Come Play With Me
Luke P. has a diverse background in the music industry, currently serving as Distribution Manager and A&R at Come Play With Me since January 2023. Concurrently, Luke P. holds the position of Director at Gimme A Break Records since August 2020. Previous experience includes working as a Record Store Assistant at The Vinyl Whistle from April 2021 to October 2022 and as a Journalist at Pretend from September 2018 to March 2021. Additionally, Luke P. participated in an Event Production Development Programme with Serious in late 2018. Academic credentials include a Master of Arts in Critical and Applied Musicology and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Music (Joint Honours) from the University of Leeds, alongside an educational background at St. Olave's Grammar School.
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Come Play With Me
Come Play With Me is an award winning, non-profit music organisation based in Leeds, UK. We support music career development through our Label, Events, Magazine, Podcast and Training Workshops. Our mission is to work towards an industry that is equitable, inclusive and diverse. Label The label side of Come Play With Me releases the cream of Yorkshire’s artists through our 7” singles series, compilation albums or special one off releases. To ensure fairness and a breadth of diverse artists are represented, we have regular call out to ensure a wide breadth of genre and style is accounted for. These call outs are judged by music industry experts, with new guest judges every time to keep things fresh. Our aim is to support & develop diverse artists and demographics, showcasing the best in new Yorkshire talent. CPWM has released music from more than 80 artists including Cinerama (The Wedding Present), Harkin, Team Picture, Sunflower Thieves, Marsicans, Fizzy Blood, Dead Naked Hippies, Talkboy and more. We support artists with workshops, industry insight & advice to help them achieve sustainable careers after their CPWM release. Events Come Platform Me is a programme set up to support and uplift marginalised promoters and artists through a series of gigs(or live music events depends how casual/fancy we want to sound). Magazine The Come Play With magazine is a bi-monthly print publication that aims to dig a bit deeper and go behind the scenes and under the skin of all things music. Inclusivity, diversity, education and personal stories are the priority and focus.