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This Christmas, we've been on-air for a decade - and continuing our annual tradition it's Live Music Month!
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In 2014, we continued to take the show on-the-road to some of the biggest events and most happening places in Herefordshire & Worcestershire.
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This week, hear some of the performances we recorded at Ledbury's Market Theatre, West Malvern Social Club, Leominster's Bell Inn plus the Wychwood, Nozstock and Glastonbury festivals.

Real Time Apollo are a six-piece band, based in Worcester, Broadway and Cheltenham, that all share a passion for creating their own, unique, musical sound.
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Although they feel their music is original, they're influenced by acts such as Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Ryan Adams, The National, Talk Talk, The Smiths and Radiohead.
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Plus - this was their first ever gig!
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The 大象传媒 produces around 40,000 hours of music-related programming every year, but we've never glued any of our services together - until now.
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On Thursday night, we hosted the very first 大象传媒 Music Awards at Earls Court in London, watching live performances from a host of global stars, including Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and One Direction.
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It was also the first time we were able to hand a major trophy to a 大象传媒 Introducing act - so congratulations are in order for Catfish and The Bottlemen for claiming one of only 4 gongs awarded on the night.
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The others awards were for British Artist Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best International Artist Of The Year.
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Way back in the summer, when the festivals were all coming to an end, we put an appeal out online to music venues that would love to host one of our monthly recording sessions.
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We were absolutely inundated - and this month we're coming from a cracking good venue in Redditch, which is so at the forefront of the music scene - they've just been featured on 大象传媒 Radio 1!
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Death Or Glory records is situated at Church Green in the town centre and its owner, Steve Hadley, has set up his own recording studio, performance space, record label and music shop.

As part of this year's Worcester Music Festival, we brought our ever-popular Musicians' Masterclass to The Hive in Worcester - putting together a panel of industry experts to answer those all important questions, such as:听
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• How do I get signed?
• Is there an easy way to land gigs in other areas?
• How do I build a fanbase?
• What's the best way to sell your music?

This week, Steve Hadley from Death Or Glory Records talks about pricing your music, and discuss whether it's important to have loads of fans online, we answer a question about the (perceived) lack of women in the music industry and talks about the process of getting to play on a 大象传媒 Introducing stage.
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, Hereford's Years & Years and Bewdley's Becky Hill lead the way for new music in 2015. And speaking of 2015, Nozstock Festival in Bromyard reveal their theme for next year. All that we can say for now is that it's out of this world.

Things normally start winding down for Christmas about now, but , if anything it鈥檚 getting busier for live music around here!

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• at The Chestnut Tree, Worcester.
• Owen Brown, Unknown First & at The Boar's Head, Kidderminster.
• The House Band ft Jay Clark, Harvey Wyatt, Stuart Silcock, Vince Ballard, Chris Hughton, Matt Ribiero plus , Ben Hall, Aidan Salaam, Polly Edwards & Lisa Butterworth at The Marr's Bar Jam Night, Worcester.
  

大象传媒 Introducing in Hereford & Worcester supports unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar musicians from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
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Since 2011, we've been taking the show out on-the-road showcasing the very best musicians from our two counties.
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Our next recording session takes place on Sunday 4 January at and features four acts who we've been playing on 大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester recently.
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It's free to get in - and this is your chance to see how we capture live music on tape, while being able to enjoy some of the hottest new acts we've got in our area right now.
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None of these artists knew they were being considered for a live session - they were chosen based on the tracks they uploaded to us.
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Artists chosen are Spirals from Leominster, Worcester's Graeme Spenser Hughes, Barefoot In Baltimore from Redditch and Hereford musician Thomas B.
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Doors open at 6pm - but you're more than welcome to turn up anytime until 10pm.