So, the Semi-Finalists for this year’s Dorset Music Awards have just been announced. Quick work by the organisers! As we know, these places were decided purely on the number of online votes received for that band, with each person voting being able to vote for up to three artists. Before we discuss the pros/cons and ...

With Episode One launched in February, featuring Ange Boxall, Ellem and Mutant Vinyl, Conversion Live! (based at Conversion Studios in Milton-On-Stour in Dorset) have just released Episode Two. This time showcasing three Dorset-based artists, the quality of performance, recording and online presentation is once again rather outstanding. Quite simply, this is a fantastic opportunity for ...

FairPlay have now been promoting music locally for a few years, building a fine reputation which is currently being enhanced by the excellent Bournemouth Unplugged 2011 at O’Neill’s. The heats for that competition are set to come to a conclusion a week this Wednesday, with the results being announced the week after. Starting this April, ...

Apologies for the lack of updates recently, but we’ve been busy. Very busy. We are stupidly excited to announce the opening of two new facilities for musicians in and around the Bournemouth area – the Champion Sound Rehearsal Rooms and TL Sound Recording Studio. We have joined forces with Steve Bissell (aka Totally Lostit) to ...

This Wednesday at The Winchester we’ll be putting on our sixth monthly hunky dory music quiz. We love putting on this monthly slice of fun, and we like to think the majority of the people who have been coming love taking part too. For the first few months we were giving away booze and chocolates ...