TOM BRUMPTONPR Portfolio

Client - IlluminatedMedia Outlet – Little White Lies

Year - 2016

This is from a campaign I ran in March 2016 with the musical collective, Illuminated. Featuring Photographer Sandro Miller, Multi-instrumentalist Eric Alexandrakis and Academy Award nominated actor John Malkovich.

I was brought on last minute to help promote a Q&A and book signing in conjunction with Rough Trade. Despite a narrow time frame, the event was a huge success, and this article by Little White Lies is my

favourite of the press coverage as they did a wonderful in depth interview with the trio.

Client – JonestownMedia Outlet – Metal Hammer Magazine

Year – 2016

When I first started working with Brighton’s Jonestown, they hadn’t had much press exposure outside of the odd

festival review.

I spoke with Metal Hammer Magazine, who fell in love

with the band and gave them an exceptional amount of

coverage.

Metal Hammer reviewed their album, “Aokigahara”,

streamed it on their website, two of their editors named it their “Album of the Month”,

and they gave the band a two page feature.

Jonestown have since been signed to a record label, booking agency and a management company.

Client – Team ChameleonMedia Outlet – Nottingham Evening

PostYear – 2016

Team Chameleon were working on a Pledge campaign for their upcoming

short film, “Wash Club”, in early 2016. With less than a week to go, they were struggling to raise the last of the funds

needed.

The film is based on a BBC Radio Four podcast by the poet Ross Sutherland, in which Ross retold the true story of how he accidentally became the leader of a

death cult whilst at University.

I made a few calls and managed to secure pieces quite quickly with a

number of regional press & online film outlets. The team managed to reach their Pledge target, and the film has

since secured spots on a number of film festivals, including the BAFTA affiliated

Aesthetica Festival.

Client – Outright Resistance

Media Outlet – Diva Magazine

Year – 2016

When I first started working with Outright

Resistance, they informed me that

their vocalist, Paige Lee, was transgender.

The transgender community on the

whole isn’t massively represented in

modern rock music, and I could only think of two other vocalist who had come out as transgender in recent

years.

I spoke with Paige about discussing this with a magazine in

the hope of encouraging other

transgender men and women, and she

agreed. Diva Magazine were more than happy to speak to her, and the end

result was a brilliant article.

Client – Danny SaberMedia Outlet – BBC Radio Five Live

Year – 2015

This piece ties in with the promotion of the latest single by former INXS vocalist Michael Hutchence, “Friction”. Danny, who has worked with many big artists including Madonna, David Bowie & Public Enemy,

and on soundtracks for Blade II & Moulin Rouge, was a long-time friend of Michael’s and gave some incredible interviews. The best being this piece with BBC Radio Five Live. The single secured national

airplay across a number of countries in Europe, including the UK.

Client - The Empire Shall Fall

Media Outlet – BBC Music

Year – 2010

The Empire Shall Fall were the first major

project I took on as a freelancer. Their

vocalist, Jesse Leach, had been a personal

hero of mine for many years.

After a few months working on the project, I’d managed to secure

national print and radio coverage for the band

across the UK and Europe.

The following year, I received my first two

award nominations for Freelancer Of The Year in PR & Marketing. I was the only music related nominee in

either category.

Client – Trondheim Metal FestivalOutlet - Metal Sucks

Year – 2015

I had previously played in a band that had appeared at the Trondheim Metal

Festival in Norway in 2014, and a friend had been involved in the running of the

festival.

He called and asked if I could help with PR, and I said yes. We agreed the

festival needed sponsorship. My first go to were Metal Sucks, as their online

reach is in the millions.

I managed to secure a deal, in which the festival named a stage after them in exchange for a large chunk of coverage.

Client – Raging SpeedhornMedia Outlet – Terrorizer Magazine

Year – 2016

Raging Speedhorn are a band I’ve been a huge fan of since I was 17, and I’ve been lucky enough to work with them since early 2014. This article was written to promote their new album, “Lost Ritual”. The band

decided they wanted to fund it through Pledge, so I worked with them to raise the funds. After eight months we raised £14,000. The record was met with universal praise by the press and fans.

Client – Team RockMedia Outlet – BBC News

Year – 2016

On December 20th 2016, Ben Ward and his partner, Sandie Soriano, set up a JustGiving campaign to

raise the severance pay for the staff members of

publishing company, Team Rock. The staff were made redundant six days before

Christmas with no pay.

I volunteered to project manage the PR on the

campaign, and brought on a number of other publicists to help. We secured nearly

100 press pieces and managed to raise in excess of £78,000 in less than five

days.

As of January 8th, Team Rock has been bought by Future

Publishing and its magazines are back in print.

Client – BeholderMedia Outlet – Dagbladet

Year – 2016

Beholder’s campaign was the first I ran in 2016, and securing this exclusive with Dagbladet is something I am very proud of. Dagbladet are the second largest newspaper in Norway. Typically, the bigger Norwegian tabloids

are quite conservative about covering music related stories. However, when I mentioned it was an ode to the people who lost their lives in the Utoya shootings of 2011, they ran the video on the front page of their website

and did an interview with the band’s vocalist, Simon Hall.

Client – MorganwayMedia Outlet – Acoustic

MagazineYear – 2016

Morganway’s “No Tomorrows” EP, was one of my favourite records

in 2016, and they were a dream to work with.

I managed to secure a number of great

placements for the band, but the pieces with

Acoustic Magazine are some of the best, higher

profile clippings.

The publication is very picky, and gave the band

some incredible coverage. Alongside an

interview & an EP review, they also

premiered the band’s video for “Ain’t It Just”

on their website.

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