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The Scottish Album of the Year Shortlist Revealed
Scotland’s national music prize, The Scottish Album of The Year (SAY) Award, has just announced which ten enthralling albums have made 2018’s Shortlist. The Shortlist represents an incredibly strong, diverse and important selection of albums created by artists living and working in Scotland. The Shortlist for The SAY Award 2018 is as follows: …
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Interview: Roxanne de Bastion – From Me To You (#FM2U)
From Me To You (#FM2U) – a one day music conference from and for independent music artists – is making it’s Glasgow debut on Saturday 1 September at The Old Hairdressers. We spoke to Roxanne de Bastion, founder and Event Organiser, to learn more about why the event was set up and what’s in store for Glasgow……
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SMIA XpoNorth 2018 Announcement
We had a fantastic time at this year’s XpoNorth Festival, which took place on 27 and 28 June in Inverness. The SMIA has been a partner of the festival for many years now, and this year we were delighted to run a panel on Music Business Model Innovation as well as co-host the Opening Party…
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PRS for Music signs landmark long-term licensing deal with song data hub Auddly
26 June 2018 – Press release – New tool powered by Auddly will help future of PRS distributions – Deal follows previous collaborations with Auddly to raise awareness of the importance of metadata Leading performing rights organisation, PRS for Music, has signed a long-term licensing agreement with song data hub Auddly. The deal will enable…
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UK Music delivers “clarion call” to Brussels as industry turns out in force to back proposed changes to EU copyright law
26 June 2018 – Press release UK Music led a top-level delegation to Brussels today (June 26) in a united show of force to back proposed changes to EU copyright law. Shadow Culture Secretary and deputy Labour leader Tom Watson joined UK Music CEO Michael Dugher in the fight to make sure tech firms properly pay…
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Music Fans First to Know this Year’s SAY Award Longlist at Special Glasgow Gig
On Wednesday 1st August, the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award Longlist will be exclusively revealed in front of a live audience at Glasgow’s renowned King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. ‘Live at the Longlist’ will see performances from previously Longlisted and Shortlisted artists, including a special collaborative set from Stina Tweeddale of Honeyblood and…
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The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award launches for 2018
The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2018 is now open for entries, with artists, labels and music fans now able to submit eligible albums to The SAY Award website to be considered for this year’s award. The SAY Award has no categories, and is open to all genres of music. Eligible albums must…