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A manifesto for the curious and the generous
I’m writing this from Liverpool, where I’ve been for the past 2 days for the inaugural Binary Festival, a brilliant get together of innovators, makers, creatives and inventors. Over the […]Read More
Make, Do & Bend – the title of our Ideas Lab, yes, but also a good philosophy
Imagine the scene – 25 or so of Europe’s most curious and forward thinking composers, musicians and creative technologists, gathered together at NESTA HQ for a ‘nothing’s impossible’ day of […]Read More
Get curious… Get Generous… Reflections from Venues Day Business Up, Be Inspired panel
Earlier this week I joined 300 other delegates at the Music Venue Trust’s second Venues Day, all of us enjoying the slightly weird experience of drinking tea in the Ministry […]Read More
‘Fresh ideas… knowledge, greater understanding, confidence and new people’ – what musicians will get from The One Dayer
the hub’s One Dayer – Independent Music, Money & Tech takes place in Camden on 1 July. In her latest blog, the hub’s Director, Julia Payne, talks about why the […]Read More
#VoteForMusic: the sector speaks – postings from The Great Escape
At a packed session at The Great Escape on 15 May, I took to the festival stage, to announce the results of our #VoteForMusic campaign. Joining me on stage were […]Read More
WHY IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT YOU CAST YOUR #VOTE FOR MUSIC
With just one week to go till Election Day, it’s all getting a bit crazy here at #VoteForMusic HQ. Voting closes on 7 May, with results being announced from The […]Read More
#Vote For Music – kitchen table politics, for real
We’ve seen David Cameron slicing tomatoes in his, Nick Clegg drinking white wine in his, and Ed Miliband with a mug of builder’s tea in his. Politics these days seem […]Read More
Them’s the breaks – could tax breaks help the independent music sector?
Last Friday, as part of our Joining the Dots programme, we turned our thoughts to tax and the independent music sector – and more specifically whether or not tax breaks […]Read More
Let’s make 2015 the year of the ‘fair play’ venue…
As some of you will know, the Musicians’ Union is one of the organisations supporting and funding us to deliver our Joining the Dots programme, which is all about finding ways […]Read More