A free event for North East Lincs based musicians – hosted by UK music booking agency Diplomats of Sound.
When: Thursday 23 October 6-8pm
Where: The Living Room, 26 Alexandra Road, Cleethorpes DN35 8LF
Tickets: Free – booking essential.
For the next Music Meet Up, we’re thrilled to be hosting established musician and booking agent based in East London – Harry Fowler.
Harry founded and fronted Leeds cinematic jazz fusion project Têtes de Pois.
He has worked as a freelance live bookings agent and in 2024 joined forces with established Bristol booking agency Diplomats Of Sound.
Diplomats Of Sound represents innovative UK talent and its sister company Chai Wallahs produces events and manages a stage which appears at several well-known UK festivals.
On the evening, Harry will be highlighting:
- His own personal journey as a musician
- What led him to representing artists and to his team up with Diplomats of Sound
- What Diplomats of Sound and other music agencies look for in artists
- How to capture the interest of an agency
- What’s the current picture for music and gigs and how you can prepare yourself
There will be time for chat, a presentation from Harry, questions and more chat.
Don’t miss this one! 🙂
More about Harry Fowler
While studying on the jazz course at the Leeds Conservatoire, Harry founded and fronted Leeds cinematic jazz fusion project Têtes de Pois. Featuring collaborative writing, live improvisation and instrumental compositions, the band incorporated eclectic global rhythmic influences and features from vocalists around the country.
Winners of the Peter Whittingham Help Musicians Development Grant and Love Supreme Players Award, the group received national radio support / media attention in this period and played at festivals including Green Man, We Out Here and Love Supreme.
In 2018, Harry met Ghanaian musician Kweku Sackey (frontman of the band K.O.G), and they have collaborated since. At this time Têtes de Pois embarked on the first UK tour, an extensive self-booked and self-promoted 18 dates across Autumn, to celebrate the release of the self-released debut EP, Framework.
During lockdown K.O.G recorded the album Zone 6 Agege, on French label Heavenly Sweetness which achieved good UK radio play and won a Ghana Music Award. The band has toured across 3 continents.
In 2024, K.O.G released Don’t Take My Soul. This led to a feature on Later… with Jools Holland and a UK tour including a sell-out show at EartH Hackney.
Harry has worked as a freelance live bookings agent and in 2024 he joined forces with established Bristol booking agency Diplomats Of Sound.
Diplomats Of Sound is a grassroots organisation, where Harry oversees jazz and related music. The agency’s sister company Chai Wallahs produces events and manages a stage which appears at several well-known UK festivals. Harry is currently proud to be working on an Arts Council funded project, Conn3ct, which will launch the careers of 3 early-stage female artists simultaneously on one stage across the UK. He also represents a number of brilliant live projects playing jazz, soul and international acts.
