Get ready to ignite your career with National Careers Week 2024's spotlight on the music industry. Come join us for an exciting evening tailored just for you, where we'll dive into the world of music and show you how to turn your passion into a profession. Learn the secrets behind creating chart-topping hits, explore the magic of music production, and get insider tips on how to make it big in this ever-evolving industry. With three amazing speakers from Point Blank Music School leading the way, National Careers Week 2024 is your ticket to discovering the perfect harmony for your future in music. Don't miss out on this chance to kickstart your journey to success.
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SPEAKERS
François Kirmann Gamaury
François is a French electronic musician based in London. He has been releasing music since 2006, both as a solo artist and with composer/multi-instrumentalist Tom Hodge with their electronic/post-classical crossover project Piano Interrupted. His music has been released on Bytes / Ransom Note, Denovali Records, Tapeworm, Mercury KX, 1631, MicroCastle and Lona Records (Hong Kong) as well as his own labels Days Of Being Wild and Photogram. Aside from his solo work, Franz regularly collaborates with musicians, filmmakers and artists. Notable media credits are TV drama McMafia (BBC), indie documentary The Man Behind The Microphone (Claire De Lune Films) both with Tom Hodge and 2021 BAFTA winner documentary Locked In: Breaking the silence for BBC Four Storyville.
Will Whisson
Will is a signed songwriter, producer and touring artist. He initially began his musical journey with a band he formed whilst still at school. They went on to appear in national press, tour regularly as well as perform at many top music festivals before splitting in 2016. Since then he began a solo career, touring all over Europe for several years while also releasing several albums. He has also worked in various top studios around Europe before recently opening a place of his own in East London. Will currently now divides his time between songwriting, touring, running a studio, charity work and lecturing at Point Blank.
Michael Wilson Hague
A force within the major music industry for over 35+ years as an artist, A&R, major remixer, agent & prolific manager, Michael has represented & helped launch many famous international artists from Kanye West, Foxy Brown, Tyra Banks & Taylor Dayne to Goldie, Dave Ball (Soft Cell/The Grid), Ini Kamoze, LX Paterson (The Orb/High Frequency Bandwidth), Man Parrish, DJ Pierre, Tyree Cooper, Angel Moraes, Beatmasters, Rui Da Silva, MK & Bobby ‘O’ just to name a small few. He has worked over 12 official top 40 UK number 1's including Benni Benassi, 3 Of A Kind & Fatman Scoop & has worked for Universal, and Mercury Records and several indie labels. He is currently Head of A&R for Joe Smooth & Atlantic Traxx’s labels in the UK & USA as well as a partner in a new US management company alongside Universal working with platinum selling and Grammy award winning producers & artists.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Wednesday 6th March
Time: 6pm-7pm
Location: Online/ Zoom