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Artist Development for Aspiring Musicians in Staffordshire & the West Midlands - Helping musicians understand how to grow audiences and develop sustainable careers.

Full lineup of panels... more speakers to come tomorrow!!!
29/05/2022

Full lineup of panels... more speakers to come tomorrow!!!

Panel #2 at Un-Convention at is on "Increasing Your Exposure & Raising Your Profile"It's on Friday 3rd June at 4pm at ...
20/05/2022

Panel #2 at Un-Convention at is on "Increasing Your Exposure & Raising Your Profile"

It's on Friday 3rd June at 4pm at Bethesda Chapel, Hanley.

It's being moderated by Rob Adcock ( ) with panellists Liam Walsh (ASK ME PR), Amie Evans (press/radio/mgmt), Darla Jade (artist > Darla Jade), Mike Murphy (Artist & Label Services Manager at Ditto Music)

Register to attend the mini-conference for free at yourcityfestival.com/uncon22

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in what success in music looked like to them.QUOTES 👉 "Thousands of people wanting acce...
18/05/2022

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in what success in music looked like to them.

QUOTES 👉 "Thousands of people wanting access to our music" & "Fans everywhere, we don’t care about the money, we want the notoriety"

Problem identified = need to increase fanbase.

SOLUTION 👉 Panel session #2 at Un-Convention at Your City Festival is on "Increasing Your Exposure & Raising Your Profile". We have a radio presenter, a plugger, a manager/PR, a local artist, and a distributor sharing advice and tips.

Register to attend for free at biglink.to/IndieMusicMatters

The first Un-Convention session at Your City Festival is a 'Social Media Marketing Masterclass' by Andrew Leese from Soc...
17/05/2022

The first Un-Convention session at Your City Festival is a 'Social Media Marketing Masterclass' by Andrew Leese from Socially Sound on Friday 3rd June at 2pm.

We're really excited to have Andrew share his insights into what works and what doesn't at this year's event! He's been running successful social media campaigns for artists, labels, and other music platforms for the last 10-years!

Register to attend the mini-conference for free at yourcityfestival.com/uncon22

About Andrew...
For the past decade, Andrew Leese has worked in the electronic music industry creating and executing marketing campaigns with DJs, artists, labels, conferences and media platforms. Originally from Stoke-on-Trent, a city with a huge electronic music heritage, Andrew started in the music industry as the content manager at Underground Source, before moving to Ibiza in 2013 in pursuit of making his first steps into the industry.

After an internship at Pulse Radio in 2013 and a year as the Content Manager at Ibiza Club News (2014), he landed his dream job as the Social Media Manager for Ibiza Spotlight in 2015. After four years in Ibiza, Leese moved to London to head up Digital Marketing for FUSE London and Enzo Siragusa. His other previous work includes building strategies for Sasha, Eats Everything, Blond:ish, International Music Summit (IMS Ibiza), Archie Hamilton Kevin Knapp and Mustard Media.

Andrew founded Socially Sound in 2020 with the mission of helping artists think like marketers. His current clients include Maceo Plex, Ellum Audio, MicroHertz, wAFF, Nature Records, Ronnie Spiteri and Kenja Records.

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in what problems were stopping them from achieving their goals.QUOTE 👉 "Getting people ...
16/05/2022

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in what problems were stopping them from achieving their goals.

QUOTE 👉 "Getting people to listen to new music and not the same three bands they’ve always listened to"

Problem identified = need to increase fanbase.

SOLUTION 👉 One of the panels we're running at Un-Convention at Your City Festival is on "Increasing Your Exposure & Raising Your Profile". We have a radio presenter, a plugger, a manager/PR, a local artist, and a distributor offering advice and tips.

Register to attend for free at biglink.to/IndieMusicMatters

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in to identify what they considered to be success.QUOTE 👉 "Being able to draw some kind...
15/05/2022

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in to identify what they considered to be success.

QUOTE 👉 "Being able to draw some kind of financial income no matter how small from doing this passion project that we love doing"

Problem identified = lack of finances / acccess to funding.

SOLUTION 👉 One of the panels we're running at UnConvention at Your City Festival is on "Access to Finance". We have a sync agent, a print-on-demand merch company, two local artists with interesting income streams, and a moderator with experience of management and live promoting on the panel. Don't miss it!

Register to attend for free at biglink.to/IndieMusicMatters

This will be the second series of music industry panels that we've run alongside Your City Festival in partnership with...
14/05/2022

This will be the second series of music industry panels that we've run alongside Your City Festival in partnership with Un-Convention

We've lined up a great selection of music industry folk to come and talk about the subjects that you told us are most important to you, such as 'Access to Finance', 'Increasing Your Exposure & Raising Your Profile', 'Making Industry Connections' and a 'Social Media Music Marketing Masterclass'

More details to follow...

Make sure you signup for free here biglink.to/IndieMusicMatters

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in to identify what short and long-term goals they had.QUOTE 👉 "Get better deals in the...
13/05/2022

CONTEXT 👉 We asked 50+ local in to identify what short and long-term goals they had.

QUOTE 👉 "Get better deals in the industry"

Problem identified = lack of information available.

SOLUTION 👉 We've organised a free music industry mini-conference called Un-Convention which we're running alongside this year's Your City Festival during the Queen's Jubilee bank holiday June 2nd to the 4th.

It's a free event but you need to register at biglink.to/IndieMusicMatters

Calling all in & Indie Music Matters is a not-for-profit music development service aiming to support ambitious ind...
04/02/2022

Calling all in &
Indie Music Matters is a not-for-profit music development service aiming to support ambitious indie, pop & alternative bands, solo artists, and electronic musicians in the Stoke and Staffordshire area.

If you've got a spare 10-15 minutes please complete the short questionnaire here indiemusicmatters.lnk.to/research2022 to help shape the service that we are planning to provide.

We're trying to understand how we can best support local artists and provide a service that meets your needs.

We will also enter you into a draw to win £100 voucher to be used to subsidise your next recording session, pay for a bunch of rehearsals, use for your next t-shirt run... basically, if you win, you will be allowed to spend it on anything that helps advance your music career.

Thank you very much for your time, and if you have any questions please feel free to send us a DM or ask in the comments.

The link again is indiemusicmatters.lnk.to/research2022

Artist:Entrepreneur Day Online - https://mailchi.mp/999f10fa6a0a/imm-saturday-email-57I went in October 2018 and have re...
18/07/2020

Artist:Entrepreneur Day Online - https://mailchi.mp/999f10fa6a0a/imm-saturday-email-57

I went in October 2018 and have recommended it ever since.
It's usually about a tenner to attend but this one is free and takes place on Saturday 1st August from 1:00pm-5:30pm on Zoom.

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