Cheeky Promo helps musicians, music startups & businesses to make connections so that they can do what they love. Cheeky Promo promotes them through social media, interviews on cheeky.promo, and a variety of events, including gigs and concerts.
Music is quite literally my first language. When I was young (3 or 4), I was still not talking so I had speech therapy. That didn’t have much impact so I moved to music therapy. My parents thought music therapy was amazing. Music therapy helped, and music still helps me, to communicate and connect with others, to express / be myself, to be part of the world. Nordoff Robbins is the UK's leading music therapy provider. I asked my mum about her memories of my speech & music therapy. She thinks that I was;
Free to ‘shout’ because I’d found my voice
Enjoyed the ‘music’ making very much,
Very happy to be communicating with ‘musical’ speech,
Emotionally charged because it was something I loved,
Able to ‘talk’ in a language instigated by me
Excited by the music,
I was involved in a road accident in Sept 2011 (which resulted in a broken top jaw, damaged / lost teeth, a bone graft operation from my right hip to my lower jaw and some dental implants), and was treated by the amazing doctors & staff of London's Air Ambulance
An arts festival in London in 2017 will raise money for music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins & London's Air Ambulance.
I'm looking for people in London who are passionate about music to join me as co-founder(s) of a music promotion startup called Cheeky Promo
Any support will be rewarded with as much Cheeky Promo as possible. If you'd like to get involved in the festival - as a performer, volunteer or sponsor, and/or with Cheeky Promo in the long term, please email me at rupert@cheekypromo.com
