In 1976, a year before Plankton Records was formed, Simon Law set up Sea Dream Music with some friends, one of who, (the now Revd) Ian Petrie - aka Eric Lives - still remains a partner of Sea Dream Music only to this day, in order to publish and act as an agent for the songs and Simon’s band Sea Stone. The firm also began publishing songs for other songwriters and to act as Sub-Publisher for other small like-minded publishing firms such as ernvik music in Sweden (a place where they don’t like capital letters!). Working alongside Plankton Records, under the umbrella company title of SANDCASTLE PRODUCTIONS, Sea Dream Music continued to expand and since Keith Dixon joined as a partner in 1991, it now also administers the song catalogue of Ben Okafor’s Crimson Flame.

In 1977 Sea Dream Music added book publishing to its repertoire as a natural extension of its operation. The material has a Christian bias and aims to communicate honest experiences through prose, poetry and drama. 1982 saw the publication of the first edition of Keep Music Legal written by Simon Law and Eric Lives. Now in its fourth edition this book has become our biggest selling title as well as being recognised by the music industry as a valuable reference book for both performers and writers. The book has been on the recommended lists of organisations such as PRS, the Musician’s Union and CCL.