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SMIA Workshops: Creative Scotland Culture Organisations & Venues Recovery Funding Application Advice
With the recent announcement of the Creative Scotland ‘Cultural Organisations & Venues Fund’ the SMIA presents a workshop with Jennifer McGlone on Thursday 17th September at 1pm which will provide an overview and advice for those thinking of applying.
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Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund launches
Creative Scotland today publishes details of the Scottish Government’s Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund, which forms part of the £31.5m emergency funding for culture announced by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on 28 August.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Jonathan Rimmer
Tell us a bit about you and what you do…For my day job, I currently work in BBC politics. But I also blog about music in my spare time. I recently set up Hip Hop Scotland, a new long-form blog and have started recruiting new writers for a proper relaunch. 2. How long have you…
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New support for Scottish grassroots music venues announced
New support has been made available for grassroots music venues across Scotland through the Scottish Government’s Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Jessica Harrison
1. Tell us a bit about you and what you do… Hello! Jess here – I’m a festival freelancer who brings the concept of customer service back of house – think ‘creative problem solving with a smile’. Whether I’m running site office comms and a vendor needs power, or artist liaison and the artist needs…
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I Work In Music: Julia Rodríguez
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) presents ‘I Work In Music’ – a new series consisting of educational and entertaining interviews with professionals from across the full spectrum of the music industry in Scotland. In the sixth episode we meet Julia Rodríguez – Artist Relations Supervisor at digital music distribution service EmuBands based in Glasgow.…
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SMIA Workshops: Maintaining a Healthy Work/Life Balance During the Coronavirus Crisis
Maintaining a work/life balance might have been more manageable before we were affected by Covid-19. Many people would have a commute to an office, a freelance space, a studio or indeed if you typically worked from home you would still have the opportunity to have more variation in your life. Since lockdown, many people are working from…
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SMIA Workshops: Understanding and Utilising Data 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 this FREE Understanding and Utilising Data for Music Projects workshop taking place online via Zoom on Thursday 16th July from 2pm – 4pm. About the Workshop Learn the basics of digital marketing and…
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Matt Brennan
Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I mainly do three things. First, I’m a music academic at the University of Glasgow, where I convene the postgraduate MSc Music Industries degree. Second, I write books about music, including Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit (Oxford University Press, 2020), and When Genres Collide (named as…
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I Work In Music: Vic Galloway
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) presents ‘I Work In Music’ – a new series consisting of educational and entertaining interviews with professionals from across the full spectrum of the music industry in Scotland. In the fifth episode we meet Vic Galloway of BBC Radio Scotland. Filmed and edited by Danger Kill Productions
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UK Music: Workforce Diversity Survey 2020
UK Music, the voice of the UK’s commercial music industry has launched its Music Industry Workforce Diversity Survey to help bring about “major change at pace”. The survey tracks progress to boost diversity and inclusion in the UK’s music industry that contributes £5.2 billion a year to the UK economy and sustains 190,000 jobs. UK…
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The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award returns for 2020
The Scottish Album of the Year Award launches today for 2020, calling on music fans, artists and labels to submit eligible albums to be in the running for Scotland’s pre-eminent music prize. Submit eligible albums now at www.sayaward.com Returning for its ninth year, The SAY Award’s roots are deep within the diverse Scottish music scene…
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Black Lives Matter: Take Action
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) aims to be as representative of as much of the workforce as possible and diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility is essential to what we do and what our organisation exists for. On Monday 1st June 2020 we posted a statement standing in solidarity with black communities across the world…
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Stand with Bandcamp to Support Racial Justice, Equality, and Change
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began it has greatly impacted artists and labels across the world. The Bandcamp platform have been supporting them directly by waiving their revenue shares on a monthly basis since March 2020 and will continue doing so until July 2020, making sure every penny goes directly to them on the first Friday…
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I Work In Music: Stina Tweeddale
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) presents ‘I Work In Music’ – a new series consisting of educational and entertaining interviews with professionals from across the full spectrum of the music industry in Scotland. In the fourth episode we meet Stina Tweeddale of Honeyblood, who discusses her journey in music. Filmed and edited by Danger Kill…
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SMIA Workshops: Current Funding Opportunities for Music Professionals
There are always a number of great opportunities for funding your ideas and projects, and at the moment due to the pandemic, there’s even more funds available than normal. Join us to find out more about not only what opportunities exist for you but also tips on how to write the most effective application. It…
