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One Liners: BMG, Bandcamp, TaP Music, more

By | Published on Wednesday 18 November 2020

BMG

APPOINTMENTS

BMG has named Dominique Casimir as EVP Continental Europe Repertoire & Marketing. “Dominique has done an excellent job in developing our repertoire operation in Continental Europe”, says CEO Hartwig Masuch. “With her deep understanding of BMG’s distinct culture and business model, I am confident she will help us build further scale in territories across the world”.

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DIGITAL & D2F SERVICES

Bandcamp has launched a new ticketed livestreaming platform, called Bandcamp Live. The company will charge a 10% commission on ticket sales, although it is waiving this until 31 May 2021. Find out more here.

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MANAGEMENT & FUNDING

Artist management company TaP Music has launched a new sports division. TaP Sports will be headed up by Managing Director Zoe Prothero, and its first athlete client is Leeds United footballer Kalvin Phillips.

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MARKETING & PR

Former Head Of Music at Outside Organisation, Jack Delaney, has launched his own PR firm, Number 23. “I had seven amazing years with the fantastic team at Outside, learnt a lot from company founder Alan Edwards, and managed campaigns for many incredible artists and events along the way”, he says. “I’m now very excited to be starting a brand new chapter with Number 23 and representing many more”.

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RELEASES

Ariana Grande has released the video for recent single ’34+35′.

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore has released new solo track ‘Mandrill’. His new EP ‘The Third Chimpanzee’ is out 29 Jan.

Ezra Collective have teamed up with JME and Swindle for new track ‘Quest For Coin II’.

Wolf Van Halen has released the first track from his new solo project Mammoth WVH, ‘Distance’. The video for the track is a tribute to his late father, Eddie Van Halen.

Litany has released the video for new single ‘Uh-Huh’, starring comedians Katherine Ryan and Joe Lycett.

Hannah Georgas and Matt Berninger have released new single ‘Pray It Away’.

Attawalpa has released new single ‘Killer’. The track is taken from his forthcoming EP ‘Patterns’, which is set for release next year.

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