A commitment to reduce rates for small venues and mixed arts festivals PRS for Music has announced the start of a formal customer consultation on its royalty rates for popular music events in the UK. The rate – currently set at 3% of ticket receipts – was last reviewed in 1988. This is one of the lowest [...]
This year’s goNORTH will take place in Inverness on the 11th and 12th of June. SMIA will be holding a members only event at 11.30am on Friday11th. Venue details TBC.
On Thursday 8th of April Born to Be Wide presented Wide Days, an informative music industry networking event.
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 next event will take place at the University of Abertay, Dundee [...]
UK Music are conducting research on loan applications within the music industry. They have asked us to encourage our membership to contact them with your personal experience of trying to secure a loan for your business.Please see letter below from UK Music CEO Feargal Sharkey.
UK Music has today launched an online industry-wide skills audit in a bid to identify potential skills gaps across the commercial music sector. SMIA have been asked to encourage our members to post the survey details and/or a link up onto your websites or blogs urging your members or clients to take 10 minutes to fill in the survey; the survey will run until end of June.
You can now follow the Scottish Music Industry Association on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace!
UK Music has launched an online industry-wide skills audit in a bid to evaluate and anticipate potential skills gaps across the commercial music sector.
Accessible via the UK Music and Music Week websites, the audit will run until the end of June and will help meet some of the recommendations on skills and training made in the recently published Liberating Creativity.
John Peel’s son Tom Ravenscroft is to follow in his father’s footsteps after landing his own BBC radio show.
The 30-year-old presenter, who like his father is a champion of new artists, will host a weekly show for the digital station 6 Music – alongside figures such as Lauren Laverne and Elbow’s Guy Garvey.
The BBC plans to axe 6 Music and Asian Network. Follow the link to sign a petition against this decision.