Top of the Ox
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Top of the Ox is a now a website that is dedicated to reviewing unsigned artists, music related products and supporting up and coming musicians. Initially it started out as a web-based national music competition and song chart that is generated directly by the vote of the public. The website offers artists, bands and musicians the opportunity to win musical prizes, which have historically including recording and management deals in association with SAE Institute
and Crash Records.
The site was created and is run by Oxford Doctorate Mark Hussey, Oxford doctorate student Jamie Tromans and record label director Michele Pethers of Crash Records. Initially the site was founded by Mark and technical wiz John Bosley who later handed over his responsibilities to Jamie.
Previous winners of the competition include Sarah Warne in 2007 with Stornoway finding themselves runners up but then went on to achieve great success.
On 21, November, 2010, Singer-Songwriter
Ian Edwards won the 2010 Top of the Ox Grand Final held at Camden Underworld
. The final was attended by a selected panel of industry professionals including Kaya Burgess from The Times
newspaper Ian Wallman and Tim Turan.
TopoftheOx is a website that has always had excellent support from many sponsors because of it's ethical approach to promoting and helping unsigned musicians. Because of this it has proven a great platform for bands to get noticed. Several bands have benefitted directly from TopoftheOx by landing themselves with deals, management, TV appearances, live radio appearances and much more.
SAE Institute
The SAE Institute is a private college founded in 1976 by Sound Engineer, Record Producer and businessman Tom Misner. The first school was opened 1977 in Sydney,...
and Crash Records.
The site was created and is run by Oxford Doctorate Mark Hussey, Oxford doctorate student Jamie Tromans and record label director Michele Pethers of Crash Records. Initially the site was founded by Mark and technical wiz John Bosley who later handed over his responsibilities to Jamie.
Previous winners of the competition include Sarah Warne in 2007 with Stornoway finding themselves runners up but then went on to achieve great success.
On 21, November, 2010, Singer-Songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Ian Edwards won the 2010 Top of the Ox Grand Final held at Camden Underworld
Camden Underworld
The Camden Underworld is a music venue in Camden Town, London, England. The venue itself is a part of the World's End pub, being situated in the basement of the building.- History :...
. The final was attended by a selected panel of industry professionals including Kaya Burgess from The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
newspaper Ian Wallman and Tim Turan.
TopoftheOx is a website that has always had excellent support from many sponsors because of it's ethical approach to promoting and helping unsigned musicians. Because of this it has proven a great platform for bands to get noticed. Several bands have benefitted directly from TopoftheOx by landing themselves with deals, management, TV appearances, live radio appearances and much more.