South West Sound Symposium – Dartington Plus – 25th April 2005
Dartington Plus are hosting another music symposium on the 25-30th April 2005, following on from the success of last year’s. It’s called South West Sound. It will be a six-day event, taking in a wide...
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Welcome to the revamped musicians' resources section of the site. Don’t forget, all the news stories here are also available as rss feeds – so you can use them in your news reader or web browser.
View ArticleSounds Expo 14-16 April
The annual event for electronic musicians, producers and DJs is to be held on the 14th-16th April 2005. More info can be found here: Sounds Expo
View ArticleNew creative commons search launched by Yahoo
The Guardian’s new blog reveals how Yahoo are testing a new Creative Commons search engine. Creative commons licenses allow listeners to download music for free – and modify it too, as long as they...
View ArticleOttery St. Mary music
Any musicians out there in the Devon area want to go to a new open mic night? Ade in Ottery St. Mary is organising one this Thursday (26th May) that sounds amazing. It’s an intimate candlelit basement...
View ArticleDartington Summer School
It’s the Dartington International Summer School this summer. Well worth a look, if only for the concerts and events that are taking place up there.
View ArticleIn the City, Manchester
Manchester’s In the City music festival kicks off this weekend – on Saturday 1st October 2005. It’s Europe’s largest street festival of music, and also a place for music industry professionals to meet...
View ArticleIn The City reviews
At the beginning of each October, thousands of A&R types descend on the city of Manchester to talk about all things music-related. In the evening, it becomes a great place to see music – as pretty...
View ArticleBirmingham Open Mics (UK)
Last updated January 2010. Here’s some info on where to go if you’re looking to play an open mic in Birmingham, UK… If you come across any new open mics in Birmingham, let us know by adding a comment,...
View ArticleOpen Mic Nights in Manchester
Current open mics in Manchester (updated October 2010) Here’s a list of many of the open mic nights happening in and around Manchester, UK. Please drop us a comment if you spot any ones not on this...
View ArticleMyspace Controller
There’s a useful bit of software for musicians who use myspace – it can be found at Myspace controller – it lets you view a complete list of your myspace friends, which is quite handy!
View ArticleSouth by South West Festival 2007
Every year, thousands of bands, artists, film makers and record industry types descend on Austin, Texas, for the South by South West festival. Kind of like an even bigger version of Manchester’s in the...
View ArticleMIDEM 2007
It’s the Midem music industry festival this week. As always, loads of upcoming bands playing, some good, some not! Anybody got any feedback on the festival so far?
View ArticleEXR Jam sessions in Chorlton
Hey – just a heads-up for all the musicians out there. EXR, who run a lot of gigs in Manchester, run a weekly jam session at the Lounge Bar, Wilbraham Road, Chorlton. The session is acoustic – they...
View ArticleLancaster open mics
[Last updated May 2009] Building on the other open mic guides for the North West, here’s a run-down of open mic nights happening in Lancaster. Post a comment if you know of any more… (Thanks very much...
View ArticleUnconvention in Manchester today as part of In the City
Hi Just to let everyone know about a really interesting looking event for musicains / promoters – called unconvention, running as part of the In the City festival. I’ll be dropping along to the daytime...
View ArticleGig tonight – Joe’s Bar, Northern Qt, Manchester
Hi everyone I’m playing in Joe’s Bar tonight (Monday 6th October) as part of In the City Fringe festival… I’m on at 7.30pm… Should be a good night. More info can be found at:...
View ArticleTrof Open Mic – Facebook Group
Hi everyone I’ve created a Facebook group for our weekly open mic at Trof Northern Quarter in Manchester. Please join the group if you’re in Manchester and enjoy the weekly open mic there! Tom
View ArticleBirmingham Gig tonight 6th June – Heroes of Cartography with Tom Kerswill
I’m playing a show tonight (Saturday 6th June 09) in Birmingham, with Heroes of Cartography. It’s £3 in, and includes a copy of their EP. Eventful page Facebook event page I’m on stage about 9pm View...
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Chorlton Arts Festival launch event is on 26th November
Chorlton Arts FestivalThe Chorlton Arts Festival is having its launch party on Thursday, 26th November, 8pm, at the Lloyds Hotel in Chorlton. The festival itself is in May 2010. The launch event is...
View ArticleAll Fm Unsigned Show on Monday – Track Listing
Really enjoyed presenting the All Fm unsigned show on Monday, 16th November. We had Damiani live in session at 11.30pm. Here’s what we played: Josephine Oniyama – Closer God’s Little Eskimo – The Sea...
View ArticleUrmston – Guitar Recording night
Tony and the guys at the Urmston open mic / jam night, have mailed to say that the next open mic will take the form of a special “Recording Guitars” workshop — that’s at their next meeting on 15th...
View ArticleNew open mic at the Bay Horse tonight and every Tuesday
Really excited to announce a new open mic every Tuesday at the Bay Horse, Northern Qt, Manchester. The night will begin at 8.30pm… Three slots each. Just turn up and sign your name up to play. It’s in...
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