Vote for Thorne Hill in the Digital Country Music Awards

Go to www.thorne-hill.com/ and get voting for Thorne Hill to win a Digital Country Music Award. Thorne has accomplished a lot in a short time and we are proud to be a part of his success. Being nominated and possibly even winning a DCMA would be fantastic and just reward for such a hard working and talented musician.
Good luck Thorne!

Thorne Hill 'Come Undone' Reviews

There have been loads of reviews of the hugely successful debut single from Thorne Hill, 'Come Undone'. We're so pleased to see such great feedback and so we thought we'd post some here:

* Stuart Cameron, CMR Nashville Radio, UK - "Catchy and original British song, high standard."

* Irene Tradewell, Country Routes magazine, UK - "Very good vocals and arrangement."

* Mike Penard, ISA Radio, France - "Very fine release."

* Alan Potter, Tempo FM Radio, UK - "Good song and good singer."

* John Brookfield, Pathfinder magazine, UK - "Well performed song."

* Ray James, Somervalley FM, UK - "Very good release."

* Petur Rouch, Faroya Radio, Faroe Islands - "Airplay assured for this one."

* David Miller, Puketapu Radio, New Zealand - "Original quality music"

* Al Field, Shoalhaven Radio, Australia - "Lovely ballad."

* Jackie Blair, Country Music & Dance magazine, UK - "Excellent!" 

* Dieter Trenkler, RWN Radio, Germany - "More please from this guy – he could do very well indeed in Europe if he continues to promote himself."

* Graham McLeod, Black Diamond FM, UK - "I know there is more to come from this young man - good work."

* Erwin Schapendonk, Centraal FM, Holland - "First of hopefully many hits for him."

* June Williams, KHBW Radio, USA - "Impressive British original music."

* Arno Bierings, Eagle Radio, Holland - "Excellent." 

* Ray Grundy, Metro Radio, UK - "Very good debut effort from this singer / songwriter. Always good to hear a British artist doing original material."

* John Bjoersvik, Radio Sotra, Norway - "Nice debut Thorne."

* Kurt Gabriel, Radio Theben, Austria - "Excellent done song."

* Maurice Hope, Rock n Reel magazine, UK - "Solid and emotive love song coupled with a well presented musical arrangement."

* Friedrich Hogg, Radio Free, Germany - "First rate track."

* Gilles Martin, Radio Aria, France - "Nice new act with a great song."

* Tom Robinson, Kingstown Radio, UK - "Pleasure to hear a UK singer songwriter coming up with a quality self penned song and vocal to match the feeling. This will put Thorne in the public eye and help his career along reaching a wider audience."

* Allan Watkiss, UK Country Radio, UK - "More please from Thorne."

* Brian Clough, Smooth Radio, UK - "Most impressive." 

* Marion Lacroix, Radio Arc-en-Ciel, France - "10 out of 10 from me."

* Patrick Molis, IDFM Radio, France - "Wow – hope this isn’t just a flash in the pan – he can be big!"

Nicole tops 1000 youtube hits!

Well done to Nicole Mason who's solo cover performance of Simple Minds' 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' has now reached over 1000 plays on youtube in under 2 weeks! Thats a fantastic result for a new artist, the video really seems to be taking off.

For more info on Nicole and her forthcoming release check out:

www.nicolemason.co.uk

Nicole Mason - Don't You (Solo Cover Version)

Nicole Mason - Don't You (Solo Cover Version)
Check out the brand new video by Nicole Mason. Both the audio and video were produced by Up Next Studios and in record quick time! This is a solo performance by Nicole but keep an eye out for a full studio release sometime soon. Have a click on www.nicolemason.co.uk to find out more.

'Come Undone' flies into the Irish Charts

Great news for Thorne Hill as 'Come Undone', his debut single, flies to number 16 in the Irish Country chart. This is another fantastic success for Thorne and we are really pleased, keep it up!

Up Next Gig Listings Newspaper Columns

Up Next are now contributing weekly gig listings columns to a number of Scottish newspapers. Check your local papers and if you have a gig coming up you would like us to feature give us a shout and we'll try to include you.

Come Undone No. 31 in the Country Chart!

Well done to Thorne Hill, Come Undone reached no. 31 in the Country Chart (just ahead of Willie Nelson, Faith Hill and Taylor Swift) in its' first weekend of release. This is a fantastic achievement for a new artist and we are very pleased with this result. Check out the interviews with Thorne on www.thorne-hill.com and find out how the song was produced here at Up Next Studios and released by Up Next records.

Thorne Hill hits the charts

Great news as the first Up Next release of the year, the fantastic 'Come Undone' by Thorne Hill has cruised into the iTunes Country chart in its' first weekend of release. It is still climbing and we are really hoping it reaches the Top Ten, so if you have time, jump over to iTunes, it's is only 79p. Thanks to everyone who has already downloaded this great track.

'Come Undone' by Thorne Hill available now!

'Come Undone' by Thorne Hill is available now on all the major download sites worldwide. It's a great track and it's only 79p! We have worked hard on this release with Thorne Hill and really hope it has the success it deserves. Follow the link and download it now and please tell your friends to do the same. Thanks for the support!
iTunes Download

Hot Wheels Soundtrack review

In late 2010 Hot Wheels Track Attack was released for the Nintendo Wii. Up Next Studios was proud to create the soundtrack for the game and we're really pleased to see how incredibly popular the game has become worldwide.
'Stick Twiddlers', the well known gaming magazine, recently gave the game a great review and were happy to see they also loved the soundtrack. "... a funky, lively upbeat tune and fits in well with the Hot Wheels brand... The menu tune is now sticking in my head!"

Site re-design and new projects

2010 was a busy, busy year here at Up Next Studios. We worked on a wide variety of projects and achieved some great things: we released a number of songs through Up Next Records and collaborated or produced and mixed a lot more; we provided the soundtrack for one of the biggest Nintendo Games of the year, Hot Wheels Track Attack; had a hit single with Emma's Imagination, winner of Sky One's Must Be The Music competition; we worked on tracks for film, television, stage and radio; produced 2 series of Up Next Music TV; created music videos, websites, radio shows and much, much more. It's been very busy indeed.
In 2011 we hope to do even more! We have already begun work on a number of great projects that we will announce as they progress. The websites have all been redesigned and we switched to a more reliable web server. Up Next Records will have its' first release of the year with the fantastic Thorne Hill in late January. We recently filmed a music video at one of Glasgow's best music venues. We are scheduled to begin shooting on a number of video projects.... there is just to much to fit into this one blog post, so keep checking back in for more info.
Happy New Year to everyone reading this, we look forward to working together in 2011.
Graham & Alan - Up Next