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NEIL GARTON
Early Life Neil Garton was born on the 14th day of February in 1979 at Nottingham City Hospital, and was raised in Newark, Nottingham. His profession includes being an Executive Producer, Radio & TV Plugger, and owner of fast growing independent record company Negart Music. He is also the founder of The School Reunion project which is all about building schools across Africa, whilst using music as the vehicle.

Career Garton’s career in the entertainment industry began in 2001. He joined a band called Full Impact, managed by Matt Stevenson (now Stevenson-Dodd), who is the Chief Executive Officer at Street League. Through Matt’s guidance, the band worked with Lee Horsley and Mute Records (subsidiary of EMI Records). 2 original tracks featured on a music compilation album called ‘Sonictown’ which went on sale in high street shops.

In 2012, Negart Records was formed as a limited company but was voluntarily dissolved on the 30th January 2018, and then just 9 days later, and on the 8th February 2018, Negart Music became a limited company with shares. But the director has no intention of selling shares at this time.

In 2013, Garton signed a contract with Dance DJ & Producer Paul Hardcastle to help promote an album for Joseph Whelan who appeared on the X Factor that same year. The album ‘Kontrast’ peaked at number 27 on the UK album charts for 1 week.

In 2014, Garton organised a music talent competition, where 50 unsigned singers took part. The competition was called Sonic Star Talent. Jake Shakeshaft won the contest. Within 1 year of winning he secured a top management deal, which led to Jake getting signed to Sony Music UK.

In 2015, Garton created ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ album project, which gained a lot of support from the BBC. The album also had some regional TV, and the story was published in lots of magazines including 2 national (Take a Break, and Soldier Magazine)

Over these past couple of years, Neil has been building up his network, and he has found a top mentor in Bob Proctor (joint owner of Proctor Gallagher institute).

Garton is now focusing all of his energies into building up his record company, and to provide a free-service platform for emerging talented musicians, and to do everything possible to turn his vision into reality.

Negart Music will not be the pinnacle of Garton's professional career. Although the company is destined to make millions in revenue over the coming years, there are other projects that Neil is venturing in to. More on this coming soon!

Philanthropy Since 2013 Neil has donated money to a lot of charity organizations including; Cancer Research UK, the Brain Tumour Charity, Fibromyalgia Awareness, M.S Society, Beaumond House Hospice, and a number of other charities.

In 2018 The School Reunion project is aimed at making as much money and raising awareness, so that he can build Schools across Africa, Asia, and Central America every year. The project is also about providing clean water and access to safe bathrooms for as many kids as possible. The first of many albums will be on sale for anyone in the world to download and stream or to purchase a copy on Compact Disc on the 14th of December 2018. But before a single unit of the album has been sold, there will be a UK tour. And funds raised through crowd-funding will also prove to make a huge difference.