Category: Members Spotlight

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… My name is Chris Beltran and I’m a promoter at DF Concerts based in Glasgow. My job is finding the most exciting new artists from Scotland and across the world and lead on the planning and delivery of their live concerts in Scotland ensuring the…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do…For my day job, I currently work in BBC politics. But I also blog about music in my spare time. I recently set up Hip Hop Scotland, a new long-form blog and have started recruiting new writers for a proper relaunch. 2. How long have you…

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…

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…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do…  Hello SMIA! I work as Market & Ballroom Assistant at The Barras Market and Barrowland Ballroom. Handily my favourite music venue in the world so it’s a real dream job! I’m basically hands-on with everything to do with running and maintaining the market and venue.…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… Hello hello! My name’s Nicole Stapinski and I’m the founder / director of Moonstruck on Clydeside — a non-profit, independent promotions start-up with roots in Glasgow and New York (where I hail from). If you know your pop culture references… the hint’s in the title! I…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… Hello! My name is Kerr Wilson and I am the founder of CreamFloats – a music-tech start-up based in Edinburgh. We have identified the disjointed nature of finding and discovering music via YouTube – the biggest music distributor online. We’ve all been there, finding an…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… Hello, I’m Diljeet and I’m a musician-activist-researcher based in Glasgow. I’m currently doing lots of different things – I’ve just finished a PhD, so I’m juggling some university teaching work, coaching, and writing and playing music, as well as a job in the heritage sector. As…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do…  I am a specialist ALT. POP. Record Producer & Mixer. Artists and their managers hire me to send their music into space. You can usually find me hunchbacked over a mixing console and blowing something up in the various rooms in town – or working down here…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I am one of the core team members behind Dumfries Music Conference (DMC), working as the Marketing Manager. My role involves content creation, social media, management of our website and maintaining communications with partner organisations and the press. I also work as a photographer and…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do…  I work as an Artist Manager at Kingdom Management where I look after The Ninth Wave, LUCIA, Walt Disco and a new band from Edinburgh called Medicine Cabinet. I come from a band background having previously played in a number of bands, released a few records…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I’m Co-Founder of Music Broth, Scotland’s first musical instrument and equipment library, social enterprise with charitable status. I run Music Broth alongside Founder Felix Slavin from our base in Govanhill, Glasgow. Our whole ethos is to provide equitable access to musical opportunities for all. Felix…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… At Skoogmusic we make technology that lets anyone make music. David Skulina and I founded the company in 2009 after developing a new kind of musical instrument for disabled children and we have evolved the tech from there to make music making accessible to everyone.…

Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I am a freelance musical director, arranger and composer working mainly in theatre and I’ve played a lot of gigs as a pianist too. As a youngster I played music by ear and read notation, playing a lot of instruments because I was curious about…