Category: Events

All SMIA and associated partner events

  • Conversations and Coping Strategies: dealing with self-doubt from Help Musicians

    Conversations and Coping Strategies: dealing with self-doubt from Help Musicians

    EVENT OVERVIEW: If you’re a performer, composer, sound engineer, or hold any other career in the music industry, join Help Musicians and qualified Mental Health Nurse Andy Uzzell to build a toolbox of coping strategies across these six sessions, each tackling a different issue you may find yourself grappling with.   GET TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversations-and-coping-strategies-dealing-with-self-doubt-registration-159097201011

  • Free Online Guitar and Songwriting Workshop from Academy of Music and Sound

    Join the AMS Edinburgh team for an open day with something extra. Enjoy two workshops with tutors Michael Mackay and Marina Rolink, followed by a presentation about studying at AMS and a Q&A session for you to ask anything and everything about their courses. GET TICKETS

  • Innovation and Good Practice webinar with the Event Industry Advisory Group

    Innovation and Good Practice webinar with the Event Industry Advisory Group

    Over the past few weeks, the Scottish Government has published updated operating guidance for the events sector during the Coronavirus pandemic. The webinar on Tuesday 8 June at 3pm is organised in partnership with the Event Industry Advisory Group and will provide event organisers and the wider sector with an opportunity to hear from key…

  • Building Mental Resilience in the Music Industry from Help Musicians

    Building Mental Resilience in the Music Industry from Help Musicians

    EVENT OVERVIEW: Wellness professional Jack Williamson will introduce you to nine different ways to stay mentally resilient during testing times, providing you with tools and techniques you can implement day-to-day to help you build your own resilience. The session will take place remotely via Zoom on Thursday 24 June from 10.15am. TICKET COST: FREE GET…

  • Nigeria Music Mission Webinar from BPI

    Nigeria Music Mission Webinar from BPI

    The British Music Industry and Department for International Trade (DIT) have been running Trade Missions to various music markets for the past 20 years. During the global pandemic where no travel has been permitted these have taken the form of webinars with the latest of these now giving an insight into Nigeria. Speakers include: Chim…

  • Turn Up The Volume: Music in the Climate Crisis

    Turn Up The Volume: Music in the Climate Crisis

    WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2021 |  19:00 OVERVIEW: HOW CAN RECORD LABELS, RECORD STORES, AND ARTISTS RESPOND TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS? PRESENTING A PANEL MADE UP OF RECORD LABELS, RECORD STORES, AND ARTISTS DISCUSSING IF IT’S THEIR PLACE TO RESPOND TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND IF SO, HOW? TAKING IN MICRO AND MACRO ACTIONS AROUND THE…

  • Guided Meditation with the MU

    Guided Meditation with the MU

    FRIDAY 16 APRIL 20201| 3PM – 3.40PM OVERVIEW: THE MU ARE HOLDING A GUIDED MEDITATION SESSION FOR BOTH MEMBERS AND NO  MEMBERS.THESE GUIDED MEDITATION SESSIONS ARE BASED ON ASCENSION MEDITATION TECHNIQUES. AN EXTREMELY EFFICIENT AND POWERFUL MEDITATION PRACTICE, IT IS NON-RELIGIOUS, WITH NO BELIEF SYSTEM REQUIRED. IT’S SIMPLE AND EASY AND THIS TALK WILL EXPLAIN HOW…

  • Women Connect x PRS for Music: How To Release Your Music

    Women Connect x PRS for Music: How To Release Your Music

    THURSDAY 14 APRIL 2021 | 6PM – 7PM EVENT OVERVIEW: EVERY WEDNESDAY IN APRIL PRS FOR MUSIC AND WOMEN CONNECT WILL BE HOSTING A BACK TO BASICS SERIES WHICH WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL THE TOOLS NEEDED TO NAVIGATE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY,  JOINED BY PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE INDUSTRY WHO WILL SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND GIVE KEY ADVICE ON HOW…

  • Get involved: SelectorPro 2021 digital conference

    Get involved: SelectorPro 2021 digital conference

    Selector PRO is a free music conference taking place across 24 – 25 February 2021 that connects independent music sector professionals from around the world with their counterparts in the UK who are able to deliver training, share their stories and discuss the biggest topics affecting the contemporary music industry.

  • Music Plus presents free Sound Base Top-Line workshop for young people in Scotland

    Music Plus presents free Sound Base Top-Line workshop for young people in Scotland

    Young people interested in music are invited to register for SoundBase Top-Line, a new festival of online learning to learn new skills from Music Plus mentors on Tuesday March 9, 2021 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM GMT.

  • Activism and Allyship panel from the MU and Pride In Music

    Activism and Allyship panel from the MU and Pride In Music

    The Musicians’ Union and Pride in Music have partnered to mark LGBT+ History Month with a free panel discussion about activism and allyship on Wednesday February 24, 2021 from 6pm – 7.30pm.

  • Live streaming webinar for musicians with disabilities from Drake Music

    Live streaming webinar for musicians with disabilities from Drake Music

    Drake Music, the leading national organisation working in music, disability and technology, are running a free session aimed at solo artists focused on getting the right set-up for live streaming.

  • Music Week Tech Summit returns for 2021

    Music Week Tech Summit returns for 2021

    Music Week Tech Summit is an exploration of how the music and technology sectors can work together to help artists, managers, labels and publishers reach new audiences. Taking place on March 31, the event is going online for 2021.

  • Webinar: Trading as a musician, from the MU and Harper MacLeod

    Webinar: Trading as a musician, from the MU and Harper MacLeod

    Get to grips with the essentials around trading as a musician with a free webinar from Harper MacLeod on Wednesday 10 February at 1pm. Open to MU members, this seminar will examine the various ways in which you can trade in the music business and their advantages and disadvantages, including: How you trade – as…

  • Series of legal-advice webinar recordings for musicians released by Harper Macleod

    Series of legal-advice webinar recordings for musicians released by Harper Macleod

    Glasgow-based law firm Harper Macleod have hosted a series of legal-advice seminars for Musicians’ Union (MU) members in Scotland, which can now be viewed online by anyone. Members in Scotland: explore @HarperMacleod’s series of webinar recordings for musicians on key topics such as rights and permissions ➡️ https://t.co/ljJZO3gR47#BehindEveryMusician — Musicians’ Union (@WeAreTheMU) January 26, 2021…

  • Saffron presents 7 Days of Sound

    Saffron presents 7 Days of Sound

    A music tech initiative challenging the gender imbalance in the industry is launching a brand new week-long digital event ‘7 Days of Sound’, designed to connect, empower and inspire a global community of women and non-binary people in music tech.