#p&b development

W17 Project Management

The most recent activity I can apply Deming Cycle: essay writing

Plan

 - making a list of what to write

Do 

 - gather materials from homework, proof of my actions 

Check

 - look back the list and make sure I have enough topics/evidence

Act

Musicians Union - £20/year for student. Instrument and personal liability insurance, Copyright and property rights protections, Access to full guide to the industry, Legal assistance, Career and business advice, A nationwide network of musicians

PRS - £50 Royalty collection

PPL - £0 recorded music.

AIM - for indie labels

MMF - music managers forum

MPG - music producers guild

BASCA - British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors exists to support and protect the professional interests of songwriters, composers and lyricists of all genres.

☆mentioned Spinnup - (Island record) itunes, spotify, major stores world wide (album 7-14 tracks 29.99 GBP / Year)

Believe - digital distribution (incl. video) for independent label and artists. 

Ditto - digital music distributor - itunes, spotify, Beatport, amazon etc... (£20 for album, £40 for unlimited releases)

★ IODA/The Orchard - music, TV, film distribution. Sales and marketing, publishing, rights management support.

☆mentioned AWAL - by KOBALT. 

★ Ingrooves - distribution, rights management, synch, publishing, label service. Famous artists.

Loudr - for cover songs. digital download, interactive stream, CD or vinyl.

Distrokid - digital distribution. $19.99 to upload unlimited albums & songs for a year (competitors charge at least 2x that just to uploadone album).

Tunecore - digital. artist service (sound improvement etc), CD duplication. 

CSV Clear Sound and Vision -> Once Upon A Time - Digital Marketing • Audio Visual • CRM • Social Media • Retail POS • Experiential • Advertising • Promotional Marketing Campaigns • Digital PR and Social • Packaging Solutions

in Entertainment, Sports Marketing/Management, Music, etc... too major?

Alpha Duplication - CD, DVD duplication & packaging. Variety of packaging in quick-2-3 days. 

Groovehouse - Does design, posters and download cards. 24/7 quick service as well.

Short run - Bristol. Local? one off sample. 

Sound Performance - Cassette. Print and Packaging, CD Mastering, Packaging Design, Graphic Design, Fulfilment, Logistics and Product Photographic Services. Merchandise as well but need to contact. 

Key Vinyl  - Merch, video, design, photos. Anti piracy.

★Curved Pressing Hackney - bespoke, no generic price list. welcome to attend cutting sessions.

CD, vinyl mastering, download code generation service

Solopress - business cards, merchandise (differ from music stuff), leaflets, flyers, banners - pretty

Bandstickers - Stickers, badges, fabric patches - for rock bands?

Badgesforbands - Badges, magnets for bands

Grindstore  - Rock bands

Diginate - stickers, posters. no minimum order

★Big Cartel - arty design centred products. monthly charge depending on the numbers of the product (eg. $9.99 for 25 products) 

digital products (music with sister sevice, videos, ebooks as well), custom domain, can customise codes, discount codes

3rd Rail - Tshirts, paper printing, customisation,  garments ... OK

Dizzyjam - band merch, shop

Binghi’s 

Bandbanners 

Thinking about your goals for the year ... And thinking about what you’ve learned so far on the course ... 

Commit to at least one professional / personal area where: 

1 - you are going to draw on this course to help you take action & 

2 - right now at least, you intend to write about this for your assignment

Come back next week with your decision clear, and some actions underway!

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My biggest challenge and the most significant goal for this year is to be ready to apply for a representative of an overseas business visa - New Plan - More Potential (Sato, 2015).

I have obtained an approval from the company at the meeting in December 2015, and I am assured that I will have necessary supports with document for the application. I will start making a business plan with the company in summer before I contact the lawyer they recommend, until then all I will do is making potential contacts in London/seeking businesses that are keen on expanding to England while finishing the course work.

I have been a freelancer and I will be working alone for the company after getting a visa, therefore;

personal SWOT analysis (Sato, 2015)

Johan & Nohari Windows (Sato, 2015)

MBTI test (Sato, 2015)

very much helped analysing myself. Also these tools

Risk Management (Sato, 2015)

Porter’s 5 Forces (Sato, 2015)

specific SWOT analysis (Sato, 2015) for the plan

that I used for the term 1 assessment were useful to see the possibilities and came in really handy for preparing for the meeting I had with the company.

As I already confirmed a position in a company

CV and Cover letter (Sato, 2016)

W List and Benefits (Sato, 2016)

were not used, however I might be able to use

Elevator Pitch/Email Pitch (Sato, 2016)

Branding (Sato, 2016)

when talking to a potential customer/collaborator, and also

Team Work study (Sato, 2016)

could be valuable if I am ever going to work closely with somebody.

I am going to study about Emotional Intelligence as well, as I am aware that I need more self confidence and social skills (especially building bonds - maybe because my work as a freelancer is always short term contracts, I get jobs as long as I provide great work).

Since the course started, I have been learning to feel comfortable about talking about myself to others. I find it hard to do so to newly met people, especially who, I think, might not play important roles in my life.

There still are things I hesitate to talk about, for example my past career as a musician because I feel it is not related to the things I do now. Though now I am aware that trying to use it is only beneficial to what I am going to do after this course; supporting artists explore the UK/Japan.

I have started helping my fellow musician with making information in English available on her website. I will offer her English inquiry support and possibly become a mediator for booking and other stuff.

The thing is that I need to make it business. I have another musician friend who frequently asks for translation and proofreading. As I have been doing these work for free, it is assumed to be awkward to ask for money.

I find it difficult to brand myself/or whatever being talked about in the lectures with my current situation and future prospect. 

When I was in a band I think we succeeded in that, for example with design for art work, merchandise and artist image etc.

Now I am a translator/writer, who’s future plan is to become a part of a company that has already decided to fit me in. For the last few weeks I have been trying to simulate the case I’d be woking on promoting myself to the company by writing CV and stuff for homework. It actually has been a good exercise as I got to summarise my career. Still, I am going to have to pretend I am in the position of trying to get a job to do this branding homework.

One of my current efforts as a writer to sell myself is to have started a blog. I aim to cover all the genre I could write about, such as music and life in London (possibly I could add uni life to it too). I imagine it would be good to have a proof of my capability and it would be better if it is regularly updated, although it’s been a bit difficult to do so as I am making an album for other module.

This is the musician side of me. Probably I could brand myself as a musician. Though as this Personal and Business Development module is leading us to the final essay in term 3, I’d rather plan and work on things I would be able to submit. I am not sure if I should be writing about putting myself as an artist which I am not interested in. People would not understand someone who likes to make music but do not wish to spread it to the world..

Although, I had a good meeting with my supervisor for the major project. He input me an incredibly unexpected idea; me performing/releasing the album. I am not sure about it yet as I have hated that idea for the last 10 years and I am for now purely enjoying making music, possibly more than ever. He asked if i’d ever be convinced. I don’t know. Maybe if it definitely leads to my VISA. I am far from branding myself. I am overwhelmed for today.

[PLANT]

+ come up with new ideas and approaches (could be impractical)

   thrive on praise, criticism is hard

- introverted, prefer to work apart from the team

  poor communicator

  tend to ignore given parameters (制限) and constraints (制約)

[MONITOR EVALUATOR]

+ analysing/evaluating ideas

  shrewd (口やかましい)/objective

  carefully weigh up the pros and cons

  critical thinker/strategy in a team

- often perceived and detached/unemotional

  poor motivator - react to events rather than instigating (起こす)

I tend to play these roles above in a team.

I prefer playing plant because I would be allowed to concentrate on my own thoughts/it is difficult to play plant when I am acting as monitor evaluator.

Although it sometimes works brilliantly when I am the monitor evaluator and come up with the last missing piece as the plant.

Bullet point

I don’t know the person

What I want from them; translation/interpretation work for possibly short term, regular writing job for long term contract.

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Dear whom it may concern,

I am a freelance writer/translator with more than 10 years of experience. I have been working for Japanese clients such as music labels, fashion brands and the Internet promotion companies.

I am writing to offer you my skills of;

Translation/interpretation (Japanese-English) specialised in music and fashion

Writing articles on British music (able to provide website management)

Liaison between British and Japanese companies (music and fashion)

Support in cultural exchange and collaboration (art, music, and fashion)

I am also an active musician who has been writing for other artists and in Japanese advertisement business.

For more information on my career please refer to; https://uk.linkedin.com/in/eco-mi-sato-00bb12113