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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AIM Academy presents YouTube Masterclass Sessions
AIM Members are invited to discover how to optimise their presence on YouTube with masterclasses directly from the team behind the platform.
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Additional 30 culture organisations and venues across Scotland receive emergency support
30 further organisations across Scotland have received a total of £1.4million through the Scottish Government’s Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Rosie Watson
1. Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I am an Artist Manager. I manage Dead Pony, as well as assisting Hamish Fingland on artists such Walt Disco,The Ninth Wave and Lucia & the Best Boys. Originally I specialised in Graphic Design and Motion Graphics however I realised my heart was fully…
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Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) 2020 winners announced
Winners of this year’s Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) were announced last night in a virtual event broadcast globally on Twitch.
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30 creative teams awarded up to £100,000 for Festival UK* 2022 R&D project
Thirty creative teams – including 2019 Scottish Album of the Year Award winner Auntie Flo aka Brian d’Souza – have been awarded £100,000 each to work on developing programmes for the Festival UK* 2022.
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UK Music’s Music By Numbers report reveals UK music industry’s £5.8BN boost to economy before Covid
The flagship annual economic study by UK Music and its members showed that the music industry continued to grow in 2019 across every sector before the Covid-enforced shutdown hit in early 2020. Since 2013, UK Music – the collective voice of the music industry – has published an annual report which reveals the economic contribution…
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Dr Diljeet Kaur Bhachu elected to Musicians’ Union Executive Committee
The Musicians’ Union (MU) has elected Dr Diljeet Kaur Bhachu to the membership body’s Executive Committee.
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Opportunity for creative and cultural organisations: applications for Challenge Holders now open
Creative and cultural organisations are invited to join the Creative Informatics research team to explore organisational challenges that require data-driven solutions.
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SAMAs go digital for 2020 awards ceremony
The eleventh edition of the Scottish Alternative Music Awards is going digital for 2020.
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Scotland 2019 music tourism data map reveals industry’s vital economic contribution
A 2019 data map released by Music By Numbers shows the vital economic contribution music tourism made to Scotland in 2019 ahead of a key report into the music industry.
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Nova Scotia: The Truth, and the rise of a New Scotland
SAY Award Campaign Director Robert Kilpatrick pauses to reflect on what the award means in 2020 in this Creative Scotland feature.
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Key finding from the PRS for Music Gender Pay Gap Report 2019/2020
PRS for Music has today published its Gender Pay Gap Report covering data for two consecutive years, 2019 and 2020.
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SMIA panel to discuss value of music industry at Resonate 2020
Join the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) at Resonate 2020 for a panel discussing the value of music, and why at this fundamental time, we must work together to communicate that value and ensure it is protected.
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SMIA Board Appoints Sharon Mair as Vice Chair
The Scottish Music Industry Association is delighted to announce that one of its company board directors, Sharon Mair, has become our Vice Chair. In this role Sharon is working closely with our Chair, Dougal Perman, and our executive team to shape company vision, devise strategy and help drive the SMIA forwards.
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Nova Revealed As Winner of the 2020 Scottish Album Of The Year Award With Debut Release ‘Re-Up’
The 2020 winner of Scotland’s national music prize, The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award, was tonight revealed as Nova for her debut release ‘Re-Up’.
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SAY Award Shortlist To Be Celebrated With #TIMSTWITTERLISTENINGPARTY Special
This year the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award Shortlist will be featured in Tim Burgess’ Twitter Listening Parties from 26th to 28th October ahead of the winner announcement ceremony on 29th October, live on www.sayaward.com. In a special one off series to celebrate the 10 outstanding Scottish albums making up the Shortlist, Tim Burgess has teamed up with The SAY Award to bring music fans together to…