Author Archives for Brett Leboff 
Brett Leboff runs Monumental Management, an artist management company part which is of the Monumental Music Group.
Artists on the Monumental Roster include Gabby Young & Other Animals , who have have been labelled as 'folk with a Moulin Rouge twist' and made the Guardian's 'Ones To Watch in 2010' listing , and Trenton and Free Radical, who have just finished recording their debut album with super producers Craigie Dodds (Sugarbabes, Busta Rhymes, Kano) and Dean James Barratt (Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly, Nitin Sawhney). Brett is guest blogging from the 2010 UKTI Japan Music Mission, and is looking for partners for both album projects during his time in the country. Japan Music Mission Day 4 - still little sleep but a great gig
Blog entry 4 – British BPI/UKTI Trade Mission to Japan August 2010.
Today I didn’t sleep until 5.30am. I hardly drank anything last night, just had a very relaxing meal with a couple of Japanese associates that I have worked with before and I am putting a business idea to. So, after dinner I returned to [...]
Japan Music Mission - A Goujonless Day 3
So after getting to bed at around 6am, I slept until 11.30am. I knew I wouldn’t be able to make the seminar day at the embassy as I had some meetings set up with some companies that I have worked with before, two of which could only meet me today.
I had some great meetings, admittedly [...]
Japan Music Mission Day 2 - the Biggie
Having gone to bed at Midnight, I woke up – wide awake at 6.45am.
That was the most sleep I’ve had in days. So, what better course of action, than to go out into the blistering heat in my shorts and get a full breakfast from a pleasant cafe, where I could recognise at least half [...]
No sleep til 10pm - BPI/UKTI Japan Music Mission
Everyone has a different theory when deciding how to handle travelling a different time zone.
Japan being 8 hours ahead of the UK and an 11 hour plane ride away, whichever theory you go by, you are likely to feel bizarre on arrival! My theory this time - to stay awake all night before flying, have [...]