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MUSIC WEEK UNEARTHED: 01.11.08.
A major publishing deal has set the wheels in motion for thecocknbullkid's (aka Anita Blay) progress
THECOCKNBULLKID
A publishing deal via Empire Management's joint venture with Sony/ATV has provided thecocknbullkid, aka Anita Blay, the rare luxury of time, allowing her to develop her songwriting and her fanbase, without the pressures of a record deal.
Also managed by Empire, home to Estelle, The Feeling, Natasha Bedingfield and producers Paul Epworth and Future Cut, the 23-year-old Londoner struck a deal with Empire Publishing earlier this year and has been working with a string of producers and writers since, honing in on her own sound. The publishing deal has also been bolstered by a #10,000 bursary courtesy of the BBC Urban Music Awards.
The strategy is starting to bear fruit. Last week thecocknbullkid made her first major television appearance on Later With Jools Holland, a rarity for an unsigned artist given her release schedule so far has consisted of one limited-edition single, On My Own, which was released on Metronomy's Need Now Future Records in August.
She has also enjoyed radio support courtesy of 6 Music and Zane Lowe on Radio One and was tipped by Lauren Laverne in the ...
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