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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#SaveOurVenues: 13 more UK venues saved from critical risk of closure
The #SaveOurVenues campaign has announced that 13 more UK venues – including 3 in Scotland – have been rescued from ‘critical risk’ of imminent closure.
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Bespoke training for the creative sector: Developing a data driven company
The University of Edinburgh Business School are offering a course designed for creative and cultural companies at an early stage of working with data.
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BPI announce Brexit Briefing Webinars
BPI members can join a series of online webinars to give record labels information to help with their businesses following the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
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Funding opportunities for Folk and Traditional music with Fèis Rois
Fèis Rois are inviting applications from folk and traditional musicians from across Scotland to devise and deliver projects with young people, particularly those most affected by Covid-19.
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Sound Advice launches as health-focused career guide for musicians
Sound Advice is an industry-backed guide to cultivate sustainable success in the popular music industry whilst prioritising your health.
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#KeepVATat5 campaign launched by LIVE
Live music Industry Venues & Entertainment (LIVE) have launched the #KeepVATat5 campaign in response to reports that the Government is planning to raise VAT on ticket sales back up to 20%.
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Updated Story – SMIA Overview: PRS for Music’s new Online Live Concert licence for small-scale livestreamed gigs
Updated Story – 01/02/21 Citing feedback from its members, PRS for Music have today announced an amendment to its controversial tariff for small-scale livestreamed shows which was announced last week. Following significant back-lash from across the industry, the amendment means that artists performing their own material during the period the live sector is forced to…
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World New Music Days 2021 seeks scores from contemporary musicians in Scotland
Composers in Scotland are invited to submit their scores for World New Music Days (WNMD) Shanghai & Nanning 2021.
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Take part in a free university accredited course with Futurelearn
Free online university accredited courses are currently on offer through online education provider Futurelearn, with a host of music-industry specific offers available for enrolment. FutureLearn offers online courses, popularly known as MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses, from top universities in the UK and around the world. Currently, FutureLearn has an active catalog of more than 880 online courses…
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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…
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Become a Trustee with Youth Music
Youth Music is recruiting new trustees and are strongly encouraging applications from people with lived experience of Disability and people from the Black, Indigenous and People of Colour community who are currently underrepresented on the board.
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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…
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Webinar: Brexit Killing Culture? The Future of EU-UK Relations in the Cultural and Creative Sectors
Join this free interactive webinar on Tuesday 2 February 2021 at 6.30pm GMT to explore the future of EU-UK relations in the cultural and creative sectors after Brexit, organised by Green Party MEP Niklas Nienass and former British MEP Magid Magid.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Suzanne Oswald
I’m Assistant Editor at TENEMENT TV, an online music platform based in Glasgow. We help music fans discover amazing new artists from Scotland and all over the world through our website, live sessions and Tenement Trail festival.
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Watch BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician 2021 final
The final BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2021 will take place on Sunday 31 January 2021 in the foyer of BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay building, where it will be filmed and recorded without an audience.
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Cumnock backed to be global hub for new music composers and teachers
The composer behind Cumnock’s Tryst music festival has revealed plans to create a centre for excellence for the learning and teaching of classical music composition in the town.