Download help

All our music is in digital (PDF) format. When you buy a digital download, you'll receive an email (within a few seconds) with a link to download your music.

What if I lose my music?
When you make a purchase, you'll receive a download link that'll be valid for 12 months. If you need to download your music after 1 year, just get in touch and we'll send a fresh download link. We'd recommend you make a back-up of your music to a memory stick.

Can I make a back-up of my music?
Yes you can, and we would encourage you to make a back-up of any music you buy, either to cd-rom or memory stick.

Are my payment details secure?
I provide two payment options: PayPal, and credit/debit card payments through Stripe. For details of the payment security they offer, please read the following:
PayPal buyer protection and security
Stripe payment security

Your music seems awfully reasonable. (The Book for All Occasions is only £25 for 50 pieces). Am I still getting a quality product?
I invest a lot of time researching my arrangements, finding original scores, writing the arrangements, typesetting them to a high standard, and designing eye-catching artwork. However, I have a big enough customer base (many of them who have bought pretty much everything I've written over the last decade or so!), to ensure that I can earn a living selling my music at a price that is very affordable to my customers. As a one-man-band, I don't have the overheads of many of the larger brass publishing companies, so can afford to keep my prices low.

Do I need any special software to view and print my music?
All of my music is presented as PDF files contained within Zip folders. You just need a (free) copy of Adobe Reader (or Preview on a Mac) to view and print your music.

When downloading your music, you'll find it is compressed into a .Zip folder. Newer versions of Windows and Mac OSX will automatically un-zip this for you once the download is complete. Otherwise, you may have to download an expander programme (such as WinZip, Win Rar or StuffIt Expander) to access the PDFs.

Can I open my downloaded music on an iPad?
Yes... but you'll need to download it to a desktop or laptop computer first. iPads can't handle .zip folders, but once you've decompressed your music, you can transfer it to you iPad. The easiest way is to email the PDFs to yourself.

NB. the brass band arrangements are not compressed into .zip folders, meaning you can open them directly from the download link onto your iPad.

We use a different combination of instruments. Can the arrangements be adapted to suit our group?
If the instruments you use aren't covered in the plethora of transposed parts I provide, then I can usually tweak the arrangements, for a fee. Generally, I prefer to send you the Sibelius files, so you can tweak them yourself!

Can you provide Sibelius files of the music I've bought?
Generally speaking, yes. Please email me on [email protected] for more info.

Privacy Statement

Big Shiny Brass values and respects your right to privacy. We understand that when you choose to provide us with data and information, you expect and trust us to be responsible with that data.

This Privacy Policy gives you detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it and how we keep it secure. It sets out your rights to request that we delete, update, transfer or provide you with access to your personal information.

Who are we?
BigShinyBrass.com is a trading name of Matthew Kingston Music Limited (the “Data Controller”), a company registered in England & Wales No. 10684584, whose Registered Office is at: 67B East Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3LB

What information do we collect?
When you visit our website your confidentiality and anonymity is assured. We use cookies to enhance site functionality but never to record information about your visit.
If you opt in to receive communications you will be asked to provide an email address information about products, promotions and offers.

How do we use your information?
If you have opted in to receive communications we will use your email address to provide you with details of products, offers and promotions which may be of interest. Any such communication will carry a simple to use 'unsubscribe' device, allowing you to remove yourself from further correspondence. We will only use your personal information for the purpose for which it was collected.

Sharing your information

We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third parties. We use third party platforms to manage and deliver customer relationship management (CRM); email marketing campaigns; online advertising, customer analytics, events, couriers etc. In providing the services your personal information will, where applicable, be made available to the service provider solely to the specified purpose and in accordance with our instructions and in accordance with the law.

We check any third party that we use to ensure that they can provide sufficient guarantees regarding the confidentiality and security of your personal information and their compliance with our data security policy.

When you make a purchase through MattKingston.com or BigShinyBrass.com, your details are processed by our online shopping cart provider, Digital Product Delivery. DPD will collect the following information regarding your transaction:

• Your name and email address
• Your IP address

These details will also be processed by MailChimp, our mailing list provider.

None of these details will be shared with any other third party.
We do not store any sensitive information regarding your PayPal or debit/credit card payment; these are handled securely by PayPal and by Stripe. Please see the following links about payment security:
PayPal buyer protection and security
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Data security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way. Access to your personal data is limited to those employees and third parties who have a business need to know and are subject to a duty of confidentiality and data protection laws.

How long will we hold your personal data for?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose it was collected for. Where you have consented to us using your details for direct marketing we will keep such data until you notify us otherwise and/or withdraw your consent by unsubscribing.

How can I unsubscribe?
You can click onto the "unsubscribe" link in any communication that we send to you by email which will automatically unsubscribe you from that type of communication. Please also note that you may continue to receive communications which are already on route to you for a short period of time while your relevant unsubscribe request is being processed.

Your rights
You have the right to access any personal information that Matthew Kingston Music Limited holds and processes about you. You have the right to:

• Request details of the personal data that we may hold about you
• Request correction of the personal data we hold about you
• Request erasure or “right to be forgotten”
• Limit the use that is made of your personal information
• Object to processing or withdraw consent

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above please contact us at:[email protected] or write to The Studio, Purcombe Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Bridport, DT6 6RL, UK

Updates to our Data Protection and Privacy Policy
From time to time this policy may be updated and we will keep you updated if and when this policy changes.

Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you use these links to leave our website please note that we are not responsible for the content of other sites and they are not governed by our Data Protection and Privacy Policy. You must make your own judgment as to the suitable nature of other websites and their own Privacy Policies.

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You can manage, view and delete the cookies on your computer by using your web browser, or one of the many clean-up utilities available.

Which cookies are used on this website?
We use Google Analytics and Facebook cookies on the BigShinyBrass website. They are anonymous cookies that help us keep track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred, and help us track our visitors' journey to our site, e.g. where the visitor came from, the search engine used, the link clicked, the keyword used, and the geographical location from which the website was accessed.
All this information allows us to ensure visitors find the information they are looking for when they visit the site, and make it easy to navigate. The information may also be used to target users with relevant online advertising and communications, both through Facebook and Google.

How you can manage cookies stored on your computer?
Most web browsers give you control of the use of cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, and how to manage and delete them, visit allaboutcookies.org.

We hope you'll like our music. But we also realise that, sometimes, you won't! It may be too difficult, too easy, or maybe just not what you were expecting.

If you're not entirely happy with the music you've bought - for any reason - get in touch with us. We'll swap it for any other set of music you'd like from the choices on our website (of the same value or less), or failing that, you'll be entitled to a full refund.

If you're not satisfied with your purchase, or feel it isn't as described on the website, please get in touch within 31 days of the transaction date.v

email: [email protected]

07719 797893

How many copies of my music can I print?
When you have purchased any of our music (or downloaded any of our free titles), you are entitled to print as many copies as you need for performance or rehearsal by your band or ensemble. Should any parts go missing, or if you need to print parts for new members then please go ahead!

What do I do if I want to perform or record a piece by Big Shiny Brass?
There's no need to get in touch; simply register the performance with PRS for Music (in the UK), or with your own country's royalty collecting agency (ASCAP, BMI etc.)

Can I upload a recording to YouTube?
Yes! Please do... and we'd love it if you could send us a link!

Can we include a Big Shiny Brass arrangement on our cd recording?
Yes, you just need to register the recording with PRS for Music or your local equivalent.

Big Shiny Brass was founded in 2009 by brass arranger Matt Kingston, as an online outlet for his growing output of arrangements.

We started off by focusing on Brass Band music, but were soon inundated by requests for Junior Brass music. Within a couple of years, we’d grown into one of the UK’s most popular resources for junior brass groups.

We’re constantly adding to our vibrant catalogue of music, which now caters for complete beginners (pieces using only three or four notes) through to more advanced junior players.

All our music is available as PDF downloads, giving you a dependable and varied repertoire at an affordable price! Our multiple transpositions also give you a huge amount of flexibility within the ensemble.

As well as junior band music, we also provide music for small (grown-up!) brass ensembles - mostly quintets and quartets.

In his early twenties, Matt worked as an assistant to the composer Jaz Coleman, gaining valuable experience of both the popular and classical music worlds, and working with artists including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Matt's career as a brass arranger has seen him produce over 500 published arrangements, mainly for small brass ensembles and beginners. His music has been performed on six continents, in venues ranging from cathedrals to rugby stadiums, as well as appearing on numerous cd recordings, TV and radio broadcasts.

Matt's Music Marvels series of brass and woodwind beginner tutor books, co-written with brass teacher Steve Legge, are published by Warwick Music.