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SMIA Workshops: Maintaining a Healthy Work/Life Balance During the Coronavirus Crisis
Since lockdown, many people are working from home and are struggling to strike a healthy work/life balance because the lines are more blurred. This workshop will deliver tips to help create or maintain more balance.
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BBC Scotland – Coronavirus: Scotland’s Response
The SMIA’s General Manager Robert Kilpatrick spoke with BBC Scotland at The Glad Cafe regarding the impact the pandemic is having on the music industry alongside Glasgow Barrowlands, Karine Polwart and Castlesound Studios.
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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 what opportunities exist for you.
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I Work In Music: Tomlin Leckie
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 third episode we meet Tomlin Leckie, an Edinburgh-based blues harmonica player/teacher and owner of the Tomlin Harmonica School. Filmed and edited…
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SMIA Workshops: Lockdown Live Streaming for Music Projects
Join this online SMIA workshop from two of the team at music, arts and culture live streaming specialists Inner Ear. Dougal Perman (Director of Inner Ear and also SMIA’s Executive Chair) and Katie McGeary (Multidisciplinary Content Producer and Communications Consultant) take us through a practical guide to live streaming music projects during this period of…
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SMIA Workshops: Lockdown Live Streaming for Music Projects
Join this online SMIA workshop from two of the team at music, arts and culture live streaming specialists Inner Ear. Dougal Perman (Director of Inner Ear and also SMIA’s Executive Chair) and Katie McGeary (Multidisciplinary Content Producer and Communications Consultant) take us through a practical guide to live streaming music projects during this period of…
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Rosie Bans (Artist and SWIM Team Leader)
Tell us a bit about you and what you do… Hello! I am a songwriter, vocalist, music tutor and keys player based in Glasgow. I also work closely with Scottish Women Inventing Music (SWIM), a charity set up to address the gender imbalance in the industry. 2. How long have you been working in the…
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I Work In Music: Rosie Shannon
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 second episode we meet Rosie Shannon, Production and Distribution Manager of Soma Records who gives us an insight into…
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SMIA Workshops: Building A Career In Scotland’s Music Industry
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 entry ‘Building A Career In Scotland’s Music Industry‘ workshop in partnership with XpoNorth at The Ironworks in Inverness, taking place on Monday 30th March 11am – 1pm. About the Workshop The Scottish…
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SMIA Creative Conversations: Emma Pollock
SMIA Creative Conversations are a series of inspirational events hosted by the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA). The events take the form of a chat show style interview, with a different music industry practitioner being interviewed at each event. The purpose of SMIA Creative Conversations is to allow insights, experience and best practice to be…
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I Work In Music: Mobo la Ji
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 first episode we meet Mobo la Ji of Forij. Forij is a progressive collective of visual artists, musicians, DJ’s…
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‘I Work In Music’ trailer
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) presents ‘I Work In Music’ – a new series for our members consisting of educational and entertaining interviews with professionals from across the full spectrum of the music industry in Scotland. Launching on 19/02/2020. Filmed and edited by OnRed Productions Watch the trailer below:
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SMIA Workshops: Music Industry Contract Essentials, Copyright and Monetising Intellectual Property
This workshop was delivered by Jonathan Tait – an Entertainment Law Solicitor with a music industry background. Jonathan has many years of music industry experience including A&R, artist management, tour management and much more. He shares his broad and expansive understanding of the workings of the music industry and enables you to understand how to protect…
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SMIA Workshops: Touring in Rural Scotland
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 entry ‘Touring in Rural Scotland’ workshop at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh, taking place on Tuesday 25th February 11am – 1pm. About the Workshop Are you band,…
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Independent Venue Week 2020: Scottish Shows
ABERDEEN Krakatoa Friday 31st January – Atlas Empire + Gulls + New Kings TICKETS OTDSaturday 1st February – Derange + Fragments + Virtues TICKETS OTD EDINBURGH Leith Depot Monday 27th January – 3 Mushrooms + The Angry Beaver Conspiracy + Acolyte TICKET LINK TBCTuesday 28th January – The Party Slogan + The Heartbreak Diet +…
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SMIA Workshops: An Introduction to Events Management
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 entry ‘Introduction to Events Management’ as part of this year’s Question Session at The Lighthouse in Glasgow, taking place on Saturday 8th February 3pm – 5pm. About the…
