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We’d like to welcome and introduce the newest members of team here at TDR.

Mattie Bennett

Hey everyone! I’m Mattie. I am a lover of new music and I want to share my love for it with you all.

As well as being a musician, songwriter and DJ, my main love is discovering new bands. Nothing excites me more than finding a brand new band and I spend all of my time online searching blogs and browsing MySpace in the hope of finding greatness. Perhaps this is why I’ve been single for such a long time… anyway, I digress. My aim is to bring the best new bands to you as and when I find them.

Music for me is life. It is the only thing that gets me through the day. I love music so much that it’s actually affected my health. I have the greatest rock n’ roll injury of them all. Nodules; for those of you that don’t know what they are, I won’t bore you with medical jargon. All I will say is that the greatest singers of all time have had nodules – Robert Plant, Freddie Mercury and uh… Geri Halliwell to name a few. How did I get this? Well going to gigs constantly for the best part of ten years and shouting at bar staff, sound engineers, mates, dates and a chorus or two.

I’m always on the lookout for new stuff. If I like what you do, I’ll give you loads of attention and spread the word out there to all the people that read this and all my wonderful friends that I know in the music industry.

Looking forward to working with you!

Mattie

Micaela Ortego Maciel

My name is Micaela Ortego Maciel and I was born in Tenerife, Spain; where I was raised until I decided to come to London to study. I am now 21 and currently doing my second year of Fashion Marketing and Music and Media Management. Before London, I studied in an English school and a German school so I am fluent in both languages as well as my mother tongue, Spanish.

My first contact with music was through my parents; both have a passion for music and very different tastes. My dad is a fan of classical music and would listen to Dvorak and Haydn whilst my mum is the one who brought me closer to the music that made me fall in love with the industry of music and the mystery that surrounded it. The first song I remember listening to was ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’ and ever since I have not stopped from pursuing my dream of working in the music industry.

Ciao!

Micaela

Patrick Boylan

I’ve been involved in music in many ways for many years. I fell in love with rock ‘n roll at 14 and knew immediately that I was a lifer. Since then I’ve continuously devoured every music biography I can get my hands on and go to as many gigs as I can afford. I’ve travelled a fair bit, lived in Seattle for a while, and last year I did a musical tour of the US. I’ve also been a roadie, a tour manager, a touring musician and I’ve worked at labels – most recently at Domino.

I have other interests that play in to my views on the music industry – I’m especially interested in the role of music in contemporary culture and society. I’ve studied Psychology and Philosophy and recently did a Master’s in Cultural and Creative Industries, where my dissertation focussed upon the future of the music industry.

I’ll be doing interviews, reviews and a few articles describing some of my more memorable experiences.

Cheers!

Patrick

We’re looking forward to working with all these talented writers and wish them every success with us at The Dead Record.