{"id":5809,"date":"2013-05-28T21:57:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2013-05-28T22:00:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T21:00:06","slug":"ar-legend-nigel-grainge-thin-lizzy-on-scouting-mission-to-derry-and-northern-ireland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/05\/ar-legend-nigel-grainge-thin-lizzy-on-scouting-mission-to-derry-and-northern-ireland-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A&R LEGEND, NIGEL GRAINGE (THIN LIZZY) ON SCOUTING MISSION TO DERRY AND NORTHERN IRELAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigel Grainge, the man that discovered Thin Lizzy, Sinead O\u2019Connor and the Boomtown Rats to name a few, is making his way to Derry from Los Angeles as a guest of his co-A&R, local man Patrick Cutliffe.<\/h2>\n
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He hopes to leave Northern Ireland\/Derry with at least one artist he can intro to a major label or publishing deal. Nigel is connected to major labels and publishers throughout the US and UK and has a vast network in the music industry. He can, and will, make things happen if he discovers the right act\/s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There\u2019s also word on the street that Nigel\u2019s nephew Nicky Shymansky (Amy Winehouse, La Roux) of Island Records may make the trip from London.<\/div>\n
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If you think this is the best thing since Thin Lizzy, we will host live scouting sessions in Derry City most likely all day, Tuesday 2nd July, whereby select independent artists and bands will be asked to come along and perform. Keep that date free. Auditions will be held in The Nerve Centre, Derry, which is a fantastic venue and organisation who continuously promote and help Independent musicians.<\/div>\n
Interested? Foaming at the mouth? Ecstatic?<\/div>\n
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If you would like to be considered for an audition, follow these instructions carefully:<\/div>\n
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1. Register your email address in the Dropbox here, http:\/\/www.choorpy.com<\/a><\/div>\n
2. Compose and send an email to musicscout@choorpy.com, with the following information:<\/div>\n
\u2022 Personal name<\/div>\n
\u2022 Act name<\/div>\n
\u2022 Genre<\/div>\n
\u2022 Phone number<\/div>\n
\u2022 Contact email address<\/div>\n
\u2022 One link to your most popular song (recording accepted but live performance recordings are desirable)<\/div>\n
Note: Do not send any more or less than the requested information.<\/div>\n

Background<\/h2>\n

Patrick has been working as Artist & Repertoire (A&R) alongside Nigel, www.nigelgrainge.com, for 4 years discovering music talent worldwide and bringing artists to the attention of major record labels. In the summer of 2010, in Los Angeles, Patrick sat in on an A&R panel with Bob Geldof, Nigel Grainge (Thin Lizzy, Boomtown Rats), Rupert Hine (Tina Turner, Underworld), Damion Damizza Young (Snoop Dog, Mariah Carey) and Conor McNicholas (Ex NME Editor).<\/p>\n

Patrick\u2019s dream and passion has always been to help independent artists worldwide to monetise their business and get the recognition they deserve. He set up his own company Artists Live Limited in August 2012 to exploit the use of emerging online technologies, for the promotion of original independent musicians to showcase their wares and make a living.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s key platform, CHOORPY.com is a unique, global, music-discovery, digital content web platform, where event organisers, musicians and music fans come together and do business. In terms of its market positioning, it\u2019s akin to a combination of Airbnb.com for Event organisers and Elance.com for musicians. CHOORPY will launch in Ireland, in the fourth quarter of 2013. Watch this space.<\/p>\n

Nigel says, \u201cNearly all the great things in my career have come from Ireland. I have no idea how that happened, but starting with Thin Lizzy, The Boomtown Rats, Sinead O\u2019Connor, and even Mike Scott and his Irish connection have led to great things. I haven\u2019t been back since those days and feel that an opportunity to see a bunch of raw but carefully pre-selected talent may well uncover a potential gem or two. My talent has always been to follow my hunch and if I unearth a gem or two I have enough really good connections out there to help make things happen!\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrick says, \u201cNow that I\u2019ve got the attention of world class A&R, I foresee great things happening for local artists. We now have the appropriate channels in place and the global network that has always been lacking here on the ground. I hope and plan to build on this and showcase the outstanding music talent and culture that we have here in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

In March 2013, Patrick started an online \u2018Independent music revolution\u2019 with Choorpy and it\u2019s taking off like a helium balloon:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Independent musicians promoting independent music, only, \u00a0http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/choorpy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Connected to A&R scouts worldwide<\/p>\n

\u2022 Choorpy Blog is reaching 35+ countries worldwide in just over 2 months \u2013<\/p>\n

http:\/\/choorpy.tumblr.com<\/p>\n

\u2022 Facebook posts reached 2.5 million people within 1 week \u2013 http:\/\/goo.gl\/bgpvM<\/a><\/p>\n

Good Luck! We will be in contact with the artists who make it through to audition with further information.<\/p>\n

Patrick Cutliffe<\/p>\n

CEO\/Founder<\/p>\n

Choorpy.com<\/p>\n

If you would like further information about this subject, or would like to schedule an interview with Nigel Grainge, please contact Patrick Cutliffe at, information@choorpy.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigel Grainge, the man that discovered Thin Lizzy, Sinead O\u2019Connor and the Boomtown Rats to name a few, is making his way to Derry from Los Angeles as a guest of his co-A&R, local man Patrick Cutliffe. He hopes to leave Northern Ireland\/Derry with at least one artist he can intro to a major label … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5809"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5814,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809\/revisions\/5814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}