The Industry
To ensure ongoing relevance to the industry, Rising Tide have developed a number of initiatives which make up its embodiment of industry involvement.
These initiatives not only allow Rising Tide to stay in touch with the industries related to music, it also gives our learners a goal and the opportunity to gain professional paid experience as soon as their course ends, supporting them through their most vulnerable stages of development.
All of the initiatives developed, take the form of social enterprises. Social responsibility is at the fore of all of our businesses as we recognise that working with and for our community will in turn sustain our business initiatives.
Such initiatives include:
Studio management, Artist Booking agency, Young promoters programme, Artist management, a production company, a record label, an unsigned music retail bar and advice centre, event Management, Myspace development, photography and graphic design
RT Facilities
Rising Tide have developed a range of industry specific facilities to engage with young artists and the local music industry. We are also available to voluntary sector organisations who wish to enhance their programmes with high quality music provision.
For more information and booking costs etc, related to any of our facilities, please contact the Rising Tide offices on: 020 8986 3222.
Workshop/Practice Rooms
Sound proofed flexible rooms that can hold ten people in a class room setting or a couple of people practicing their instrument.
Pre Production Suite
Ten Apple Mac workstations with music production software installed.
Each machine have Reason 3 and Logic 7 installed and MIDI keyboards and headphones.
Recording Studio
The Rising Tide recording studio boasts a state of the art industry spec setup, including SSL technology, SE electronic valve microphones, extensive outboard equipment, a large live room and possible live performance recording from Ocean 3 in the venue
Ocean venue
Address: Ocean Music Venue, 270 Mare Street, London, E8 1HE
Helpful links
The BBC music industry help site
www.bbc.co.uk/onemusic
If you want to get an introduction to making it in the music industry this site can give you a real head start.
www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk
MCPS and PRS is a membership organisation that represents the rights of songwriters, composers, performaers and music publishers. It ensures that whenever one of its members' works is duplicated, any royalty due to them is collected.
Musicians Union
www.musiciansunion.org.uk
Organisation which looks after the interests of musicians in the UK ensuring they get a fair deal from the industry.
www.bpi.co.uk
BPI represents hundreds of labels covering every conceivable type of music. They work behind the scenes to promote and protect the record industry so that UK labels can get on with the business of making music.
www.musictank.co.uk
Directory of businesses and organisations who offer support to music makers and companies.
Association of Independent Music
www.musicindie.org
An organisation that supports independent labels and distributors who are not controlled by a major label.
Industry Support
Developing your ideas @ Rising Tide
If you are a creative young person who has a design idea, a recorded CD, you make your own clothes or anything you would like to see on the shelves of a shop, we can help you.
RT designers
Rising Tide have developed several young designers who are now designing for paying clients and getting further experience being mentored by professional designers and design companies.
If you would like to offer one of these young people either work or experience please contact Rising Tide by email or phone. We welcome your partnerships and business.
RT Events Team
Rising Tide have been developing event managers since 2003, since then we have trained more than 100 young people who have gone on to work on commercial events such as City Showcase, Rise Festival, Shoreditch Festival, Summer Fest, BBoy World Championships and more. The Rising Tide events team have worked on club nights, conferences, live music events etc, across the country, including those at the Birmingham NEC.
If you are developing an event and need assistance or even an entire events team please contact Rising Tide by email or phone. We welcome your partnerships and business.
RT Musicians
Over the years Rising Tide has become home to numerous youth and adult musicians, with the ability to practice and develop their skills, many of them have become session musicians and obtain regular work on the session circuit.
To enquire about booking musicians call Rising Tide on 020 8986 3222.
RT Producers
Rising Tide has a large array of producers who offer their services to singers, rappers and MCs and to the music industry globally. The Rising Tide producers work within multiple genre, including RnB, Hip Hop, Soca, Grime and much more. For more information contact Rising Tide.
Rising Tide’s Ci Spot sessions offer people a one to one session with the Rising Tide development manager to get industry specific advice, find out about youth funding opportunities or to be referred to the Rising Tide industry development programme championed by industry professionals such as Jazzie B, Trevor Nelson etc.
