Archive for January, 2012
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
One Night Standeoke-Rockaoke / Bandeoke Band
LMM have been booking karaoke with live musicians into events throughout the UK for nearly a decade now. We were the first company to bring the live karaoke band concept over from the USA where it had operated under a number of different names from Punk Rock Karaoke to Rock Star Karaoke through to Rockaoke.
Here in the UK Live Band Karaoke has also been known as Bandeoke. Whatever you call it we offer great quality musicians who will help your guests and yourselves become a rock star for the night and sing with a quality live band.
This Thursday Feb 2 2012 sees the start of a brand new live karaoke night in London. One Night Standeoke ,one of the very first Rockaoke bands in the UK, will be playing live at Temple Walkabout for the start of a residency which will allow singers to guest with an amazing live band. Anyone can attend and anyone can put their name down to sing. LMM will be there on the first night. Please join us for a night of bandeoke with one of our top Bandeoke bands.
Our live karaoke bands are available to hire for weddings,events,parties and club nights throughout the UK.
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
The newly refurbished Temple Walkabout got off to a flying start yesterday with queues around the block for the Australia Day celebrations. The LMM team had a great time and were also able to pop into Covent Garden where party duo Front Cover were rocking the house. Reports from around the rest of the Walkabout bars kept coming through during the night and it sounds like everyone had a brilliant time whether Ausssie by birth or just Aussie for the night!
Tonight at Temple Walkabout sees the launch of the Retro Fever night where DJ Mr T will be the host for a fun party night featuring the hits of the 90s/00s/80s and 70s. DJ Mr T will be well known to attendees of the popular Butlins Retro weekends where he entertains upwards of 2,500 people on Centre Stage.
Besides MR T we also have two of the UKs top tribute acts playing at Temple Walkabouts Retro Fever night this evening. Michael Jackson will be reprsented by Europes top tribute Navi and Robbie Williams will be in the house to entertain you.
The Beach Club bar will have a great set from Londons top female DJ, Amia.
Fire Breathers ,angle grinders and stilt walkers will be in the venue all evening.
Get down to Temple Walkabout for Retro Fever …it’s a packed evening of entertainment in a venue which will wow you from the moment you walk through the door.
Live Music Management are proud to be supplying entertainment to this great iconic venue on the banks of the Thames. If you are looking to hire quality entertainment for your party or event then call our office on 08454 900515 or email info@lmmuk.com
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Happy Australia Day to all the Live Music Management Aussie party bands and party DJs and to our Australian mates at the Walkabout bars…it’s going to be an awesome day!
LMM have a long relationship with Australia.
Founding director Timbo is originaly from the Gold Coast and began his working life in the UK playing piano in the very first Walkabout bar way back in the 1990s. I myself first set foot in a Walkabout back in 1998 and by 1999 I was working at Live Music Management building up a UK wide roster of cover bands and club DJs to book into the expanding Walkabout chain. We oversaw the opening of fifty Walkabout bars in the 2000′s and to this day continue to supply live acts and DJs into these great bars.
In this time we have made some fantastic pals from down under. Many of them remain within this exciting bar chain whilst some have moved back home (we will never be without a place to stay if we go on holiday to Australia!)
There are a number of LMM DJs who had their lives dramaticaly changed by working at the Walkabout bars and we remember well DJs like Graham Pozzi (Glasgow Walkabout), Pete Holmes AKA DJ Ice (Oldham/Manchester Walkabout) , Matt Alcock (Derby Walkabout)and John E (Blackpool Walkabout) who have all moved to Australia after getting a taste for the country from working in Walkabouts.
I am writing this on Australia Day 2012 having just seen the amazing refurb of the Temple Walkabout and Beach Bar which brings the Walkabout brand up to date with a fresh look and feel for the 21st Century. I would like to wish the staff and team at Temple and at all the other Walkabouts around the UK a great Australia Day…it’s going to be a lot of fun.
PS. Did you know our connection with Australia even runs to supplying live entertainment to Australia House ? Just last week one of our Aussie DJs Yax Man DJed a swanky event there..the latest of
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Reggae Top Ten Classic Songs
Of course we could just list ten Bob Marley tracks in this list and have done with it. Bob Marley composed and recorded more than ten classic reggae songs and most music loving people have Marleys Greatest Hits on their Ipod or lurking in their CD collection.
Digging just a little deeper (this is after all meant to be a helpful guide for DJs anwanting to play the biggest classic reggae anthems) there are hundreds of great reggae tracks than can be played at a party and are guaranteed to get the house rocking.
LMM have some DJ’s who love to play rock steady or reggae tracks and you can contact us about our party DJs able to speciliase in this field. We also have a great Reggae party band who can turn your event into a funky reggae party. If you are looking to hire a reggae band then call the LMM team on 08454 900515. Reggae Band for hire.
1. Bob Marley-One Love
2.The Paragons-The Tide Is High
3.Desmond Dekker- Israelites
4.Jimmy Cliff-Wonderful World/Beautiful People
5.Toots And The Maytals- Monkey Man
6.Bob and Marcia-Young Gifted And Black
7.Lord Creator-Kingston Town
8.Nicky Thomas-Love Of The Common People
9.Freddie Notes-Montego Bay
10.Eric Donaldson-Cherry Oh Baby (of course you can play the UB40 version if you like!!)
Hope this is another helpful Top Ten Party Song list.Please add to it if you think we missed some out.
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
walkabout temple
Live Music Management are very excited about the re opening of Temple Walkabout this week.
This great venue on the North Bank of the Thames, with a view of the London Eye and some of the most iconic London sites, re opens on Australia Day after a massive refurbishment programme.
LMM have supplied some fantastic party bands for the opening weekend including Australian favourites The Hi Fidels and Electric Mayhem for the January 26 Australia Day celebrations which kick off in the afternoon. These bands will be playing Aussie anthems and rock classics alongside Aussie DJ Yaxman who will be hosting proceedings from 3pm through to the early hours.
On Friday 28 January Retro Fever hits Temple Walkabout with the chance to see and meet two of the UKs top tribute acts . Navi will be performing as Michael Jackson and our brilliant Robbie Williams tribute will be entertaining you. DJ Mr T will be the host for the evening. Expect also some surprises with fire eaters, angle grinders and stilt walkers in the venue.
Saturdays entertainment includes top covers band Insomnia bringing their cool party anthems to the stage and DJ Mike Wedgewood spinning the tunes.
The second room at Temple will be open Friday and Saturday with two of Londons coolest DJs mixing the hits of the past couple of years. DJ Amia is working the Fridays from 10pm and DJ Krystal Rocks (who is currently riding high in the charts with Taio Cruz ) working the Saturdays.
See you down at Temple Walkabout.
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Party Planning
I had a great time on Saturday night organising the musical entertainment for a friend of mines 50th birthday party.
We gave it some serious thought in advance of the big day as the birthday boy is a massive music fan and we wanted to reflect his musical taste whilst at the same time not alienating the rest of the party guests.
I guess this is a challenge for all party planners.
The DJ music came from an Ipad plugged into the in house PA system with a playlist chosen by the birthday boy. For the rest of the evening we organised an acoustic set featuring two guitars and uke following by a short live band set. The acoustic set was designed to be upbeat but not too in your face and the band set was an opportunity for people to dance to a party band.
Besides this we had a special birthday treat up our sleeve with a piano / vocal medley which comprised seventeen songs sung in eight minutes covering all the key music which this music mad fifty year old has loved over the years. We handed out quiz sheets and the winner was the person who spotted the most artists and song tittles.
Surprisingly a few people got sixteen out of seventeen. The majority got about half of the songs but two guests spotted the little riff from New Orders Blue Monday which we sneaked in as a trick track and got the full compliment of seventeen out of seventeen.
It was a brilliant night and an honour to be asked. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff from Sheffields Dada Bar who were so helpful and Brandon for his work with the piano,Pete from Boy On A Dolphin, Phil from Calico Fever and Andy from Secret Sun. Also Bails from the Heavily Pregnant Brothers who kindly loaned us his PA and whose contribution was invaluable.
For information on how to book a band please give the LMM office a call.
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Book A Band
If you are organising a wedding party , a birthday bash , a charity ball or some other event you may well be thinking that live music would make the evening special but at the same time you may not know where to start in order to find the right live act for your event.
Live Music Management are able to make booking a band easy.
First of all we are the trusted supplier to major high street brands like Walkabout Bars, Butlins Holiday Centres and even many major names like Vodaphone, Car Phone Warehouse , Wii Sing etc.
Secondly we are the company that event companies and wedding planners turn to when they need to book a band.
Thirdly we have a very user friendly website where you will find sound files and videos for hundreds of tried and tested acts who have all met with our exacting standards of professionalism and quality.
Finally Live Music Management have a friendly team of advisors who are band booking specialists. They can help you book the band of your dreams and help make your event a massive success.
Feel free to call LMM on 08454 900
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Grace Beatboxer
Live Music Management are proud to represent two of the UK’s best Beatboxer acts.
What is beatboxing?
Beatboxing is an art form , vocal percussion and bass notes combining together to make a musical accompiment to singing or rapping or just to create it’s own street style music.
LMM have a brilliant female beatboxer who has recently featured in a major advertising campaign for I Love Apps and also appeared on Rufus Hounds Radio 4 show in a hilarious skit alongside Rufus. You can find details for Grace on her page on our main website in the unique acts for events section.
Bloxed are one of the UK’s top Beatboxer crews . Formed from the ashes of Crew 82 who are the only Beatboxing act to feature on Britains Got Talent (they eventually lost out in the live finals but not before wowing Simon Cowell and the Judges with their prowess.) This perfect beatbox collective are available for your next event.
A beat box act can make for great entertainment at an event and with some imagination we can create magic moments with our Beatboxers for parties
What about a pop up beat boxer at a corporate event?
The singing waiter is still a great surprise addition to a dinner event but it’s getting a little bit done to death. LMM bring the idea into the 21 st century with our pop up beatboxers
Call the LMM office for further ideas incorporating Beatboxing into your next event.
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