nellee Hooper. In 2001 he set up legendary club night 'BlaH' and also signed a publishing deal with Universal, writing pop records. His most recent hit was in 2011 with writing and production on Friendly Fires' 'Live Those Days Tonight', and he has now set up his own music production school Garnish School of Sound.
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Nigel Grainge Legendary A&R Man Nigel Grainge received industry-wide acclaim for his successful signings of The Steve Miller Band (Fly Like An Eagle), Thin Lizzy (The Boys are Back in Town) and 10cc (I’m Not in Love) while at Phonogram London. He then went on to create his own label, Ensign, which exploded with The Boomtown Rats (13 top 10’s, including 2 No. 1’s), The Waterboys (The Whole of the Moon) and World Party (Ship of Fools) culminating in Ensign’s biggest worldwide success with Sinead O’Connor (Nothing Compares 2 U – No. 1 in 26 countries). Now based in LA, Nigel continues his passion to discover and develop new talent. |
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Pete Briquette Pete's career in the music industry spans 30 years as a musician, composer, and producer. During his ten years in The Boomtown Rats, the band he co-founded with Bob Geldof, Pete wrote and produced numerous album tracks and also co-wrote two top 5 singles ‘Like Clockwork’ and ‘Banana Republic’. As a producer, songwriter, and musician Pete has contributed his talents to records by Bob Geldof, Tricky, Kirsty McColl, Renaud, Glen Hansard, The Frames, A, Metisse, Nillson, Nick Cave, Tiger, Robert Palmer, and the new British band The Sea. He has composed and produced music for film and television including the BBC documentary series ‘Geldof in Africa’, and the comedy film 'I Am Bob'. |
