Celebrating a decade | Liberty Music PR
Ten years ago, Liberty Music PR started in the most Brighton way possible through community, creativity and a genuine love for independent music.
Having had a pretty crappy experience working with another PR who quite frankly were appalling (no names shall be mentioned) I decided to give it a go myself. Rewriting the press release and repitching to the music press, I found I had a natural knack for PR and this is where it all began, around a kitchen table in Hanover.
Long before I worked with internationally recognised artists like Etta Bond, Scouting for Girls, Vic Mensa, Qveen Herby, Snoop Dog or The Killers’ bassist Mark Stoermer, it all started with a Brighton band called Normanton Street. They were the very first act we ever worked with and, in many ways, they shaped everything Liberty Music PR would become. Their trust in us at the very beginning gave us the confidence to build something from the ground up.
Brighton has always had a uniquely supportive music scene. It’s a city where artists collaborate, venues champion grassroots talent and creative people back each other’s ideas. Liberty grew out of that energy. What started as a passion project has since evolved into a global music PR company working with artists across countless genres and countries but Brighton remains at the heart of everything we do.
Liberty Music PR has worked with over 5,000 artists in the past ten years and with one mission, which is to empower artist independence. Allowing artists to do away with dodgy record deals and to give them the tools they need to operate independently.
Over the past decade, we’ve had the privilege of helping independent musicians find audiences around the world through press, radio, playlisting and digital campaigns. But the thing we’re most proud of is the journey.
Watching emerging artists grow from their first release to sold-out tours, festival slots and life-changing opportunities is still the best part of the job. As well as the amazing internal community of people working for us, who are truly passionate about the artists we work with and most of them being musicians themselves.
As Liberty Music PR celebrates ten years, it feels important to reflect on where it all started: in Brighton, with a local band, a laptop and a belief that independent artists deserved better support and bigger opportunities. A decade later, that belief hasn’t changed.
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