College Music Update
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College Music Update or Complete Music Update, better known as CMU or the CMU Daily, is a music news service and website aimed at people working in the UK music business or music media. It primarily provides news and information about the music business, music media and music world. It is now best known for its daily email newsletter, the CMU Daily. CMU is owned by UnLimited Media, who also publish the Edinburgh Festival's ThreeWeeks
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in 1998. It says its aim is to provide "a link between the grass roots of the music world (especially the college music scene) and the mainstream music industry and music media"http://www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk/about/index.html. In that regard CMU's target audience is probably much wider than other music trade magazines like Music Week
or Billboard
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CMU was initially a printed magazine mailed for free to people working in the UK music industry, music media and college music community, with a complementary website. In 2002 the magazine was replaced with a daily e-newsletter, the CMU Daily http://www.stuffbyme.co.uk/page/about-me.aspx.
CMU's news service covers new and established artists and labels from the pop, indie, rock, metal, breaks, house, drum & bass, jazz, hip hop, R&B and classical genres.
The CMU Weekly, a weekly email newsletter launched in 2008, which is also available via the main CMU website in someways replaced The Beats Bar in that it too is aimed at music consumers http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/weekly/index.html.
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A number of other music websites also syndicate stories from the CMU Daily, including R&R World http://www.randrworld.com, Music Rooms http://www.musicrooms.net/, Rivvmix http://www.rivmixx.com/ and Audio Scribble http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/. The UK edition of the Epoch Times also includes a column featuring CMU news stories.
In 2008 CMU and Leyline launched a new club night called the CMU Social at a London venue called 229. Bands to play at the club during its 2008 programme include City Reverb, Rose Elinor Dougall
, Matt Finucane, Tim Ten Yen
, Post War Years, Model Horror, The Deer Tracks, Maths Class
, Vessels, Infadels
, Restlesslist, A.Human, The Penny Black Remedy
, Big Strides
and Sportsday Megaphone http://www.cmusocial.co.uk.
ThreeWeeks
ThreeWeeks is a newspaper that covers the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals in May and August respectively.It has covered the Edinburgh Festival since 1996 and the Brighton Festival since 2006.- Education Programme :...
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Launch & Aims
CMU was co-founded by Chris Cooke, Alastair Walker and Fraser ThomsonFraser Thomson
Fraser Thomson is the current presenter of the Real Radio Scotland Football Phone In, fielding the calls for Alan Rough and Derek Johnstone.He is a fan, and former stadium announcer, of St Johnstone FC, and has previouly worked for Youth FM, Tay FM, Beat 106 and Xfm Scotland.He is one of the few...
in 1998. It says its aim is to provide "a link between the grass roots of the music world (especially the college music scene) and the mainstream music industry and music media"http://www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk/about/index.html. In that regard CMU's target audience is probably much wider than other music trade magazines like Music Week
Music Week
Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.Founded in 1959 as Record Retailer, it was relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Music Week . On 17 January 1981 the title was again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to Music & Video Week...
or Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
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CMU was initially a printed magazine mailed for free to people working in the UK music industry, music media and college music community, with a complementary website. In 2002 the magazine was replaced with a daily e-newsletter, the CMU Daily http://www.stuffbyme.co.uk/page/about-me.aspx.
CMU's news service covers new and established artists and labels from the pop, indie, rock, metal, breaks, house, drum & bass, jazz, hip hop, R&B and classical genres.
CMU Daily
The CMU Daily http://www.cmudaily.co.uk is a daily newsletter which includes music business and music media news, as well as artist stories, tour dates, album and single reviews, and gossip from the music world. It is available for free to anyone working in music who can read it on the CMU website or opt to receive it by email each day http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/subscribe/index.html. The CMU Daily is different from most other trade publications in that it also covers a lot of artist news and gossip, and it has more critical editorials and a more irreverent tone than most trade media.The Beats Bar and CMU Weekly
In 2005 CMU launched a sister website aimed at music consumers, called The Beats Bar, though this has since been merged with the main main CMU website.The CMU Weekly, a weekly email newsletter launched in 2008, which is also available via the main CMU website in someways replaced The Beats Bar in that it too is aimed at music consumers http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/weekly/index.html.
Other outputs
CMU also publish a weekly email newsletter called the Remix Update http://www.remixupdate.co.uk for listeners of The Remix http://www.xfm.co.uk/theremix, a specialist show on UK alternative radio station XfmXfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
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A number of other music websites also syndicate stories from the CMU Daily, including R&R World http://www.randrworld.com, Music Rooms http://www.musicrooms.net/, Rivvmix http://www.rivmixx.com/ and Audio Scribble http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/. The UK edition of the Epoch Times also includes a column featuring CMU news stories.
The CMU Social
CMU is also the main media partner of Leyline Promotions http://www.leylinepromotions.com, and co-brands their London club nights, including Remix Night and Twisted Licks.In 2008 CMU and Leyline launched a new club night called the CMU Social at a London venue called 229. Bands to play at the club during its 2008 programme include City Reverb, Rose Elinor Dougall
Rose Elinor Dougall
Rose Elinor Dougall is an English singer, songwriter and musician best known for being a member of The Pipettes and for performing with Mark Ronson. She currently also performs and records as a solo artist.-Career:...
, Matt Finucane, Tim Ten Yen
Tim Ten Yen
Tim Ten Yen, also known as "TTY", is an English recording artist. He has been called the "Sensational Singing Salaryman". and championed by influential English disc jockey Steve Lamacq as a "cult figure of the future".He grew up outside of London....
, Post War Years, Model Horror, The Deer Tracks, Maths Class
Maths Class
Maths Class were a band from the UK that formed in 2006 in Brighton and achieved publicity through their Myspace. They have a wide range of influences and have played extensively around the UK and in Europe...
, Vessels, Infadels
Infadels
Infadels are a London-based indie-electro band signed to the Wall of Sound record label. Their debut album, We Are Not the Infadels, was produced by Jagz Kooner and released in January 2006. A second album, the Martin "Youth" Glover produced Universe In Reverse, was released in June 2008...
, Restlesslist, A.Human, The Penny Black Remedy
The Penny Black Remedy
The Penny Black Remedy is a London-based band playing a mix of Country, Ska, Folk and Punk with a Balkan edge and are linked to the UK's gypsy punk scene....
, Big Strides
Big Strides
Big Strides is a London based 3-piece band that plays an original mix of blues, rock, jazz and funk. With an original lineup consisting of Marcus O'Neill , Lewis Kirk and Tom Pi , Chris Kelly replaced Tom Pi as double bassist in 2006.Their first album "Small Town, Big Strides" was released in 2005...
and Sportsday Megaphone http://www.cmusocial.co.uk.