Last Friday I had a fantastic zoom meeting with Sue Neil March (Trust The Doc Media/ICMP) and Duntweetin' from Grassroots Music Network - Grassroots Music Network - about collaborating to support and lift up independent musicians everywhere. More info about how you can get involved in thread...

First up go and check out the Grassroots Music Network website here: grassrootsmusicnetwork.org This is all brand new but there's loads of great information on here and much more coming soon. You can also sign up for free to become a member which gives you greater ability to contribute.

The aim of Grassroots Music Network aligns very well with Riff Taff Music Networking that I am closely linked too. Both aim to bring together a wide range of people with an interest in independent music - artists, labels, promoters, publishers, bloggers, radio, podcast and media folk, and so on.

We also plan to collaborate on the Indie Radio List I mentioned a few weeks ago - more info on the blog at indieradiolist.com - and I'm sure there will be lots of other great projects we can work together on in the future.

The thing that we have learned over the years at Riff Taff Music Networking and also with the Lights & Lines collective is that things like Grassroots Music Network work best when lots of people jump on board and start sharing their own knowledge and experience. So get involved!

A quick win before you sign up to anything or explore further is to go and follow Sue Neil March (Trust The Doc Media/ICMP) Duntweetin' Neil March (Trust The Doc Media/ICMP) Grassroots Music Network and Riff Taff Music Networking for updates and info on what we're doing and how to get involved. Oh - and please RT this thread! x

After last weeks success let’s turn boring old Sunday into #ShamelessSelfPromoSunday again! Leave links to Bandcamp, YouTube, Merch etc in the comments below. Tell us a story to grab our attention, and why not scroll through and like / follow / RT some others too 🎸🤘

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If I worked for bandcamp I’d introduce For bands: - Crowdsourcing feature - Local distribution - Events app for gigs - Instant messaging For fans: - Playlists - Categorise library by artist - Shuffle library - Integrate with Discogs - Tracked postage as separate option

Tell me about SoundCloud. Is it still useful at all?

it’s lunchtime, it’s Sunday, and this Friday #BandcampFriday returns - so that can only mean 1 thing... #ShamlessSelfPromoSunday - #bandcampspecial Share anything you like but let’s have a bit of a Bandcamp focus so people can build their wish lists for Friday... 🤘🎸

Welcome back live music! It's been a crazy year but finally it looks like there's some light at the end of the tunnel. With that in mind we're delighted to announce that Off The Record is back in its original November slot and for our 4th year!

Riff Taff is back! Ivan, Mike, and the team are excited to be able to announce our next FREE ENTRY music networking evening will be at The Brunswick Brighton 19th July. Musicians, bookers, presenters, label and all welcome to come along and meet each other. Let’s get connected!

Please follow and share - Riff Taff Music Networking is back!

Worth noting that the date has changed thanks to Boris and his neverending lockdown saga. Unless we make it a wedding. New date: 23rd August

Get involved!

Looking forward to seeing you all on 23rd August for our free entry networking event in Brighton… I say that, if you ALL turned up it’s be a bit of a nightmare to be honest. But if a decent percentage of you do well be happy enough 🤝 facebook.com/events/s/brigh…

I went to the Riff Taff Music Networking (Riff Taff Music Networking) event in Brighton last night - a chance to meet promoters, venue managers, podcasters / radio show hosts, engineers, videographers, photographers and more! Here’s how it works… 👇👇

It’s competition time! 25 RTs = 1 in Five EP 50 RTs = random CD from the Lights & Lines catalogue 100 RTs = mystery box! See video for details, winners chosen at random this weekend. Can we get to 100? Happy #BandcampFriday! Check out lightsandlines.bandcamp.com