Th?nk News
January 2006
Reknowned editor Andy Sutton (see links page for Andy's site 'SOUTH COAST POST') is editing the new series of 'Seaside rescue' now showing on BBC and UK:TV to an audience of over 8 million
TMM are honoured to provide the engaging and atmospheric music for the hit documentary about the R.N.L.I., a recent article from UKTV People writes:
This month we pay tribute to our brave rescue services busy patrolling the south coast by joining them as they’re called out on a wide variety of maritime missions.
We begin with a rude awakening for coastguard officer Eddie Weller, who’s called out of bed to save the day when a car goes crashing over a cliff in Torbay.
We also climb aboard the Whisky Bravo helicopter as the team rescue a boy who’s fallen 100 feet down a cliff in Dorset, comes to the aid of a 78-year-old paraglider suffering from a backbreaking accident and watch as the crew flies in to help the people of Bocastle stranded on their rooftops after flash floods submerged the town.
Meanwhile, the RNLI teams rescue a diver found feet-up, near death, look for two missing girls lost at sea and are called out for the biggest rescue mission of the summer when 35 swimmers are swept out into the waves.
Quite simply, there’s never a quiet moment for the tea.
Seaside rescue is showing on SKY channel 534, Telewest 206 and NTL 206
For the full UKTV listing please click HEREDecember 2006
TMM writers get music placed on BBC and UK:TV's ever popular real life documentary 'Seaside rescue', reaching over 8 million viewers on BBC1 and UK:TV, the program charts the efforts of the great british institution the 'RNLI'
 
Th?nk also continues to produce cutting edge high quality music for media and the performing arts, our music is freely avaliable to producers and editors and anyone else working in an industry who need music for any kind of commercially marketable product, advertising, film, TV, Radio, ringtunes, satellite, DVD and CD, and live performances.
Apple's iTunes service will soon take delivery of 4 more exclusive TMM albums 'Production music vol 3: Media Synth', 'Advertising music vol 4: Hip Hop style', 'Advertising and production music essentials', and 'Monkey business 2: Music from the television series' (a second helping of thoughtful and cheeky monkey music from the worldwide smash TV program 'Monkey business'
Please click HERE to find links for the albums that take you straight to their location on iTunes!
November 2006
More albums on iTunes!!...
Those brilliant guys at AWAL have been increasing our library of cutting edge, inspiring media and chill-out tracks on Apple's worldwide iTunes database, our music covers all kinds of catagories, chilled, energetic, ethnic, contemporary, upbeat, traditional, minimal, epic, dramatic, synthesizer, guitar based, rock and so much more besides, for any type of outlet you can imagine, TV, Film, Advertising, Radio, Exhibitions, specially commissioned jingles, Ringtones, International recording artists and singers, and even just to listen to when you need to relax at the end of day!Television music, film music, music, production music, library music, advertising music, theme music, television editing, editors, production, producers.
Our current line-up now fills 21 albums, with well over 150 original and remixed pieces...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Many thanks to Paul Bower and his team at AWAL for their assitance on the artwork, and all their hard work to help get our music out there, all the music is composed, recorded, mixed and engineered by Andrew Bates, Terry Eckersley, Owen Wilkins and Paul Longland, produced by Andrew Bates and Terry Eckersley, and Published by Andrew Bates.television music, film music, music, production music, library music, advertising music, theme music, television editing, editors, production, producers
September 2006
Thinkmediamusic selling like hotcakes, and more to come...
After residing on the ever expanding phenomenon that is itunes since July-August 2006, Thinkmediamusic is now racking up customers worldwide.
The online music giant grossed $800 million last year, and with over 2 million songs on the database, it has certainly established itself in a very short period of time.
Keen to take part TMM placed no less than 14 albums totalling 138 tracks on Apple's site, and was delighted to discover how well they have been selling, in a brief rundown taken recently this is how the standings look:
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Luxembourg 'Slow dreams' 'Looking for fun' 'From my heart'
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Switzerland 'Be with you'
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UK 'Be with you' 'Forever' 'Love of my life' 'Primative' 'Robotic action'
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US 'Go with your heart' 'Rainforest groove'
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Japan 'Breaking through' 'Jungle blues' 'Longing for fun' 'Rainy day' 'Speak no evil'
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Australia 'Playing'
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Canada 'Monsoon dream'
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France 'Tribalistic'
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Italy 'Breaking through'
TMM is becoming popular all over the world, but don't just take our word for it, head to itunes and download any of these tracks to see what the fuss is about!!
More albums on the way!
In addition we are working on a new album, and yet more versions of the existing tracks on itunes will be appearing soon, aimed more towards production and media companies, the existing tracks are still great to listen to for recreation or for use in media, but these new 'Voice over' edits will enhance TMM's strategy for delivering music for a variety of uses.
August 2006
Fourteen albums now avaliable for download from itunes!
Comprising a total of 138 original pieces from our in-house composers our world-class tracks are now avaliable to download in their high quality entirety.
Ranging from minimal to full on, ethnic to modern and utilising traditional and cutting edge instruments, whether you want ambient moods or lively generic pop we're confident you will find what you are looking for in our ever growing library.
At 79p per track or a full album (all of which are £7.99 or less) you can't go wrong!, just install and fire up the free itunes browser program and enter 'thinkmediamusic' in the search box.
We've already recieved enthusiastic 5 star reviews, and the music has only been avaliable for little over a month, so if you are looking for quality music that is right now being used on ITV and the Discovery satellite channels, look no further!, and if you can't find what you want, contact us with your brief whether you are in media production, or an aspiring singer looking for material to sing, Thinkmediamusic for all your music needs!
July 2006
Monkey Business the album now avaliable!
In collaboration with awal www.awal.co.uk TMM moves to get 11 tracks of incidental music from the worldwide phenomenon that is ITV and Animal Planet's 'Monkey Business' avaliable for purchase from the massive online database iTunes...
Priced at £7.99 for the whole album, or 79p per individual track, now everyone can experience the music from the series at their leisure!
Simply download the free iTunes installer from apple www.apple.com/itunes, install it and search for 'thinkmediamusic'
The latest series of monkey business is now showing on ITV meridian every sunday at 6pm, and 4 times a day on the Animal Planet channels.
Premier estate agency flight company Ownersair showcase finished
With a remarkable story of it's own to tell, Owners air a flight company for people who own property on the south coast of Spain approached us with a request to produce some custom high quality music for its showcase.
TMM duly responded, and worked to produce a very catchy and instantly enjoyable theme tune for the company, written by TMM's CEO Terry Eckersley and successful composer songwriter Paul Longland (see biography page for more detals), with additional voice talent from singer/songwriter Anna neale www.annaneale.net the piece was well recieved by Colin Gausden of Owners air who came up with the initial concept and lyrics.
The piece will be used to provide background music to the company's DVD promos, exhibitions and Radio adverts in Spain, but it is also avaliable online here: www.ownersair.com/introduction
! ! LATEST NEWS ! ! MORE CONTINENTS AND ENLARGED TERRITORIES ON THE HORIZON.........AND NOT STOPPING!
New Monkey Business Series 9 is being shown on Meridian TV which starts on Sunday, 30 April 2006 and thereafter on 7, 14, 21, 28 May and 4 June 2006 at 6.00 pm (times may vary).
There will be a break for the World Cup and the series will resume on 16, 23, 30 July, 6, 13, 20, 27 August and 3 September 2006 at 5.30 pm (times may vary).
NOW BREAKING INTO AUSTRALASIA!
Monkey Business series 8 is being launched on Animal Planet in Australia and New Zealand on 20th July 2006. It will run on weeknights in Australia at 6pm and at 8pm in New Zealand.
   
Animal Planet is available in Australia on FOXTEL, AUSTAR and Optus television, and on Sky TV in New Zealand.
July 2006
 Terry is back by demand at ACM, delivering 3X 1Hour lectures back to back! (See right: Terry calls on a lifetime of experience)
Lecture content
In this guest lecture by an experienced music business pro, we review the business and financial aspects of stage presentation.
Learner requirements
You will need a notebook and pen, soft pencils, an eraser, and an A4 folder.
22.1 The business of stage presentation
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Raising finance
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Keeping financial records
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Collection societies and copyright
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Fees and expenses
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Tax liability
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Music publishers and record companies
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Honesty and transparency in business
22.2 Question and answer session
Summary
Music is a business as well as an art form, and all professional musicians need to develop financial fluency if they want to survive in the contemporary music scene.
Recommended practice
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Study the handouts that accompany this lecture
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Start keeping financial records of your gigs, and use the figures to identify ways of reducing expenses and inceasing income
Additional study
Visit the websites of the main royalty collection agencies and build up a picture of how they operate and how they interact with their composer and publisher members
June 2006
Terry lectures at the academy of contemporary music.
From the ACM site:
 Students at the Academy have access to some of the finest music education facilities available anywhere in the world, and an environment that encourages effective networking with other serious musicians. (See right: Terry gives a few essential industry pointers)
With formidible expertise, Terry draws on a lifetime of musical experience, interacting with various people in the industry from Gareth Gates, to Terry Chimes (ex Billy idol and black sabbath drummer), and recently Craig David and Corrine Bailey Rae's music producer Mark Hill, there is alot Terry can teach the next generation of superstar musos...
Situated in Guildford the academy caters for all tastes among todays discerning musical students, to find out more about the academy please click the link: www.acm.ac.uk
For a detailed run down of Terry's notes, please check out our 'consultancy' page, (ignore any reference to lightbulb jokes)
International bestselling singer Anna Neale sings for TMM!!
 Thinkmediamusic recently produced a custom track for London based company 'Ownersair' (see links section for more details) for their spanish radio campaign, and was delighted when Anna agreed to enhance the song with her vocal talent.
From Anna's website: www.annaneale.net
 2006 sees the release of Anna’s new single ‘Can You Read Me’, collaborating with musicians such as Matt Pegg (Procol Harum, Ian Brown) and Paul Williams (Nitin Sawhney), supported with a full live, press and promotional campaign.
Previous highlights also include touring as lead vocalist with Dublin Soul Band ‘The Commitments’ in 2000/2001.
 The track 'Fly for free' was written and produced by Paul Longland and Terry Eckersley, with additional lyrics and artistic arrangement by Colin Gausden from Owersair, recieved with much acclaim Thinkmedia reinforces its natural ability to create great stylish songs for any application! Anna recording the female vocals on 'Fly for free'
May 2006
New series of monkey business on ITV Meridian!
For those who live in the south of England you can catch the latest installment of the smash worldwide hit 'Monkey Business' starting April 2006, centred round europe's largest ape sanctuary, Th?nkmediamusic has the honour of providing top quality incidental music for the show.
Follow the tireless work of Jim and Alison Cronin, as they care for monkeys and great apes on a worldwide level.
Don't worry if you don't live in the UK or the south of england though, you can catch the show on Sky's animal planet channels!!
  
Th?nkmedia pulling in international interest
TMM continues to attract attention on a worldwide level, with the increased success of its website, (now offering unlimited access to all of the tracks in CD quality sound) we have been contacted by people wanting News music, an Argentinian production company, and an award winning champion showjumper in Palm beach Florida! wanting music to jump horses to...
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TMM's CEO is always hands on with his finger on the pulse!
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More offers from the BBC!...
 TMM is honoured to recieve yet more briefs from the beeb, we will be pitching music for a new kids drama series, check back here soon to see how we get on!
TMM in the studio again
'Superglue, what superglue?...', Terry gets ethnical for the camera...
New albums, number '12' and '13' completed!
Not resting on their proverbials, the TMM guys keep things moving along with the creation of two new albums 'TMM012 Natural Vibes', and 'TMM013 Flavour of the East'.
'Vibes' is more generic in nature aimed at creating a contemporary ambience suitable for most types of programs, whereas 'Flavour' is as the title suggests typically more exotic, with a strong russian theme, although includes a hint of asian ethnicity
The new albums will be avaliable for downloading into your production soon!!
 University of Southampton Diversty week, 2nd, 4th and 5th of May.
The TMM boys got a gig playing their unique style of cultural music to help the University celebrate a week of cultural flavours.
All three gigs went down very well, and TMM was confidentally successful at creating a relaxing ambient background for students from all over the world to chill out to. (See right: Head of TMM Publishing Andrew Bates prepares for the gigs.)
April 2006
Taking Off Into New Spanish Territory!
Think Media Music - Help Owners Airway take off!
Think media Music are currently working on a Spanish Radio and DVD campaign to help launch this radical - new - cutting-edge approach to "Fly Free"! Terry Eckersley, Paul Longland and Andrew Bates have been working on the music for this advertising campaign.
This in line with our brief to supply the highest quality music for Radio, TV, Film, Advertising and artists-
Paul is also currently writing with the writer of the German No1- the German Pop Idol Winner!
Why not contact us andrew@thinkmediamusic.com now to do your advertisng campaign - we will write to your brief and specifications- with a choice of budget options- we will offer blanket synchronisation licence deals too!
March 2006
Artful Dodger 'Mark Hill' and Corrine Bailey Rae movin on up!
 TMM is celebrating with friends and congratulating Mark Hill's (song producer for Craig David) successful collaboration with rising star Corrine Bailey Rae.
18 months ago Thinkmediamusic's CEO and music reviewer Terry Eckersley, delivered an insightful piece about the emerging relationship between Mark's project 'the stiX' and several performers, one of whom was Corrine (direct link to the review below)
Looking to the future...
Confidently predicting 'they’re not going to stop until they reach the top!', Terry's instinctive musical intuition has not let him down, along with Mark, Corrine is now experiencing ever growing popularity and success in the R'n'B charts.
Terry's review:
From Marks site: Corrine recently worked with the Artful Dodger and Craig David producer, Mark Hill on the single 'Young And Foolish' for his stiX project.
www.playingoutloud.co.uk/archive/august04/playing_out_loud_reviews.html
Thinkmediamusic wishes their good friends Mark and Corrine even greater success for the future, and is hoping the project is as successful as Craig's has been so far!
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