In this video, taken from the Q&A section of the talk, Keith Harris answers questions on the royalty splits between featured artists and session musicians, how PPL works with the BBC, online streaming rights, podcasting, Spotify and new business models.
To help promoters of music, arts and entertainment events engage with audiences, raise awareness and sell more tickets, SMIA members Inner Ear has been asked, by Edinburgh Fesitval Fringe, to devise and deliver a Digital Audience Development Seminar.
Hands Up for Trad are running a day seminar entitled ‘Promoting Your Organisation on the Web” as part of Stirling Tolbooth’s The Blend festival on Thursday 25 March about how to use tools like podcasts and web videos in social networks as part of a social media marketing campaign to promote your events effectively online.
Amb:IT:ion Scotland is a Scottish Arts Council funded initiative to improve skills and knowledge of social media to help creative industries in business development. To promote the organisation, and encourage participation, Amb:IT:ion Scotland is running a series of roadshow workshops around the country.
The SMIA welcomes new visitors to this website, including those who heard Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite (an SMIA board member) and Radio Scotland and Radio 1′s Vic Galloway talking to Janice Forsyth on BBC Radio Scotland’s Radio Café about the launch of the Scottish Music Industry Association.
On the show, Stuart proposed his idea for a new annual award to celebrate Scottish Album of the Year.
The Scottish Music Industry Association was publicly launched at Scotland on Tour during Celtic Connections on Thursday 28 January 2010. The SMIA is now gladly accepting membership registration. To find out more and become a member, please go to the Join page. We look forward to working with you.