About

Hi I’m Emily, welcome to ConnectsMusic!

Growing up in a family of music creators, working and connecting with our incredible music community has always been everything to me, and is the main drive behind my creation of ConnectsMusic.

ConnectsMusic is an online community where artists share work and ideas. It’s a free, digital-focussed platform and directory for connection and collaboration in the world of music. Made up of artists, venues, organisations, we’re incredibly proud to already be joined by a multitude of like-minded people. We seek to support, show and share the talent that is out there, especially in this current time when our music world is being so greatly affected – community has never been more important to us all.

Do make sure to create your Connects Page and let us know what you’re up to with your music, and how we can further support your work. Welcome to the community! We’re extremely excited to have you join us. Do feel free to get in touch with me and the team.

Many thanks,

Emily and the team at ConnectsMusic

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

“The Jazz world thrives on collaborative spirits. JazzConnects provides an accessible, free portal for artists and associates to build on the heart of unity that Jazz represents. It is a music industry networking source supporting the UK based scene with a platform for the world to experience a Jazz array – at the click of their fingertips.”

Carleen Anderson
Award winning vocalist, recording artist, composer, lyricist, producer
Winner of Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award

“In this sea of internet information overload, it’s great to be a part of, and have access to, a new and growing portal like JazzConnects, where you can engage with all the different aspects of your art, within a more community spirited feel and fashion.”

Cleveland Watkiss MBE
Award winning international vocalist, professor (Trinity Laban), Warriors International

“JazzConnects is a communal service which helps us all in the Jazz community, whether we are an artist or a manager or a promoter. It’s the perfect antidote to the unwanted divisions in our society by virtue of its sharing nature and positivity.”

Mary James
Artist management

“Just as the primary genre it supports, from very important initial connections and in a relatively short space of time it has developed into a great forum facilitating fantastic creativity (in the U.K. and further afield) and it continues to expand and evolve. This should be encouraged as it benefits all involved with every aspect of the music.”

Jason Yarde
Composer, arranger, producer, musical director & saxophonist

“JazzConnects is one of the most comprehensive places on the net for Jazz Promo. The Ivors Academy was represented at leading jazz trade fair, Jazz Ahead, held annually in Bremen, having been invited to join the ground-breaking UK organisation JazzConnects, setup by Emily Saunders. A huge thank you to Emily for making it happen and including so many Academy members, commissioners & potential members.”

Orphy Robinson MBE
Award winning multi-instrumentalist and composer