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SMIA Workshops: Understanding and Utilising Data for Music Projects
Learn the basics of digital marketing and how to utilise Instagram, Facebookand Youtube advertising on a variety of budgets to reach potential listeners directly and how to effectively manage fan data to build an engaged following. Stephen is the owner of Jumping the Shark MGMT & PR, a music management and digital marketing agency based…
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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: Creating Engaging Video Content for Music Projects From Home
Besides music, video content is one of the best ways to engage, inform, and entertain an audience, but due to Covid-19 we have found ourselves unable to make the kinds of content we used to. Taking place on Monday 20th July 2-4pm, this workshop filmmaker Gareth Goodlad (Danger Kill Productions) will be sharing with you…
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Scottish Commercial Music Industry Taskforce Established
Taskforce submits letter to Scottish Government, calling for vital support for the sector.
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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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Survey: The Impact of Coronavirus on Scotland’s Music Industry
Following three months of lockdown, as some restrictions are revised, the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) is launching an updated version of our previous Coronavirus survey, gathering new information from as many music businesses and music practitioners working in Scotland as possible in relation to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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#LetTheMusicPlay
We stand alongside our peers in the music industry, artists, practitioners and music fans, to call on the UK Government to act urgently and offer vital support to the live music sector which is facing a catastrophic level of damage from Covid-19. #LetTheMusicPlay
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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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Music Venue Trust: An Open Letter to the UK Government
The Music Venue Trust has published an Open Letter to the UK Government highlighting the importance of Grassroots Music Venues and their urgent need for support. We also urge you to contact your local MSP to encourage them to #DoTheRightThing.
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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…
