British Council & Nokia Music Connects: India
image source: British Council Are you a UK-based music entrepreneur interested in discovering new music from India and around the world? Apply here to participate in TWO major music events in India: Nokia Music Connects forum in Mumbai (16-17 November, 2011) and then attend Un-Convention at NH7 Weekender in Pune (18-20 November 2011). The British Council are looking for participants aged 2...
FMC asks: “How do you make money from music?”
In the US today, 6th September 2011, a non-profit Future of Music Coalition (FMC), which focuses on education, research and advocacy for musicians, launched the next phase of its ambitious Artist Revenue Streams project with a detailed online survey for musicians and composers. The survey is one part of a multi-method research effort to assess how musicians and composers are currently gener...
Copyright law was/is the only obstacle. No, really
We wanted to draw your attention to this scathing article/review on the Ian Hargreaves' Digital Opportunity IPO report, the article was published on The Register website and written by Andrew Orlowski. Analysis Britain could have invented the iPod – if it wasn't for a copyright law that everyone ignores. So says the UK government in a remarkable economic justification of the so-called "Go...
BPI and Musicians’ Union unveil new agreement
BPI and the Musicians’ Union have entered into a new agreement for commissioning and paying UK session musicians. The New BPI & MU Agreement – which applies to all sessions taking place from Wednesday 1st June 2011 – offers enhanced remuneration for session musicians and greater flexibility to record labels making recordings using MU musicians. Musicians and commissioning record la...
Video: Ten in Ten live at The Roundhouse
Music Supported Here, an initiative from the Musicians Union, wanted to find out what the music industry might be like in ten years time. So we published Ten in Ten, an online poll asking ten questions and 1,669 participants took part. On 18/03/11 seven high profile figures from across the music industry discussed the results - download the report from here...
