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Music Venues Remain Closed As Scotland Continues Through Phase Three Of Lifting Lockdown Restrictions
The Scottish Government has announced today that entertainment venues including theatres and music venues could open on 14 September.
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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. Filmmaker Gareth Goodlad (Danger Kill Productions) will share with you all the ways in which you can still be making…
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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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Passport: Back To Our Roots campaign launched to support grassroots venues
A new campaign has been launched to encourage established artists to support grassroots music venues. A new campaign has been launched to encourage established artists to support grassroots music venues.
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Live events sector in Scotland to receive Ā£10 million funding boost as venues remain closed
The Scottish Government has announced a Ā£10 million investment to support the live events sector as a restart date remains unknown.
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AudioUK releases COVID-19 music production guidelines
Trade body AudioUK has released a new set of publicly-available guidelines for producers to safely work on productions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Government Too Slow To Help At-Risk Arts, Say UK MPs
A committee of MPs has said the government has been too slow to respond to the impact of coronavirus on live music and theatre.
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Scottish Government updates guidance for the live events industry
The Scottish Government has given the go ahead for live events to be held as drive-in entertainment from today, Wednesday 22 July.
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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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Scottish Government Announces Ā£2.2 Million Fund To Support Grassroots Music Venues
The Scottish Governmentās Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced a Ā£2.2 million fund to support grassroots music venues.
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UK Government Confirms VAT Cut Applies To Music Industry Concerts and Events
The government has clarified today that music concerts and shows will benefit from the VAT cut which forms part of a Ā£30bn plan to prevent mass unemployment as the economy is hit by coronavirus.
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Chancellor announces Ā£2bn ākickstart schemeā to create more jobs for young people
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a Ā£2bn ākickstart schemeā to create more jobs for young people.
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Chancellor cuts VAT in emergency plan to save jobs
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to cut VAT on hospitality as part of a Ā£30bn plan to prevent mass unemployment as the economy is hit by coronavirus.
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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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SMIA Activity Update, July 2020
This is an extremely challenging time for all of us. Since the coronavirus crisis escalated in March 2020, the Scottish Music Industry Association has been working at (and above) its full capacity to do its best to achieve its core mission objectives of representing and developing music businesses, and the people behind them, in Scotland.…