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Punch calls out to Artists

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

PRS for Music Foundation launches New Music 20×12  where they are looking for 20 brand new musical works that embraces the Olympics and ParaOlympics focusing on Youth, Internationalism and Creative Excellence. Commissions are worth up to £10,000 for a 12 minutes composition.

Your port of call to apply would be a not for profit organisation like Punch. We would be delighted to support producers/composers of Black music.

Deadline for Punch proposals: Monday 20 September 2010, 5pm.

If you’re a producer/composer we need from you:

  • A4 proposal for your idea with a plan on how to deal with engagement, youth, internationalism and legacy.
  • Supported material should be included such as; Youtube/MySpace links or 4 CDs of your music.
  • You may even wish to include a short sample of your proposed new work (although not essential).

If you are interested, please email your proposals to gurpreet (at) punch-records.co.uk and post any hard material to the Punch address below:

Punch Records, 114 The Greenhouse, Custard Factory, Birmingham, B9 4AA

For more information, please click here.

Good luck!

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Flashmob shows support for BBC Asian Network

Monday, May 24th, 2010

On Saturday 22 May 2010, Bhangra flashmobs were held in London and Birmingham. We were out in Birmingham to show our support in the campaign to save the BBC Asian Network from closure.

Massive thanks to all those who showed support for the event.

Below is a slideshow of photographs from the day and you can also watch a video capturing some of the highlights of the event.

Check out the slideshow of the photographs from the Bhangra Flashmob taken by Jaskirt Dhaliwal.

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Musician walks backwards for BBC Asian Network

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

As the future of BBC Asian Network & 6 Music is decided, London Musician Ranvir Singh Verma is taking his protest a step further walking from London to Birmingham. Backwards!

Musician walks backwards

Part of the four day challenge Verma will embark on a 120 mile journey from London’s BBC Centre on 22nd May 2010 to The Mailbox, Birmingham arriving ahead of the public consultation closure 25th May 2010. His protest journey will start on the day of the world’s first ever Bhangra Flashmob! For more details on the Flashmob,click here.

Verma thought of the idea of walking backwards after hearing about Lotan Baba, Indian’s famous ‘Rolling Saint’ who has rolled over 18,000 miles across India in a bid for unity and peace. His belief in penance and the backwards step for BBC’s decision to close BBC Asian Network and 6 Music encouraged Verma to devise this challenge.

Ranvir wears the Save the Asian Network & 6 Music T-shirtThrough this Verma hopes to build support for the campaign to ‘save BBC Asian Network and 6 Music’.

 

 

 

For more information call Punch on 0121 224 7444.

Check out the short clip added when Punch hit the Birmingham Vaisakhi Mela 2010, click here.

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World's first Bhangra Flashmob

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Come and make history with us!

The World’s first ever and biggest BHANGRA FLASHMOB is here to help support the campaign to save the BBC Asian Network and British Asian music.

Date: 22nd May 2010

Time: 1pm

Location: Central London, TBC

RSVP to the facebook group page and join the World’s 1st and biggest BHANGRA FLASHMOB – to save Asian Network, click here.

UPDATE  on 21st May 2010:

Due to overwhelming support a second flashmob event will take place Victoria Sqaure, Birmingham from 12.30 noon.

 Check out Punch’s short clip of Bhangra stars signing up to the World’s first ever Bhangra Flashmob:

Check out the short clip added when Punch hit the Birmingham Vaisakhi Mela 2010, click here.

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FREE workshops with the BBC

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

BASS Festival workshopsAs part of BASS Festival, BBC Radio Drama, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Punch are collaborating on a 2-part workshop to explore the methods, challenges and opportunities of creating new writer-performer work for theatre and radio.

Specifically aimed at spoken word artists, performance poets and lyricists, the 1st workshop will cover writing skills and help generate ideas towards experimenting with performance and recording in the 2nd workshop.

To apply, please send a short letter stating your interest in the workshop and a sample of your work (this can be a website link) to clare.lovell{at}birmingham-rep.co.uk by 5pm on 24th May 2010.

Workshops take place on the 7th and 10th June, 2pm- 6pm. Participants MUST attend both workshops and be over the age of 18.

                                                               

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Campaign to Save the BBC Asian Network

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Here at Punch HQ, we continue to support The Campaign to Save BBC Asian Network.

Punch hit the Vaisakhi Mela in Birmingham on Sunday, 25th April 2010 to target local people distrubuting flyers, encouraging them to fill out the petition and capturing on film people’s message on saving the BBC Asian Network.

Check out our first short clip from the Birmingham Vaisakhi Mela 2010 and watch out for more news to follow.

See the short clip added of Bhangra stars signing up to the World’s first ever ‘Bhangra Flashmob’, click here.

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Campaign to save the BBC Asian Network

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

The campaign to save the BBC Asian Network is in full swing and here at Punch HQ we are actively supporting to save the station by helping with flyer distribution, online lobbying and encouraging people to fill out the petition online.

Save BBC Asian Network

The BBC have proposed making massive cuts including closing two radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Asian Network and halving the size of its web site. It’s on the brink of surrendering to pressure from commercial rivals, who are lobbying politicians hard to impose even deeper cuts.

You can now download the petition form click below:

Petition download

You can also download and print an A3 sized campaign poster:

A3 poster download

Please pledge your support by signing the online petition, click here.

See the new short clip added when Punch Hit the Birmingham Vaisakhi Mela 2010, click here.

Check out the short clip added of Bhangra stars signing up to the World’s first ever ‘Bhangra Flashmob’, click here.

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