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Notting Hill sign Ivor Novello nominated Hemming
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 26 May 2009
Nick Hemming, the unsigned songwriter who caught the headlines by earning himself a nomination at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, has signed a two year publishing deal with Notting Hill Music. The deal means Hemming will be able to give up his day job and concentrate on his music full time.
As previously reported, Hemming was nominated in the Best Song Musically And Lyrically category for his song ‘The Last Of The Melting Snow’, which his band Leisure Society self-released late last year. Although he lost out to Elbow at the awards show itself, he confirmed to Billboard last week: “I signed with Notting Hill Music last weekend, so that’s exciting. It’s my last day at work [on Friday] at a warehouse in Wimbledon. I’m a full-time musician as of Monday”.
The band, however, remain unsigned, with Hemming admitting they are cautious about doing a label deal, preferring to release via their own Willkommen Records, though conceding they will probably sign up to a bigger record company eventually. Hemming: “There are a few labels who are interested but we haven’t signed anything yet. We’re holding out a little bit – we’re scared of signing our rights away because we’ve been doing it on our own for so long. But I think we probably will do eventually”.
