Biographies
Terry Eckersley - CEO-Composer-Writer-Producer-Publisher
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Founder and CEO, Terry Eckersley has been involved in music for as long as he can remember. First listening and recently in areas including composing, producing, publishing, supervising, and performing. His first albums bought were Mowtown Gold and David Bowie listing his inspirations as The Clash, R+B and any good music.
(Insert, Terry Eckersley (Middle) and friends Lee Dawg (Left), and DJ Jenny (Right) Broadway, New York, New York)
Terry has a regular slot on BBC Radio Solent as a thought for the day broadcaster.
With his BBC training and regular slots Terry is becoming a sought after voice over narrator. With his warm northern yet rounded vocal style. His humour and rich overtones shine through any TV or Multi-Media production. Please contact us to book him.
 His music as well as many of the projects he has worked on are giving a him reputation for delivering only the highest quality that is exceptional. Some of the clients that he has written, produced or provided music for include: NHS, ITV and many stations on the SKY Channel.
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 He regularly writes music reviews for the local press -He predicted that Corrine Bailey Rae would be a success two years ago- before any of us had heard of her! See www.playingoutloud.com and will soon be a published author after receiving a publishing contract. The book Service user Involvement can be found at jkp.comThis is a book about leadership, music and community. Terry is in demand currently writing music and producing for many projects including the NHS and TV programmes with a worldwide audience. He was part of the vast net-work of existing and rising media influence in Southampton. And congratulates his friend Mark Hill on his latest www.craigdavid.com success and www.thestix.co.uk Corrine Bailey Ray is awesome!
Terry is now based in Woking www.wokingymca.org.uk this makes easy access for our latest partners at www.fremantlemedia.com and another huge partner to be released soon. Recently confirmed to be lecturing master classes at Europe's largest music academy www.acm.mu Academy Of Contemporary Music.
 Ivor Novello winning writer producer Mark Hill (left) getting creative with Thinkmediamusic's CEO Terry Eckersley (right), Mark was also involved in a community music programme, giving a seminar on himself, the industry and how he produces music. Terry really appreciated Marks time and effort.
www.thestix.co.uk www.stopdroproll.com
www.craigdavid.co.uk
Andrew Bates - Head of Publishing - Composer - Producer - Website Administrator
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Andrew was inspired by rock and pop music early on and started playing on a cheap keyboard in his pre-teens. Bands like Queen and Pink Floyd, along with synth virtuosos like Vangelis were doing their thing and they did alot to inspire him, and after a couple of years on the keys, he changed to guitar, 19 years including 9 years of live band experience later, he retained a versitility that encompassed a plethora of genre's
Andrew's agenda is very much the creation of music from classic to funk, he's always interested in trying something new, mixing modern technology with traditional instruments, he's putting the finishing touches on his own home studio which embraces the digital age.
Andrew's influences are diverse, drawing on concept artists and funk music. He is a big fan of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink Floyd and music with powerful tunes, and sweeping soundscapes.
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As well as writing and producing his own songs and compositions, Andrew has played lead and rhythm guitar live to hundreds of people, and understands the demands required playing in a demanding environment. Currently writing and producing for international TV projects, and overseeing our Hampshire studio and office.
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He is really inspired and a big fan of epic soundtracks. He gets a great buzz out of people like Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach and Monty Norman work and writes to this vibe and capacity. Andrew is your man for Film scores!
Andrew also updates and admins all the TMM websites, aswell as this one including our new myspace site, and the reverbnation profiles
www.myspace.com/thinkmediamusic
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Andrew Bates as Sozo
Under the artist name 'Sozo' Andrew has released his debut album 'The hand of God and the heavens beyond'
Please click on the album cover for a link to the album available now on iTunes, this album has received a 4 star review on the American version of iTunes:
'The hand of God and the heavens beyond' * * * *
by Bavarian
A very good album - if you are not sure - purchase "Perfect storm" and listen to the acoustics.
Andrew also has his own page at reverbnation with more info, pics, a blog and fan details as well as some of his tracks which are free to download, Andrew's page is here: www.reverbnation.com/andrewbates
Paul Longland - Composer-Songwriter
 Paul Longland is a songwriter/composer. He has a fully equipped recording studio, using the industry standard Logic Pro music software on Apple Macintosh mixed through the Yamaha 02R digital mixing desk providing master/broadcast sound quality.
Paul Tony Longland Press Release
13-November- 2006
The composer/songwriter/producer, Paul Tony Longland has recently relocated to the Dorset "Jurassic" coast, an area of incredible natural beauty and renowned for giving inspiration to creative people, musicians, writers, and artists, where he has set up a state of the art recording facility to produce world-class quality music productions of incredible diversity.
Drawing on his valued experience as a top UK composer he is currently enjoying success as the writer and producer of the music for the major TV advertising campaign for Pantene Pro V Colour Essentials hair care product range. (Currently showing on all ITV networks and nine European countries). This key project was commissioned and coordinated by Jon Hall at Soho based music publisher Oomph Music.
Further demonstrating his musical diversity, he has successfully completed the production of Fransisca London’s debut album (Title TBC) for Miami based Sunshine Sound Records.
The album is due for release early in 2007.
Paul Tony Longland is continuing to establish himself as a creative force in the UK music industry and is currently working on projects for Thinkmediamusic, BBC Worldwide, Admotive Music and Fremantle Media.
Paul has already achieved UK chart success with the song “Love me like you Do” featured on the debut single of Jonathan Wilkes released on EMI Innocent records March 2002 chart position 24.
Previously he was involved in the success of UK pop/RnB act “Another level” who recorded his song “Something to live for” (produced by Rick Wake for BMG Northwestside records)
He also has worked with the singer Tiff Lacy who was the featured vocalist on the Paul Oakenfold single “Hypnotised” and has co-written many songs with successful UK writer/producer “Peter Wright” who was also involved in that project.
Other examples of co-writing/producing credits include;
Rob Davis (Kylie, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Enrique Iglesias), for the song “Imagination” (also co-written by Peter Wright).
Over the past year Paul has continued to add to his varied catalogue of songs and increase his scope of activities within the music industry He is very excited about his involvement with Mark Hill (who is also based in Southampton) who is an Ivor Novello winning writer/producer famous for his success with Craig David. Paul and Mark have co-written the songs “Summer Rain” and “Drive”.
At the time of writing this biog. Paul is currently waiting for news regarding one of his songs, which has gained very strong interest by 19 Management for one of their artists (TBA).
Paul is currently working with the internationally renowned bhangra musician Romail Gulzar for his forthcoming album. Also contributing to current international TV project. For chart and Pop styles Paul is our recommended choice.
Owen Wilkins - Composer-Songwriter
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Owen started playing guitar at 9 years of age and played in rock, pop and folk bands throughout his school years. He added electric bass and MIDI programming to his instrument list in the early '90s gaining orchestra-pit experience while studying for a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at the College of North West London.
He soon began to develop his production skills at home using an old, 4 track ¼" tape machine.
In 2000 Owen achieved his first theatre score credit for a stage
adaptation of John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' which won him an award from the local authority arts body.
After relocating to Sheffield in 2001, he trained for 6 months on
Emagic's Logic software at Related Rhythm Studios gaining their Studio Production Diploma.
In 2004 Owen joined Think Media Music and continues to write
soundtrack music for TV shows on BBC, ITV and cable and satellite
networks worldwide. Owen loves TV themes, jingles and incidental
music. He manages our Sheffield studio and northern offices.
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Ed Godsall - Composer
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Background: Classically trained on trumpet and piano, plus band and touring experience. Recording studio work, DJ experience, Avid editing, digitising, production/edit management and location work.
Experience: Composition and production of music for TV, Corporate media, film and video soundtracks. Ed’s music has been broadcast/distributed both nationally and internationally, including by Channel 4, BBC World, MTV, WHSmith, Channel 5, Discovery and many others.
Strengths: An insider’s view of what the director/producer/editor requires, plus experience and versatility across a wide range of musical styles – from classical scores to big beat, from 70's grooves to ethnic and everything in between!
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Credit 1
Project Name: Rivals
Project Type: TV (5 episodes)
Genre: Documentary
Production Company: Juniper Communications
Broadcaster: Discovery Channel
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Project Name: Spanish Doc
Project Type: TV
Genre: Documentary
Production Company: Newswatch
Broadcaster: Channel 5
Credit 5
Project Name: TAWR - Transatlantic Windsurfing Race
Project Type: TV
Genre: Documentary/Sports Competition
Production Company: SSM Freesports
Broadcaster: Brit Eurosport
Credit 7
Project Name: BSES Find your Adventure
Project Type: Corporate
Production Company: World TV
Credit 9
Project Name: Dirt Riders
Project Type: Video Release
Genre: Sport Highlights
Production Company: Chilli Productions
Distributor: Chilli Video
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Credit 2
Project Name: Mountain Bike Britain
Project Type: TV (6 episodes)
Genre: Sport Competition (National Championships)
Production Company: Chilli Productions
Broadcaster: Channel 4
Credit 4
Project Name: Free Spirit
Project Type: TV Advertising Campaign
Genre: Extreme Sports
Production Company: Black Diamond Films
Broadcaster: MTV, Various cable channels
Credit 6
Project Name: KickStart
Project Type: Video Release
Genre: Fitness video
Production Company: It's Alright Ma Productions
Distributor: BBC World
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Project Name: BP Education UK
Project Type: Corporate
Production Company: World TV
Credit 10
Project Name: WHSmith Story Of Extreme Sports
Project Type: Video Release
Genre: Documentary
Production Company: Black Diamond Films
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New credits for 2006
Credit 1
Project Name: High Tech Hitler
Project Type: TV
Genre: Documentary
Production Company: Brighton TV
Broadcaster: History Channel
Credit 3
Project Name: Wesleyan Financial Service
Project Type: TV
Genre: Commercial
Production Company: Space City Productions
Broadcaster: Various
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Credit 2
Project Name: Mid Air Collision
Project Type: TV
Genre: Drama/Doc
Production Company: Granada
Broadcaster: Sky One
Credit 4
Project Name: Africa Fast 2005
Project Type: TV
Genre: Commercial
Production Company: Space City Productions
Broadcaster: Various
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