PRS Foundation has launched its Early Career Promoter Fund to support promoters who develop scenes, support artists and DJs with grants of up to £3,500. Application now open, deadline 13th June 2024, here:
tinyurl.com/3z8yxafs #funding #grants #musicbuisness

... and depressing. What on earth can't those constituents see about car crash Liz Truss , that pretty much the rest of the UK can?

📰 Our CEO, David Martin and Lily Fontaine, from the band English Teacher/FAC Ambassadors, spoke to The Guardian about the reality of the grassroots touring.

'Playing live is becoming financially unsustainable for many artists.”

🔗Read the full article: bit.ly/3QkoBQa

Utterly speechless. There has to be accountability at the very top of these shambolic organisations whose only interests are self-serving and greed.

UK Artists and Musicians - this Musicians' Union survey needs YOU! What are your experiences of post-Brexit EU touring? Help end the detrimental impacts of excessive and costly bureaucracy. Open to all, closes Fri. 24 May: bit.ly/4aWFmJ0 #touring #musicians #Brexit

...and not forgetting that musicians and artists really need to download the free 'Get Paid' guide for more help and info on what they must do to ensure they are paid what they are due, from the digital music supply chain. getpaidguide.co.uk PRS for Music #metadata

ICYMI: Are you an #artist , #musician , #composer , #songwriter , #lyricist , #singer , #producer or #engineer ?

UK Music need you to contribute to their annual #ThisIsMusic Creators’ Survey.

Fill out the survey and you could win a £100 voucher. Take part here -…

We live in times where public scrutiny has never been more necessary, serious independent news reporting is essential and necessary. yet the BBC chooses to reduce its only serious daily analytical news programme...

Just another day for viagogo. Yesterday, their beleaguered MD, Cris Miller, was a guest on BBC Radio 4 Today - arguing the case for ticket touts and a black market. Meanwhile, in a German court room, FC Bayern München were starting legal proceedings....

.griff has vertigo 😵‍💫 was sensational last night. Her voice and stagecraft incredible for one so young. Another fab night Roundhouse

The scholarship is now open for a place on the Music Business Management MA University of Westminster apply on line now

Ignorance knows no bounds...

Brave RAYE 👇calls for % of Label revenue to go to writers so “if the songs win big, then the writers get to win big too”.

Today, UK Labels announced 2023 revenue of £1.43b.

What would their revenue be w/o songs?

Are songs a byproduct of Label investment , or vice verse?

Nailed it!

Whatever one's politics, this is a masterclass in delivery and oration by a true statesman. His ilk are few and far between today, a sad reflection on what we have become.

Absolutely. Sharon Hodgson MP steadfast in her support for greater ticketing regulation in our MusicTank debates wayback in mid-2000s & in stark contrast to Sajid Javid praise of the entrepreneurialism of touts! The wheels of justice grind oh so slowly, but this is great news.

and not before time...

This is just so joyous. We are capable of so much, sometimes...

An election tomorrow wouldn't be soon enough.

This. 👇