Month: January 2019

  • SMIA Workshops: Partnerships and Working With Brands

    SMIA Workshops: Partnerships and Working With Brands

    This workshop, delivered by Richy Muirhead, explores how you form partnerships in the music business, how you develop these relationships and best practices to evaluate and find out what works. The workshop is suitable for anyone looking to collaborate with brands and grow their business, whether you’re just starting out and formulating ideas for a…

  • Edinburgh to Host the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award in September 2019

    Edinburgh to Host the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award in September 2019

    The most prestigious night in Scotland’s music calendar is heading to Edinburgh, after it was confirmed that the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award will make its debut in the capital city in September 2019. Now in its eighth year, The SAY Award is Scotland’s national music prize and celebrates, promotes and rewards the…

  • Music, Film and Delegate Registration Open for XpoNorth 2019

    Music, Film and Delegate Registration Open for XpoNorth 2019

    XpoNorth are pleased to announce that Free Delegate Registration, Music and Film submissions are now open for 2019. Taking place in Inverness across the 3rd and 4th of July, musicians and filmmakers are now invited to apply to showcase at Scotland’s leading creative industries conference and showcase festival. Free delegate registration is also now live…

  • SMIA Members Spotlight: Halina Rifai (Lost Art Agency)

    SMIA Members Spotlight: Halina Rifai (Lost Art Agency)

    We are very excited to be presenting a new monthly Members Spotlight where we will be getting to know some of the faces behind Scotland’s music industry. First up we spoke with Glasgow-based Halina Rifai of Lost Art Agency and Podcart who gave us an insight into her industry background: Tell us a bit about…

  • SMIA Workshops: Running Your Music Business More Efficiently

    SMIA Workshops: Running Your Music Business More Efficiently

    As part of the SMIA’s innovation-led development programme, designed to help nurture business talent and build infrastructure in Scotland’s music industry, the SMIA hosted a workshop on Running Your Music Business More Efficiently delivered by Jill Connell at the Summerhall in Edinburgh. This workshop explores the following topics: – Getting to grips with working for…

  • SMIA Workshops: Music PR on a Budget

    SMIA Workshops: Music PR on a Budget

    As part of the SMIA’s innovation-led development programme, designed to help nurture business talent and build infrastructure in Scotland’s music industry, we will be hosting the Music PR on a Budget workshop at The Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) in Edinburgh, taking place on Monday 19th February from 11am – 2pm. About the Workshop This workshop will…

  • SMIA Workshops: Music Industry Contract Essentials, Copyright and Monetising Intellectual Property

    SMIA Workshops: Music Industry Contract Essentials, Copyright and Monetising Intellectual Property

    As part of the SMIA’s innovation-led development programme, designed to help nurture business talent and build infrastructure in Scotland’s music industry, we will be hosting the Music Industry Contract Essentials, Copyright and Monetising Intellectual Property workshop at The Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) in Edinburgh, taking place on Monday 19th February from 3pm – 6pm. About the…

  • XpoNorth on the Road Brings Creative Connections and Powerful Professionals to Inverness

    XpoNorth on the Road Brings Creative Connections and Powerful Professionals to Inverness

    XpoNorth on the Road is part of the year-round programme of support for creative businesses in the Highlands and Islands. XpoNorth offers an exceptional experience for attendees, regardless of what stage you’re at in your creative journey. The next XpoNorth on the Road event will take place at Ironworks Venue in Inverness on Wednesday 13th…

  • SMIA Workshops: Funding Your Music Business

    SMIA Workshops: Funding Your Music Business

    As part of the SMIA’s innovation-led development programme, designed to help nurture business talent and build infrastructure in Scotland’s music industry, we will be hosting our first free entry workshop of the year on Creating Engaging Online Content for Music Projects at citizenM (Screening Room) in Glasgow, taking place on Monday 28th January from 2pm – 5pm. About the…

  • SMIA Workshops: Creating Engaging Online Content for Music Projects

    SMIA Workshops: Creating Engaging Online Content for Music Projects

    As part of the SMIA’s innovation-led development programme, designed to help nurture business talent and build infrastructure in Scotland’s music industry, we will be hosting our first free entry workshop of the year on Creating Engaging Online Content for Music Projects at citizenM (Screening Room) in Glasgow, taking place on Monday 28th January from 10am – 1pm. About the…