Music 4

Following a review of our business, the lease on our studios in Berners Street W1 has now been assigned and the assets sold to DMR Film Ventures following a decision by the directors of Music 4 Ltd to exit from the audio post production business. Music 4 Studios has always been a welcome addition to our much larger business of music production and publishing and many amazing projects have been undertaken there (and hundreds of famous faces and voices have also passed through our doors too), however, the music creation team at Music 4 have always worked from their own studios. Having access to the studios between external bookings has been useful but not essential to our core business.

The increasing costs of maintaining a Central London studio combined with the fact that we are using the studios less and less for our own projects has of course been a driving factor in this decision.

Managing Director Sandy Beech says he's extremely sad to say goodbye to the studios but says it's the right thing to do at this point in time:

"We have always been extremely proud of our studios in Berners Street and we have had a lot of fun there, but I now work from my own studio in Cyprus and our writers have always worked from their own facilities. Clients are now attending vocal sessions less and less (which were undertaken at Berners Street) so it simply doesn't work for us to have a permanent base in Central London anymore.

Although on one hand I am sad to see Berners Street close, this decision will open up new and exciting opportunities for us and our clients to work in many different studios around the world. For example, if we are working for a large station in Australia, we will now be able to take "Music 4" directly to the client, hire a world class studio near to our clients base and feature local talent too when appropriate. I think this is an exciting and very positive step forward for our business".

The directors of Music 4 would like to say a huge thank you to our numerous studio hire clients for their valued support over the years and also wish the very best to the members of staff who will be leaving us shortly.

For more information, please email christine@music4.com

UTV Media's network of stations have a new sound thanks to Music 4 in London. The new groupwide package is now airing on Signal, Signal 107, The Pulse, 96.4 The Wave, Radio Wave, Tower FM, Wire FM, Wish FM and Peak FM. The jingle package follows the recent appointment of David Dunne as Group Music Scheduler and Terry Underhill joining as Group Programme Director last Autumn.

UTV's Calum Macaulay, Director of Local Radio, said: "The sound of our stations has been lifted to a new level today and we believe that our listeners will love the new, fresh sound on our stations. Terry and the senior programming team here have delivered an exciting new jingle package that will help us to continue to grow our audience."

Sandy Beech, Managing Director of Music 4, said: "We were thrilled to have been commissioned to produce the new sound for the UTV local radio stations. The project went without a hitch and we are extremely pleased with the results."

Music 4's music imaging for London's number 1 radio station, Magic 105.4, picks up a Gold at the Sony Radio Awards 2008 and Chris Moyles wins a Gold for Best Breakfast... It was an exciting evening at The Sony Radio Awards for the Music 4 team as our work for Magic 105.4 helped the station secure the gold award for station imaging.

Judges comments:

"There was one word that all the judges said when they heard this entry “Class”. The playlist and the production feel perfectly at home together - this is imaging that totally works on the air. Consistent imaging/brand positioning. A rich feel and depth of sound in all imaging executions. Very clear messaging making it easy for listeners to understand the proposition".

In addition, Chris Moyles picked up the coveted Best Breakfast Award. Music 4 creates a vast amount of custom music tracks and jingles featured on Chris's show and are very proud to be a part of Radio 1's most successful breakfast show for many years. Many other Music 4 clients walked away with awards at the ceremony so congratulations to all this years winners.

Previous successes at the Sony's in the station imaging category featuring our work include a Gold for BBC 7 and several bronze and silver awards for BBC Radio 1.