Brooke Fortune

Artist Bio

Originally from a small village north of Newcastle, Brooke Fortune is a Leeds-based music producer, songwriter and guitarist, drawing inspiration from sounds by Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine and other noise-rock bands, blending in influences from more electronic artists like The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy, as well as her drawing from her own experiences as a member of the transgender community. Brooke is currently studying Music Production at Leeds Conservatoire, and hopes to find even more ways to express herself through sound.

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Skills

Brooke has a wide range of musical knowledge and experience, from performing to an audience, working with bands in the studio and recording songs of her own. She is fluid in a few different DAWs, including Avid ProTools and Ableton Live, but feels most at home using Logic Pro X, recording both entire bands simultaneously and tracking individual musicians depending on what the track requires. She is able to acheive professional sounds with a wide variety of gear in a wide variety of spaces, from an analogue professional studio setup with a dedicated live room, to a small mixer and a laptop in a living room.

Outside of the studio, she can be found playing small, local gigs, both in Leeds and around her hometown pubs in the small seaside village of Seahouses, or doing live sound for other bands in the village. She is also an avid songwriter, and often posts her work online, posting short snippets on Instagram and longer pieces on her YouTube channel and soundcloud page.

Reviews and Testimonials

Socials:

• YouTube
• Instagram
• Twitter
• X
• Soundcloud
• Mail

Instagram: @BrookeFortuneMusic

Twitter/X @NotBrookeMusic

YouTube: @NotBrooke

Contact:

Email: brooke.fortune05@gmail.com

Supporting Commentary:

I wanted this electronic Press Kit to be something that anyone could read and get a sense of who I am and what I do as a musician, whether it’s a non-musician looking for new music to listen to, musicians in need of a guitarist or producer, venues looking for artists to host, or music journalists looking to interview me. I needed to convey as much information about myself in quite a small space. For the bio, I decided to lightly touch on my skills, but mostly talk about me as a person and my artistic inspiration.

I specifically mentioned that I draw from my experience as a trans person because it drives a lot of my work as a musician, but also because I think there is quite a big audience of people looking for that kind of representation. I also mentioned some of the successful artists that inspire me, as this is a quick way to get a sense of the kind of music that I make.

For the skills section, I wanted to highlight everything that I could do as a musician rather than just focusing on just one aspect of it. I spent the first half selling myself as a producer, as this is the area I am most skilled in, as well as the reason I think a lot of people would be searching for the kit. I wanted to sell myself as a versatile producer who can work with any artist or band no matter how big and no matter how small.

Because I wanted anyone to be able to read the press kit, I put effort into making it visually interesting, rather than just a wall of text with some pictures at the bottom. I have some prior experience in html and web design, as well as using wordpress, and I was able to use this knowledge to make the press kit visually interesting and incorporate links to all my socials, as well as including a mail to link to make contacting me quick and easy.

For the testimonials, I got comments from two of the musicians I have spent the most time working with and who know me the best. I chose them in particular as they both have very different styles, Corvadt being an electronic music producer and Phil being an acoustic rocker, as this showcases my versatility as a musician, and shows that I’m open to working with anyone who wants to work with me.

I own the copyright to all of the images I have used in the EPK, which were all taken and edited by me, and have previously been used to promote myself both on social media and on physical posters. I chose to market myself under the name I use every day, which isn’t possible to obtain the copyright for, unless it is a logo or design. The same can be said about my social media handles. It is possible to register the trademark to these names and handles from around £170, which could be a worthwhile investment at a later point in my career. All of the recorded rights to the embedded tracks belong to me, however the composition rights for the High and Dry remix belong to Radiohead.

An Electronic Press Kit is a great resource to have, however it is no substitute for a social media presence, as the two cover different areas. The electronic press kit is an easy place to find important information all in one place, whereas finding important information may take some more time on social media, especially if it was only posted a while ago. However, social media is an easy place to provide updates to an existing audience, reach new audiences, and convert interest into revenue by marketing new releases, merchandise or posting about opportunities to collaborate with other musicians, which isn’t possible with an electronic press kit.

Overall, I am very happy with the final result. All of the information I wanted to convey is in there and it’s easy to get in contact from the page. I think everything is well formatted with the walls of text broken up with embedded content like images and music to hold the viewer’s attention, although the design elements could be improved by remaking it on another platform like WordPress or Canva, which probably wouldn’t require too much work as they are relatively intuitive and easy to use tools.