Category: Red & Black Music

Leaving

5/10/2018

Dear all,

It is with deepest regrets that my time with Red & Black Music is coming to an end. After over 2 years of sharing in the adventure, it is time for me to move on, effectively closing the musical chapter of my career…

I hope this time together has been positive for all involved as much as it has been for me.

Best Wishes for the future,
Claire Maillot

Red & Black Musicians Marketplace

30/6/2018

Red & Black Musicians Marketplace is an additional Facebook group to help musicians find musicians.

Looking for musicians or engagements? This group is for musicians who wish to be notified of available engagements, and for engagers who require musicians. We can't deny that there are other similar Facebook groups. We're not trying to be original at all. We've simply opened up an additional life line, should you need it. :)

This is a free service. This group is unmoderated and unregulated. Please feel free to email [email protected] should you have any specific queries or complaints, and we will do our best to resolve these. :) This group is for fixers and musicians. If you’re representing an artist, production or label, please use our sister group Red & Black Music Mall.

Red & Black Musicians Marketplace

Red & Black Music Mall

30/6/2018

Red & Black Music Mall

Red & Black Music Mall is an additional Facebook group to help connect clients and artists. This group is for artists who wish to be notified of available engagements, and for clients who require great music. It’s also a place to report unscrupulous traders.

This is a free service. This group is unmoderated and unregulated. Please feel free to email [email protected] should you have any specific queries or complaints, and we will do our best to resolve these :) If you’re a musician, please use our sister group Red & Black Musicians Marketplace.

Red & Black Music Creative Structure

27/6/2018

Music of Brazil

8/6/2018

Brazil's music is a rich and diverse cultural heritage. The subcontinent includes a myriad of styles far too numerous to mention here, a treasure trove of musical gems. At Red & Black Music, Brazilian music has always been very close to the heart. In recognition of this, we offer Brazilian setups across 3 out of our 4 projects.

Diáspora Brasil

Join us as we take a foray south of the border and into Brazil. Diáspora presents the best in Bossa Nova and Samba with fantastic live musicians, excellent cocktails and Brazilian vibes. Put on your dancing shoes and leave your blues at home, it's time to party!

Diáspora Brasil is the alter-ego of Diáspora, a separate setup specialising in the myriad of styles emerging from Brazil; from Samba and Bossa Nova to MPB and Sertanejo, from Partido Alto to funk.

Festa Brasileira

The Instant Brazilian Beach Party. Hop on a plane and be transported to the tropical climes of South America, with our cool cuts of Brazilian Bossa Nova ("New Wave"), Samba, MPB ("Música Popular Brasileira) & Funk.

Rory Bossa Nova

Rory's Brazilian setup focuses on jazz. The trio grew our of Rory's love of Bossa Nova and Brazilian music. Blending the warm, breezy tones of the strummed acoustic guitar and the crisp, bass notes of the cajon with saxophone, flute and vocals, the trio interpret a diverse range of repertoire by Tom Jobim, Toquinho, Toninho Horta, Roberto Menescal, Noel Rosa, Milton Nascimento, Marcos Valle, Luis Bonfa, Jorge Ben Jor, Ivan Lins, Durval Ferreira and Chico Buarque as well as Rory's own compositions.

www.rorymusic.co.uk/bossa-nova
www.rorymusic.co.uk/em-balanca

Website Updates

23/2/2018

Hi,

We've made a few significant updates to this website.

Diary. We've centralised all of our production diaries, so now you can view them all in one convenient place. Rather than having separate blogs per production, we've combined them all into one integrated diary blog where each production equates to a blog category. You'll notice when you click "Diary" in each of our production websites, they will signpost through to the relevant category in the Red & Black Music Label Diary. This way, we can keep our diaries updated, standardised and consistent.
Resources. We've done exactly the same here. It's much simpler to have everything all in one blog, categorised by production, rather than having separate blogs per production. This section is more relevant to clients (agents and promoters) who require our multimedia in an accessible, downloadable location. You'll also notice we've compressed collections of files into zip archives, which will speed up the download/cataloguing process.
Blog. We've left the blogs as they are, as they're there for different purposes: one to
Diaspora Collective. Diaspora Collective was the precursor to Red & Black Music. We've re-published our original Diaspora Collective website for posterity purposes, and to broaden our online/digital archive. Check it out here.

www.diasporacollective.weebly.com

Claire is looking for recommendations

31/12/2017

Hello,
If you're a musician, please join Red & Black Musicians Marketplace, a new Facebook group we've set up opening up an additional channel of communication to help musicians find musicians in elusive places.
Looking for musicians or engagements? This is an additional group for musicians who wish to be notified of available engagements, and for engagers who require musicians.
Please also don't forget to send your email to [email protected] so we can sign you up for Bcc offers. Available UK-wide.
Many thanks, onwards and upwards!
The Red & Black Music Team
https://www.facebook.com/groups/redandblackmusiciansmarketplace/

Team

11/11/2017

Red & Black Music is a limited company run by two permanent staff; a manager who takes care of our everyday business (artists, clients, contracts and finance) and a producer who focuses on the artistic and creative development of the company. Occasionally, we hire in extra executive members for specific roles such as assistant tour managers or producers on a freelance basis as and when the need arises.

CLAIRE MAILLOT
MANAGEMENT
& CLIENT RELATIONS

Claire comes from a publishing background having worked as a digital editor in the books industry, and proofreader in the marketing industry in London.

Claire's role in Red & Black Music is representing client interests, facilitating day-to-day operations and communications, supporting Rory from the perspective of maintaining artists and reputation and managing all internal agreements to ensure that they are met. Claire has a strong experience in conversing with clients and business intermediaries through her role as a digital editor, where she was in charge of handling the iBooks' sales relationships with Apple. Red & Black Music is Claire's first role in the performing arts.

In her spare time, Claire enjoys an eclectic range of interests from baking cakes and knitting patchwork quilts to rock climbing, travelling and socialising with friends.

[email protected]

RORY DUFFY
PRODUCTION
& ARTIST RELATIONS

Rory is responsible for all creative and practical aspects of Red & Black Music, and is the first point of call for performers wishing to work with one of our artists or productions. Rory works with performers on a musical and social level, establishing keys and grooves for vocalists and instrumentalists and developing ideas from the piano right through to the live ensemble, representing artist interests (performers / producers) and ensuring that the final delivery sounds and looks fantastic.

Rory, originally from Stroud (South West England), studied saxophone at the RNCM and has produced music for private and corporate events, public gigs, festivals and residencies across the UK.

[email protected]

Change to T&C - Red & Black Events

2/10/2017

Please note: a confirmation does not constitute a contract. We still require a contract to honour our original quotation, even if the date(s) are confirmed. An additional holding period may be allocated to allow for the contract signing, subject to our discretion. Otherwise, our original quotation only applies until the end of our original quotation's reservation period, regardless of whether the date(s) are confirmed or not. We cannot be held to honour our original quotation if a contract is issued after this point.

Our quotes increase incrementally according to the notice at which we sign a contract, and it is our policy to close all enquiries, at the very latest:

5pm Wednesday the week before for daytime/weekday engagements.
5pm Friday the week before for evening/weekend engagements.

We appreciate your understanding.

Please note the above applies to studio (rehearsals, recordings) IN ADDITION TO live events. These include any rehearsals organised internally by producers/musicians, and include travel time.