IMPORTANT THIS DOES DOES NOT AFFECT THE CONSUMER DAYS.

The Organisers would like to alert Visitors and Exhibitors to the London International Music Show 2009 to the news that unfortunately The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have taken strike action on the Tube on 9-11 June.

London Underground staff and unions have posted notice of a 48 hour strike which began at 18.59 on Tuesday 9th June and lasts until 18.58 on Thursday 11th June.

Below is an update of the different ways to reach ExCeL:

Docklands Light Railway (DLR) – DLR services are unaffected by the strike action and all routes across the network will operate normally. From central London, you can take the DLR from Tower Gateway in the direction of Beckton (direct to Custom House for ExCeL ) or from Bank in the direction of Woolwich Arsenal (change at Canning Town for a Beckton bound service for ExCeL).

London Overground – all Overground services are unaffected by the strike and will operate normally. Advice is to travel to Stratford and change onto DLR services.

Mainline Stations – the list below suggests viable alternative methods of reaching the DLR from key mainline stations and regional train services;

Southeastern Trains                  Alight at Lewisham and/or Woolwich Arsenal for the DLR

Southern Trains                       Alight at Waterloo for River Boat Services from London Eye Millennium Pier to Tower Millennium Pier or Canary Wharf Pier for the DLR

South West Trains                   Alight at Waterloo for River Boat Services from London Eye Millennium Pier to Tower Millennium Pier or Canary Wharf Pier for the DLR

C2C Trains                              Alight at Limehouse or Fenchurch Street for the DLR

National Express East Anglia    Alight at Stratford for the DLR

First Capital Connect                Alight at London Bridge for River Boat Services from London Bridge City Pier to Tower Millennium Pier or Canary Wharf Pier for the DLR

Please refer to link - DLR Route Map for directions on how to continue with DLR journeys to Custom House for ExCeL.

For detailed and specific route information from all other departure points across the capital, please refer to www.tfl.gov.uk/journeyplanner (deselect the tube transport mode from the advanced options section).

For further detailed information about the extra transport provisions being put on by TfL, please refer to the Beat The Strike Guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2009/05/29/tube_strike_june09_feature.shtml

By Road:

If you are traveling by road, ExCeL is easily accessible by road from the M25, M11, A406, A13 and there’s a good map available with clear directions for download from http://www.excel-london.co.uk/visitors/travel/byroad. The full post code for ExCeL is E16 1XL. The venue offers on-site car parking for 2,500 cars, including 1,600 spaces directly beneath the venue. For international visitors ExCel is situated next to http://www.londoncityairport.com/ and is five minutes taxi journey away.

We would advise all visitors to allow extra time for their journeys and to plan alternative routes using public buses to reach Bank or Tower Gateway.

Visit www.tfl.gov.uk/journeyplanner for further assistance and latest news.

We look forward to welcoming you to the show.

The band first came together during the worldwide media tour to promote the multiple award-winning movie, The Commitments - and was promptly inundated with offers of gigs. Built around drummer Dick Massey (Billy ‘The Animal’ Mooney in the film) and Kenneth McCluskey (Derek ‘Meat-man’ Scully), the nine-piece band became a permanent touring unit in 1993, taking the sound of ‘Dublin Soul’ to an international audience.

The venue will be decked out, naturally enough, with Peavey PA - two Versarray 112s plus a two double 18″ subs ground-stacked on each side, powered by Crest amplification - while The Commitments will play through Peavey and Trace Elliot backline. Lighting is provided courtesy of Pulsar Light of Cambridge.

Peavey has issued an open invitation for all LiMS exhibitors and trade visitors to enjoy the party and the musical entertainment, which takes place on Thursday 11 June at the Novotel main bar after the show’s opening trade day. The company is also laying on food and drink (vouchers available from the Peavey stand during show hours first come first served basis) for Peavey dealers, media and special guests.

www.peavey-eu.com

On the judging panel we will have Raphael Radoux, manic Belgian violinist and improviser, and hopefully David Juritz, of the London Mozart Players, with us. Joining them are members of the Royal Ballet Orchestra and the Royal College.

Commenting on the news Editor Neville Marten said “We have no idea what he will play, but as it‘s Guthrie we‘re sure that jaws will be dropping all round. Make sure you check him out on the Rotosound stand too.”

John Wheatcroft, another awesome player will also be dropping by, gypsy jazz acoustic in hand. John says he‘d love to play some Django inspired pieces and maybe give a little tutorial on this fascinating and fiery style. John‘s a truly killer picker!

Neville Marten will be there all four days and may well be getting up with Guitarist editor Mick Taylor for a ‘bit of a blues bash‘…

Guitar Idol 2009 has seen over a thousand of the top undiscovered guitarists from all over the world battle their way through four online heats - the Final Heat proving amazingly popular with an average of well over 9000 daily visits and media coverage on national TV in the USA, Hungary, Chile, Romania and Pakistan amongst others.

Make sure you check out the live final when 12 finalists will be performing live on the main stage at The London International Music Show on Saturday June 13th. Judges include Phil Hilborne, Jamie Humphries and Jamiroquai’s Rob Harris.

Visit http://www.guitaridol.tv, and watch the top 120 guitarists who have already battled through 4 Heats. The Top 4 from the online vote have automatically secured their place in London, and with 8 further finalists chosen by the pro panel of judges being announced over the comings weeks make sure you check in every few days to see who’s made it through.

Prizes include a top of the range Paul Reed Smith Custom 24, an Ernie Ball Musicman Silhouette, a Rob Williams Set Neck Standard and a unique “Guitar Idol” 7 string custom guitar from Mayones; amps from Marshall (the full mega stack JVM410H plus 1960A and a 1960B 4X12 cabs) and the award wining HT-5S stack from rising UK stars Blackstar. With Rockschool, Ernie Ball and Rotosound also supplying great prizes - as well as one lucky finalist being able to record with world class TV/Movie and rock producer Steven Loveday at his personal studio – Guitar Idol has attracted some of the very best unknown talent from around the world.

But that’s not all: Steve Vai’s very own label Favored Nations (home to Eric Johnson, Andy Timmons, Tommy Emmanuel and Frank Gambale amongst dozens of other world renowned virtuoso guitarists) will be releasing the Guitar Idol 2009 album in digital format.

Guitar Idol 2009 is staged by www.alloutguitar.com, www.licklibrary.com and The London International Music Show and sponsored by PRS, Marshall, Ernie Ball, Blackstar, The Guitar Institute, Mayones, Rob Williams, Steven Loveday, Rockschool, www.bluesjamtracks.com and Rotosound and is being co-promoted by Planet Rock and www.G-A-K.co.uk

Best known for his hard hitting style, Mark has forged a successful professional career with some top UK bands. He started out playing with Little Angels, who over a period of ten years toured with such acts as Guns ‘n’ Roses, Aerosmith, Van Halen and Bon Jovi.

In 1995 Mark joined Skunk Anansie; the band became incredibly successful across the world, and in the space of 6 years their 3 albums sold over 5 million copies and in 2009 has joined the re-formed band who have already played several sold out shows this year.

The organisers have moved Derrick McKenzie and Sola Akingbola (Jamiroquai) to Sunday 14th June to make this British Drummer Live day with the final weekend line-up as follows;

Saturday 13th June
Nick D’Virgilio (Spock’s Beard/ Tears for Fears),
Prince’s drummer, Cora Coleman with Josh Dunham on bass
Steve Smith (Journey/ Vital Information)

Sunday 14th June
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) & Pete Lockett (Bjork, Robert Plant/Jarvis Cocker/Peter Gabriel)
Derrick McKenzie and Sola Akingbola (Jamiroquai)
Mark Richardson (Skunk Anansie)

Also confirmed at the show is a demonstration from The Clem Burke Drumming Project, organised by the University of Chichester and University of Gloucestershire. They will be explaining the health, well-being and fitness benefits of drumming with guest drummer Darrin Mooney (Primal Scream/ Gary Moore) who will put himself through an incremental drumming test to exhaustion whilst wearing the latest ‘state-of-the-art’ sports science technology. Watch in amazement as he battles to keep pace with the ultimate drum test. This will be an event you will never forget.

New to this years show, will be a chance to have a free drum lesson in association with Tech Music Schools where their 45 minute lessons will be open to visitors of LIMS where you will be able sign up for the classes. Small group lessons will be held on drums, guitar, bass, vocals and keyboards and will be led by some of the best teachers in the industry.  The classes are for all levels of players and will cover subjects such as styles, techniques and performance.

For further information and tickets for Drummer Live, the London International Music show and for all the latest news and show updates see: http://www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com

Sound On Sound are once again the Media Sponsors of the Sound Recording Technology sector of the London International Music Show, and we’re putting together another massive studio prize, worth around £22,000.
Based on a Digidesign 003-based Pro Tools system running on a Digital Village Synergy PC, the SOS Dream Studio 2009 will also include Ableton Live, Propellerheads Reason, Digidesign’s AIR Virtual Instruments Collection and Music Production Toolkit, a suite of GForce soft synths, Toontrack’s Superior 2, plus restoration and mastering software from iZotope.
Shure’s SM27 and PG27, Sontronics’ STC2, an SE 4400A, a pair of AKG Perception 170s and a pair of Rode M3s will give the winner a range of mics to either bolster or start their mic collection, and heavy-duty mic stands from SE and Sontronics will enable them to position the mics in exactly the right spot. An SE Reflection Filter will help to improve acoustic isolation for home-studio recordings.
Monitoring will be provided by KRK, who will equip the winner with the latest RP6 G2 nearfield monitors and their 10S 10-inch subwoofer, with an Ergo to make sure what’s coming out of the speakers is in tune with the room, which Auralex will analyse and treat, to ensure any sonic discrepancies are overcome at source.
For the keys players, there’s a Yamaha Motif XS6 workstation, complete with Ulitmate Support stand, to act as a master keyboard, while a MicroKorg XL will provide some extra synth flavours for the winner to mix into their tracks. A Novation Zero SL MkII will provide additional control, and an ESI M8U XL will allow the winner to connect additional MIDI equipment to the prize system.
Guitarists won’t be left out: a Washburn WI64 Relic and a Blackstar HT5 valve combo amplifier, complete with a Radial J48 for direct-injection, will suit the needs of most noodlers, and a Moog Murf filter pedal will transport the winner to a whole new world of shimmering pattern-based resonance.
On the outboard hardware side, a Focusrite Octopre will increase the number of analogue inputs and outputs to the prize system to 16, and provide eight channels of tried-and-tested mic preamps with dynamics, while a TL Audio Ebony A4 Summer summing mixer will enable the user to mix to stereo in the analogue domain. An SSL Mynx, plus two X-Rack modules of the winner’s choice, will inject that SSL sound to the winner’s mixes, and a Universal Audio UAD2 Solo will help to spice things up in the software domain, thanks to its faithful models of classic studio gear.
If that wasn’t enough, the winner will get expert Pro Tools training from Alchemea, the Home Studio Certificate from SAE, plus two hours of private guitar, piano, drums, or vocal lessons from Tech Music schools. Last, but possibly most important of all, Adam Hall will supply the necessary cabling to connect the studio prize together. If you win, you’ll be the envy of, well, everyone at the show!
To enter the competition, you’ll have to visit SOS on stand E8 at LIMS. If you haven’t booked your ticket yet, head to www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com. We’ll see you there.

One person will win this entire haul of musical gear! That’s three guitars, a bass, amps, a drum kit, mics, recording equipment (including a portastudio), leads and other accessories - pretty much everything a band or aspiring musician could need. Full listing below.

Plus the lucky recipient of this once in a lifetime prize will also receive a LAG Electric JV100 Guitar signed by Dave Grohl, Juliette Lewis and The Holloways.

It is, frankly, a once-in-a-lifetime prize. Plus, the winner gets two tickets to LIMS ’09 and there are also 25 pairs of tickets to be won for runners-up. Quite simply, if you love music, you’ll love this!

For a chance to win this stunning prize or bag tickets to LIMS ’09, just answer a simple question on the Q website at  http://www.greatcompetitions.co.uk/admin/comp_login.asp?pg=qqq&id=1965

The First prize includes:

- LAG Electric JV100 guitar signed by Dave Grohl, The Holloways and Juliette Lewis
- Orange Dual Terror guitar amp and PPC212 speaker cabinet
- JHS Fret-King Blue Label Eclat 2 guitar
- Blackstar Series One 100 watt head and series one speaker cabinet 412A
- D’Addario 10 x EXL110 –XL electric guitar strings (10-46)
- Planet Waves PW-CT-04 – pedal tuner
- Planet Waves 4 x PW-G-20 – 20’ custom series instrument cables
- Planet Waves 4 x PW-M-25 – 25’ custom series microphone cables
- Shure 2 x SM58’s microphones
- Shure 2 x SM57’s microphones
- Shure 2 microphones stands
- Hofner Club bass guitar
- Ashton BA150 bass amp
- Admira Sombra Electro Cutaway classical guitar
- Natal Spirit congas
- Natal chequerplate effects cymbals
- Natal tambourines, cowbells, guiro
- World Rhythm Percussion 13” pro Africa Djembe drums, protective hat and pro carry case
- Ashton drum kit TLR522TBL (blue)
- Aquarian heads – year’s supply
- Tascam 2488 neo porta studio
- M-Audio Pro Keys Sono 88 – digital piano
- Meinl 14” Soundcaster fusion medium Hi-hats
- Meinl 10” Soundcaster fusion splash
- Meinl 16” Soundcaster fusion medium crash
- Meinl 20” Soundcaster fusion medium ride
- Meinl cymbal bag 21” blue (limited edition)
- Rotosound Strings 6 x bass sets/ 24 x guitar and T-shirt

All prizes courtesy of exhibitors at London International Music Show 2009.

Sound On Sound, headline sponsor of the Sound Recording Technology show have just announced a fanatsic full programme of seminars and panel discussions at the show. Here’s the full list:

Fri 12th June

11.00 — 11.45   Cutting-edge computer music production
Keyboard player/producer Simon Grey (Incognito, Jamiroquai) demonstrates Propellerhead Software’s latest releases for cutting-edge computer musicians,  .  If you record or produce with a computer this seminar is definitely not to be missed!  Further details available on the Propellerhead website — www.propellerheads.se

12.00 — 12.45  Producer Panel discussion and Q&A session
A stellar line-up of top names is always assured for a repeat of one of last year’s most popular presentations. Come along and ask anything you like or just see what pearls of wisdom you can pick up in the answers. The producer-panel session are moderated by Sound On Sound’s Martin Walker.

13.00 — 13.45  Devin Workman: Producing a polished mix
Mix Engineer Devin Workman (David Gilmour, The Darkness, The View) demonstrates his techniques and ‘weapons of choice’ — featuring Logic Studio, Apogee Ensemble and Euphonix Artist Series controllers. Using real world material from York band, The Yards, which was recorded in their home studio, Devin mixes this ‘typical’ recording to produce a professional-sounding finished product using tools accessible to anyone. Recording techniques, Logic Pro 8 and control surface workflow tips and tricks are revealed in this exclusive seminar.

Everyone attending these sessions will be entered into a draw to win a complete Power Trio system including a MacBook Pro, Apogee Ensemble and Euphonix MC Mix. Each seminar will also include a second prize draw for an iPod touch!

14.00 — 14.45   Composing Music for Film and Television
Using real-world television programme material, composer John Moores demonstrates the ins and outs of composing music for film and television. Covering technical, workflow and business considerations, this seminar will benefit any musician involved with or interested in this line of work.

15.00 — 15.45    SOS ‘Studio Question Time’
A unique opportunity to get first-hand advice from the Studio SOS team of Sound On Sound’s Editor-In-Chief Paul White and Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns. Ask anything you like, but they’ll probably only answer the ones about recording and acoustics! Other members of the SOS editorial team will be joining them at different times throughout the show.

Sat13th June

11.00 — 11.45   Composing Music for Film and Television
Using real-world television programme material, composer John Moores demonstrates the ins and outs of composing music for film and television. Covering technical, workflow and business considerations, this seminar will benefit any musician involved with or interested in this line of work.
 
12.00 — 12.45  Producer Panel
A stellar line-up of top names is always assured for a repeat of one of last year’s most popular presentations. Come along and ask anything you like or just see what pearls of wisdom you can pick up in the answers. The producer-panel session are moderated by Sound On Sound’s Martin Walker.

13.00 — 13.45  Devin Workman: Producing a polished mix
Mix Engineer Devin Workman (David Gilmour, The Darkness, The View) demonstrates his techniques and ‘weapons of choice’ — featuring Logic Studio, Apogee Ensemble and Euphonix Artist Series controllers. Using real world material from York band, The Yards, which was recorded in their home studio, Devin mixes this ‘typical’ recording to produce a professional-sounding finished product using tools accessible to anyone. Recording techniques, Logic Pro 8 and control surface workflow tips and tricks are revealed in this exclusive seminar.

Everyone attending these sessions will be entered into a draw to win a complete Power Trio system including a MacBook Pro, Apogee Ensemble and Euphonix MC Mix. Each seminar will also include a second prize draw for an iPod touch!

14.00 — 14.45   Technology for live performance
In 2007 guitarist/producer Steve Jones (Brian Eno, Air, Herbie Hancock etc.) embarked on a world tour with Air using a MacBook Pro as his guitar amplifier and synth. In this session, Steve explains the ins and outs of using a computer based solution on stage for guitar processing, synths and live mixing.

15.00 — 15.45   SOS ‘Studio Question Time’
A unique opportunity to get first-hand advice from the Studio SOS team of Sound On Sound’s Editor-In-Chief Paul White and Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns. Ask anything you like, but they’ll probably only answer the ones about recording and acoustics! Other members of the SOS editorial team will be joining them at different times throughout the show.

Sun 14th June

11.00 — 11.45   to be confirmed

12.00 — 12.45  Producer Panel
A stellar line-up of top names is always assured for a repeat of one of last year’s most popular presentations. Come along and ask anything you like or just see what pearls of wisdom you can pick up in the answers. The producer-panel session are moderated by Sound On Sound’s Martin Walker.

13.00 — 13.45  Devin Workman: Producing a polished mix
Mix Engineer Devin Workman (David Gilmour, The Darkness, The View) demonstrates his techniques and ‘weapons of choice’ — featuring Logic Studio, Apogee Ensemble and Euphonix Artist Series controllers. Using real world material from York band, The Yards, which was recorded in their home studio, Devin mixes this ‘typical’ recording to produce a professional-sounding finished product using tools accessible to anyone. Recording techniques, Logic Pro 8 and control surface workflow tips and tricks are revealed in this exclusive seminar.

Everyone attending these sessions will be entered into a draw to win a complete Power Trio system including a MacBook Pro, Apogee Ensemble and Euphonix MC Mix. Each seminar will also include a second prize draw for an iPod touch!

14.00 — 14.45   Composing Music for Film and Television
Using real-world television programme material, composer John Moores demonstrates the ins and outs of composing music for film and television. Covering technical, workflow and business considerations, this seminar will benefit any musician involved with or interested in this line of work.

15.00 — 15.45   SOS ‘Studio Question Time’
A unique opportunity to get first-hand advice from the Studio SOS team of Sound On Sound’s Editor-In-Chief Paul White and Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns. Ask anything you like, but they’ll probably only answer the ones about recording and acoustics! Other members of the SOS editorial team will be joining them at different times throughout the show.

This is an unprecedented opportunity open to all music students and guitar enthusiasts and now this is your last opportunity to book a place on this unique master class. The 3 hour unique experience gives the student a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Steve discuss music theory, guitar techniques, the music business, and most importantly, techniques on how to discover and unlock personal musical identity. It also includes a question and answer session, and a few attendees will be chosen to jam with Steve in this intimate environment.