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A Guide To PPL
For anyone involved in the music industry, understanding and taking advantage of PPL’s offerings is not just recommended, but essential. It’s a step towards ensuring that your hard work, talent, and creativity are rightfully rewarded. PPL, which stands for Phonographic Performance Limited, is a UK-based music licensing company that collects and distributes royalties for…
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A Guide To YouTube for Artists
Introducing YouTube Music YouTube Music is more than just a platform for your songs. It provides the tools you need to engage with fans, grow your audience, and develop your online presence. Ever noticed that musical note next to an artist’s name? It shows that an artist is using YouTube For Artists + all the…
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BUSINESS UNUSUAL: EP01 WHOLE LOTTA ROADIES
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented significant and wide-scale challenges for Scotland’s music industry. ‘Business Unusual’ is a new mini-series which shines a light on inspiring music activity which has took place throughout the pandemic. In Episode 1, we speak to ‘Whole Lotta Roadies’; a project launched in 2020 which saw the creation of a brand-new…
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SMIA Workshops: Culture Organisations and Venues Funding Application Advice
With the recent announcement of the Creative Scotland ‘Culture Organisations & Venues Recovery Fund’ the SMIA presents a workshop with Jennifer McGlone which provides an overview of the fund and some advice for those thinking of applying.
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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: 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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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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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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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…
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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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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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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:
Category: Resources
Learning resources for music business practitioners from the Scottish Music Innovation Agency