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The power of presence, people, and payment: Alan Hughes-Hallett
Hey Alan, tell us your story up till now.. I studied economics at university, I found it very interesting and did it for the love of the subject, but kind of found that other people in my course were doing the subject for the love of money and the kind of opportunities that it provided. I was someone that…
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Back to basics: the why behind artist avenues
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Branding, artist relations and going freelance: Maia Jones
Welcome Maia, thanks for coming on! What’s your story and how have you ended up where you are now? Initially I was actually a graphic designer, that’s what I actually studied, and I was doing a lot of mixtape covers, song covers for artists so I was kinda in touch with music industry, but I…
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The importance of a team and launching your own business: James Burns
Hey James! What have you been up to recently? A few things, but the main thing is starting the Indie London gig guide. it’s been really nice. We’ve started recruiting some writers and we’ve got the first articles out. Getting people going out to gigs and kind of exploring the scene, hopefully starting to turn…
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Evolving in the industry, making your own opportunities, and running a music discovery platform: Zac Chidgey
What have you been up to recently? Lately I’ve been listening to lots of new music and going to gigs around Manchester to find the best grassroots artists, there’s so many great ones that don’t have any music out which is always a treat. Tell us about your shift from musician, to blogger and writer…
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The state of press, utilising social media and discovering talent: Katherine Cantwell
Tell us about starting your career and how it went from writing for your Stalky Music blog, to interning, and then working at Heavenly. I started my own blog StalkyMusic.com (stalking the best new bands in music) at the age of 15 back when Blogspot was a big thing. It allowed me to do write-ups…
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Campaigning for artists, opportunities to grow, and hidden diversity in the industry: Paul Bonham
Great to have you on Paul! So to begin, how did it all evolve from the beginning? To be honest around the start we just did things very DIY. I didn’t really know how you got jobs in the music industry or what roles there were, me and my friends just sort of did things.…
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Meeting the Music Industry and more
One amazing thing about the music industry is the amount of opportunities scattered around. Take conferences for example, events that help unite professionals from various sides of the business and welcome in a new generation of professionals. Ditto X was a day that we were lucky enough to work at this year, with faces from…
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Standing out of the box, rediscovering sound and embracing local scenes: NikNak
Hey, thanks for coming on! So what have you been up to recently? I’ve been recovering from the festival season because it’s been quite ridiculous and, enjoying the weather. Also kind of getting ready for autumn and winter in terms of like, gigs and things. So, It’s been, pretty cool. I was at some with…
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A note on networking and alternate voices in the music industry.
So a while ago I went to a networking night in Manchester with a charity that I admire a lot for its work to support kids of all walks of life and their journeys with music. They do a lot from funding to educational and political campaigns for kids in the UK. Now, if you’re…
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