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Meet Richard

Richard Jones

Business Development Intern

Hi Everyone!

I am extremely excited and proud to be part of Encore working in a company where the team is made up of passionate musicians all with a mutual goal to help others! My love for music began from a young age wanting to be like my favourite bands, from this, I picked up the guitar with a goal to become the best guitarist and live performer!

Music being the main (only) subject I exceeded at in school, I decided to go to college to study it and carry out this dream. After performing with multiple bands in college, my dream of becoming an amazing live performer came to an abrupt end due to my intense fear of performing live… The irony.

From this, I found I had a better ear for producing (and it was less ‘live’). I recognised I had a skill in this and took it further to study a BSc in Music and Sound Technology, this is where I realised although I couldn’t hit my dream at least I could work in a career where I could help others get to theirs, and here I am.

Apart from writing wholesome bios and not being a good guitarist (I still try) I absolutely love producing songs from a variety of different genres and physical activities (Gym, Climbing etc).

I look forward to being a part of the development of this company and to be part of such an amazing community!

Richard’s favourite producer, JAE5

Jonny Venvell

Jonny is Encore's Head of Artist Relations.

He's responsible for supporting and helping musicians on the platform and writes most of the musician-facing articles on the blog. He can usually be found singing in choirs, drumming in bands, or nodding meaningfully to particularly good chords in London's jazz bars.

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