News
Stay informed with the latest from the SMIA, including our own news, developments, and exclusive features, alongside key music industry updates from Scotland and beyond.
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Join our new Advisory Group or Company Board
You work in music because you are passionate about it. You probably take an interest in what the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) is doing because you care about music business development and have something to say. If this sounds like you, we invite you to help shape our future.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Hilary Brooks (SWIM)
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…
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The SAY Award Longlist to be announced live at The Queen’s Hall event this July
Scotland’s national music prize, The SAY Award, have announced today that the highly anticipated Live at the Longlist event will take place at The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh on Friday 26th July. The event will feature live performances from some of Scotland’s best creative talent and SAY alumni including C Duncan, Kobi Onyame and a…
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Tom Johnson (Gold Flake Paint)
Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I’m Tom Johnson and I’m the founder of Gold Flake Paint – a music blog that is now a quarterly physical publication, which we launched at the end of last summer. My background is in writing so I produce a lot of the content for…
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SMIA Research: Skills Gaps and Development Needs of Music Industry Practitioners in Scotland (2019)
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) exists to represent and develop Scotland’s music industry. In partnership with the University of Strathclyde, we are currently undertaking research into the current skills gaps and development needs of our industry in order to ensure our services, projects and events are needs-led and provide as much impact and benefit…
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Josie Gaitens (Fèis Rois)
Tell us a bit about you and what you do… My name is Josie Gaitens and I am an arts freelancer. I work for a number of organisations across the music sector and am also self-employed as a tour booker and artist manager. I am currently working for Fèis Rois, an organisation that is very…
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SMIA Workshops: Artist Management: Retaining Your Ethics and Protecting Art in the Music Industries
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 entry Artist Management: Retaining Your Ethics and Protecting Art in the Music Industries workshop at citizenM (Screening Room) in Glasgow, taking place on Thursday 18th April from 10am – 1pm. About…
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SMIA Workshops: Live Streaming 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 Live Streaming Music Shows workshop at Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh, taking place on Friday 29th March from 2pm – 5pm. About the Workshop Learn how live streaming shows, sessions and seminars…
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Queen Tut’s adds to International Women’s Day event line-up with Women In Music panel
Leading industry experts will celebrate the achievements of women in music at Queen Tut’s on Friday 8th March. RSVP for your free Women In Music panel ticket Purchase tickets for the evening live shows #QueenTuts KING TUT’S + TENEMENT TV PRESENTS QUEEN TUT’S is a celebration of women in music, on and off the stage. Today, organisers are thrilled…
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SMIA Workshops: Branding Your Music Project
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 Branding Your Music Project workshop at The Old Hairdresser‘s in Glasgow, taking place on Tuesday 26th March from 10am – 1pm. About the Workshop This workshop will be delivered by James Gilchrist…
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SMIA Workshops: Innate Well-being and Resilience for Music Practitioners
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 Innate Well-being and Resilience for Music Practitioners workshop at The Old Hairdresser‘s in Glasgow, taking place on Tuesday 26th March from 2pm – 5pm. About the Workshop Libby McGugan has a background…
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Ian Crawford (El Rancho Music)
Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I’m Ian ‘Jnr’ Crawford, I’m a music obsessive who’s played in bands and been involved in many facets of the music industry for a number of years. I currently juggle a few roles under three different umbrellas. I run El Rancho Music which has been…
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Halina Rifai (Lost Art Agency)
We are very excited to be presenting a new monthly Members Spotlight where we will be getting to know some of the faces behind Scotland’s music industry. First up we spoke with Glasgow-based Halina Rifai of Lost Art Agency and Podcart who gave us an insight into her industry background: Tell us a bit about…
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SMIA Workshops: Music PR on a Budget
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 the Music PR on a Budget workshop at The Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) in Edinburgh, taking place on Monday 19th February from 11am – 2pm. About the Workshop This workshop will…
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SMIA Workshops: Music Industry Contract Essentials, Copyright and Monetising Intellectual Property
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 the Music Industry Contract Essentials, Copyright and Monetising Intellectual Property workshop at The Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) in Edinburgh, taking place on Monday 19th February from 3pm – 6pm. About the…
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SMIA Workshops: Funding Your Music Business
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 our first free entry workshop of the year on Creating Engaging Online Content for Music Projects at citizenM (Screening Room) in Glasgow, taking place on Monday 28th January from 2pm – 5pm. About the…