The People Behind the Music Industry Office
MIO Team
Meet the MIO team, who run our wide range of in-house industry and artist support programmes, including ‘Cut Through the Noise’ and ‘MIO+’
Matthew Salvage
CEO of SoCo Music Project
CEO of SoCo Music project and a force for change and growth in the Music Scene in Southampton for over a decade, Matt lends his expertise in project management, and extensive local knowledge to the MIO’s projects.
Andrew Connor
Music Industry Lead
Music Industry lead for SoCo Music Project, managing our delivery programmes including ‘Sounds of South Central’ and ‘The Playbook’.
MIO Mentors and Collaborators
Jamie Ford
Artist Manager, Promoter and Co-founder PMC
Jamie is an Artist and label services manager at Byta, as well as running So Young Live, Jamie also manages bands Hotel Lux and Mystic Peach, and is drummer of the band Better Joy. Recently Jamie has co-founded Parallel Music Conference.
Matt Bisgrove
Marketing Expert and Co-founder PMC
Marketing expert and founder of Trauma Management, and co-founder of Parallel Music project as well as a frequent contributor to So Young Magazine.
Gavin Foord
DJ and Producer
Founding member of DJ group FooR as well as SO Movement, a local Gavin operates out of his Studio in Southampton, where his numerous labels are based.
Billy Fitzjohn
Artist Manager and Promoter
Billy is an artist manager and promoter based in Portsmouth, founder of Fitz Promotions and Golden Touch Festival. Billy is one of our amazing mentors for our Sounds of South Central Programme
Lou Sawdy
Producer
Lou is our lead studio engineer and producer at our home studio Planet Sounds, who will be helping us develop development pathways for emerging producers.
Laura Whibicks
Recording Label and Deal Brokerage Specialist
A trustee of SoCo Laura is the Director of Music Licensing for Amazon Prime Video, Music & Studios, a leading strategist in go-to-market strategy, Laura previously served as head of Commercial Development at Spotify.
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