Liverpool’s best record label Big Condo Records celebrates 3 years of Bandzilla, commemorating working with over 100 bands and signing acts like The Alts, Zenith and Empty Space from the showcase.
So why is Bandzilla so good, it’s a quarterly showcase which only happens 4 times a year and the showcase is inclusive of genres. You will hear everything from punk, rock, indie to reggae and so much more. The record label has A & R available on the showcase to speak to the bands and representatives from the record company to give advice to the bands. The Bandzilla showcase is a premier band event in Liverpool, it’s a fun experience for the acts, but also gig goers as they get to see 7 acts in one night, and all for just ten pounds, what a bargain. Bandzilla thirteen official line up has been announced as Ropeburn, Hydrofloric, Hawksy Park, Atom of Lunar, Silver String, and Liz Mann with special guest Tallulah Scarlet live at the Shipping Forecast, slater street in Liverpool on the 28th of June and the tickets are live on skiddle.
Bandzilla thirteen ones to watch Hawksy Park, Ropeburn and Hydrofloric.
Big Condo Records quote: “Bandzilla is one of the best platforms for local and national bands to showcase for a record label, which will lead on to support slots at headlines, festivals and potential tours”.
Andrea Pimpini is a student of Economics and Management at the University of Chieti-Pescara and, from September 2022 to February 2023, he is also an Erasmus+ student at the University of Split (Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism). Andrea has also taken three courses offered by the prestigious CERGE-EI Foundation and, being a Japanese language enthusiast, has taken two courses provided by the Japan-Abruzzo Association. In 2022, Andrea took the courses “Music Business Foundations,” “Copyright Law in the Music Business” and “Building your career in music: Developing a brand and financing your music” offered by Berklee Online on Coursera.org.
A big hobby of Andrea’s is music and, thanks to his college and web experiences, he manages everything on his own (print and radio promotion, digital marketing, etc.). Media success is not long in coming: in 2020, live streams are shared on national newspapers such as Sky TG24, alongside well-known names from the Italian music scene (Modà, Francesco Renga, Nek, etc.). In 2021, Billboard places Andrea at the top of a chart for 3 consecutive weeks. Finally, in 2022, Il Messaggero, one of the most popular and best-selling newspapers in Italy, interviews Andrea.