Publicity and Promotion
Dave Clarke
Public Relations
Dave Clarke has been actively involved in music based press and publicity for over 10 years. In this time he has created campaigns and worked with a great number of deeply talented clients. His personal highlights to date, have included the fabulous Mr James Brown, UB40, Sam Moore, Isaac Hayes, Howard Marks, Jarcrew, Mary Wilson, Robert Palmer, Marshall Chess and Mad Capsule Markets. He independently consults for Universal Music, Warner Music, STAX, Chess and Trojan and most notably Motown, who are currently celebrating 50 years of music.
Clarke also handles all UK based media for The Dubai Desert Rock Festival and The Dubai Desert Rhythm Festival, whose headline acts have included Iron Maiden, The Prodigy, Velvet Revolver, Mika, Kanye West, Muse, Joss Stone and Robert Plant.
As well as being a straight talker (a rarity in this field), Dave Clarke is also a talented bass player in his own right and a real bonus to any team.
Ron McCreight
Radio and TV Promotion
McCreight's career in music began a couple of decades ago in publishing - an area that is still very close to his heart. Ron has worked with a broad church of hugely successful artists, including Burt Bacharach, Roy Orbison, The Kinks, Queen, Jack Bruce, The Cure, Van Morrison, The Who, Gary Moore, Tori Amos and more recently, the smash hit artist Sandi Thom.
As a consultant, Ron has advised numerous labels, ranging from Bronze Records (Motorhead), Pete Waterman during the height of PWL (Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, etc.), and Simon Cowell at BMG. Ron is also the promoter for the vast Cherry Red Records catalogue - which covers a huge variety of music - including indie rock, soul, blues, punk, country and folk.
A successful radio and tv plugger with a vast experience, Ron McCreight is loved by the UK's biggest radio station, BBC Radio 2. He recently achieved the extraordinary feat of getting up and coming artists Lisbee Stainton on the Radio 2 playlist without being signed to a record label and the buzz band, Siskin, playing live on BBC London radio's taste-maker Robert Elms' show, and also getting their debut single on the playlist.
Ben Allen
Digital Marketing
With 10 years of experience in the industry, in May 2010 Ben launched BAM! a new kind of music marketing, PR and consultancy service, offering “ethical, honest, effective consultancy and services to the music industry” and “informed advice for bands, festivals, events and music platforms”.
Prior to launching BAM!, Ben spent three and a half years at A Star PR (formerly known as Zest PR) – working his way from Account Executive, to Head of Digital & Online and eventually to Director – where he established the company's online department and devised and implemented successful marketing and PR campaigns for festivals such as, Hop Farm, Cornbury, Benicassim (Spain), Reeperbahn (Hamburg) and The Mighty Boosh Festival, as well as for artists – Deadmau5, Unicorn Kid and Louie Vega.
Other experience of music promotions, marketing, PR and artist management includes online promotions for Virgin EMI Records, marketing with Universal Music Group and festival assistant with Mean Fiddler (now Festival Republic), through to project management, digital and marketing roles with smaller start-up initiatives. Other artists Ben has worked with include Keane, Gabby Young, Sugababes, Kelis, Air, Jamie T, Bryan Ferry, Willy Mason, The Spinto Band, The Bees, Rolan Bolan, Unicorn Kid and The Parlotones.
With solid experience and contacts within the digital sector and skilled entrepreneurial eye for new avenues, Ben is particularly fascinated in opportunities that digital and mobile platforms offer artists.
Jeff Bacon
Digital PR
Jeff Bacon's career in music started as an artist in the mid-90s. After juggling corporate roles in the digital space by day with performing with and managing his own band by night, he cut his teeth on working with labels at Counterpoint (rights and royalties); sync licensing at Audio Network and Tsunami Music; artist management with Alabama 3; digital marketing and consultancy for a range of burgeoning artists as well as Curve Music and Musicmetric. Currently, Jeff also looks after digital/product management and artist relations for TrinityRDG Productions and the newly launched WSI Records.
