DESIGNER MAGAZINE 2012
MONTHLY UPDATES
DECEMBER
* 3 Simple But Effective Booking Tips For Bands
* Araxa - Manchester Metal band talk Greek Gods & Bullet For My Valentine
* The Little Things All Unsigned Bands Can Learn From One Direction About Facebook
* Top 10 Most Popular Designer Magazine Blogs Of 2012
* Top 10 Most Popular Manchester Bands As Read At Designer Magazine
NOVEMBER
* Are you in a band, or part of a brand? - Music Marketing Blog
* Don't Be A Disaster - Follow This Mantra - Music Marketing Blog
* The Imogen Styles - Street interview with...
* My Favourite Lyricist- Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra)
* Pulling Out Of Gigs and The Danger Of Word Of Mouth
* Silver Lining - Rock & Roll from Newton-Le-Willows - Featured Artist
* The Value Of Listening - A Tale of Tinnitus
OCTOBER
* 10 Things A Band Needs To Do Every Day - Music Marketing
* A Memorable Performance - a blog for playing live
* Between A Rock And A Hard Place
* Faith Now Restored to Some Extent - Support The Scene
* Four Bands That Will Break Your Balls
* The Bright Side Of Life (Manchester Music Scene)
* The Perils Of Ignoring Good Advice - Music Marketing Blog
SEPTEMBER
* The Cold Few - Taking influences from Modest Mouse and Death Cab
* Dread Your Last Day - Manchester Metal band talk Oli Sykes, SavingSyenna and More
* Pigeons In Motion - there's a Motion City Soundtrack joke in here
AUGUST
* Allaira - Melodic Death Metal from Manchester
* Eden - Agressive punk rock from Manchester
* Fidel & The Castros - Manchester Indie Funk
* Gold Jacks - Blues rock from Manchester influenced by Black Keys / White Stripes
* Support The Scene - a new way of looking at it by Big False Assembly
JULY
* 8 Reasons Your Gigs Aren't As Busy As You'd Like
* Death Of A Giant - The Changing Music Industry
* Grounds / Fidel & The Castros / Bright Young Things / Colombia / Conquer Rio / Keith - Live review of Baker Maker debut
* Plastic Rabbits - Interview with Manchester bands best friend
* Support The Scene - Manchester Music Movement
* The VIbe / The Articles / Minutes To Recover / Tainted Memories / Morphine Ghost - Designer Magazine Pop Punk Special review
* Why I Hate Lana Del Rey?
JUNE
* An Idiots Guide To Social Media For Musicians - by Alex of BlkSwn
* DIY: ABC for bands - by CJ Smith of Dead Retinas
* Does your local music promoter have an engaged following? Blog post
* Facebook Interest Lists - Why Musicians Should Be Using Them?
* The Fevers - Daft Punk meets Foals in Sankeys
* Freedom Of The City - interview
* Jacks Not Smooth
* John Bonham My Musical Hero by Liam Geoghegan of Kids With Machetes
* Strokesism and the Rise of Uniformity - by Ben Corry Of The Madding Crowd
* Top Tips for Musicians - Part 1
* Touring Musicians: Gluttons for Punishment by Kenny Cottam
* Why don't enough people get involved at unsigned gigs? by Freddie Pitts of ZSilent Z
MAY
A Note On How To Prepare For World War 3 by Jesse Mills
Alexisonfire, the band that changed my life
The Art Of Trash Talk - an article by CJ Smith of Dead Retinas
Dead Retinas - Manchester 4 piece punk band - Interview
Loaded Message - The Chameleons meets The Skids or not?? Read here
The Madding Crowd - Chaotic Mancunian Alternative Rock - read hereManic Street Preachers, the band that changed my life
My Best Gig Ever - by Liam of Kids With Machetes
The Stone Roses - Full review of the long awaited secret comeback in Warrington
The Stone Roses - The Fans perspective of how they got those free tickets to Warrington
MARCH
* Kat Mullen - Featured artists interview - read here
* SavingSyenna - Featured artists interview - read here
* Taylor & Leigh - Featured artists interview - read here
FEBRUARY
* Apollo's Heir - Featured Artist profile & interview - read here
* The Big Pink - Live review from Manchester Academy 3
* Chateaux - New lo-fi beachwave pop band from Manchester - Review
* The Headstart - Live review of the pop punk band in Manchester - read here
* Kids WIth Machetes - Featured Artist profile & interview - read here
* The Imogen Styles - Featured Artist profile & interview - read here
* Sam Smith & Company / Events Untold & more - Live Review
JANUARY
* Arterix - Featured Artist Profile & Interview - Read Here
* Daystar - Featured Artist Profile & Interview - Read Here
* Mathew Petit - Featured Artist Profile & Interview - Read Here
* Sam Smith & Company - Featured Artist Profile & Interview - Read Here
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