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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New support for Scottish grassroots music venues announced
New support has been made available for grassroots music venues across Scotland through the Scottish Government’s Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Jessica Harrison
1. Tell us a bit about you and what you do… Hello! Jess here – I’m a festival freelancer who brings the concept of customer service back of house – think ‘creative problem solving with a smile’. Whether I’m running site office comms and a vendor needs power, or artist liaison and the artist needs…
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Scottish Government Announces £2.2 Million Fund To Support Grassroots Music Venues
The Scottish Government’s Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced a £2.2 million fund to support grassroots music venues.
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SMIA Workshops: Understanding and Utilising Data for 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 Understanding and Utilising Data for Music Projects workshop taking place online via Zoom on Thursday 16th July from 2pm – 4pm. About the Workshop Learn the basics of digital marketing and…
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£1.57 billion investment to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage institutions
Tonight (Sunday 5 July 2020), the UK Government announced a new support package for arts and culture which makes specific reference to music industry several times through the press release.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Matt Brennan
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…
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UK Music: Workforce Diversity Survey 2020
UK Music, the voice of the UK’s commercial music industry has launched its Music Industry Workforce Diversity Survey to help bring about “major change at pace”. The survey tracks progress to boost diversity and inclusion in the UK’s music industry that contributes £5.2 billion a year to the UK economy and sustains 190,000 jobs. UK…
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The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award returns for 2020
The Scottish Album of the Year Award launches today for 2020, calling on music fans, artists and labels to submit eligible albums to be in the running for Scotland’s pre-eminent music prize. Submit eligible albums now at www.sayaward.com Returning for its ninth year, The SAY Award’s roots are deep within the diverse Scottish music scene…
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Black Lives Matter: Take Action
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) aims to be as representative of as much of the workforce as possible and diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility is essential to what we do and what our organisation exists for. On Monday 1st June 2020 we posted a statement standing in solidarity with black communities across the world…
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Register now: XpoNorth 2020’s immersive conference experience for Scottish creatives
Creatives across Scotland are invited to register for a free spot at XpoNorth 2020, taking place in a fully digitised format this week across Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June.
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#TheShowMustBePaused organisers reveal impact of campaign
The organisers of the Black Out Tuesday initiative on June 2 have revealed the full impact of the campaign. The music industry shut down to show solidarity with protesters calling for justice in the case of George Floyd, whose death has sparked protests against racism and the police killings of black Americans.
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Stand with Bandcamp to Support Racial Justice, Equality, and Change
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began it has greatly impacted artists and labels across the world. The Bandcamp platform have been supporting them directly by waiving their revenue shares on a monthly basis since March 2020 and will continue doing so until July 2020, making sure every penny goes directly to them on the first Friday…
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SMIA Workshops: Maintaining a Healthy Work/Life Balance During the Coronavirus Crisis
Since lockdown, many people are working from home and are struggling to strike a healthy work/life balance because the lines are more blurred. This workshop will deliver tips to help create or maintain more balance.
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BBC Scotland – Coronavirus: Scotland’s Response
The SMIA’s General Manager Robert Kilpatrick spoke with BBC Scotland at The Glad Cafe regarding the impact the pandemic is having on the music industry alongside Glasgow Barrowlands, Karine Polwart and Castlesound Studios.
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SMIA Workshops: Current Funding Opportunities for Music Professionals
There are always a number of great opportunities for funding your ideas and projects, and at the moment due to the pandemic, there’s even more funds available than normal. Join us to find out more about what opportunities exist for you.
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SMIA Workshops: Lockdown Live Streaming for Music Projects
Join this online SMIA workshop from two of the team at music, arts and culture live streaming specialists Inner Ear. Dougal Perman (Director of Inner Ear and also SMIA’s Executive Chair) and Katie McGeary (Multidisciplinary Content Producer and Communications Consultant) take us through a practical guide to live streaming music projects during this period of…