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Music Network meeting Thursday 28 August 4pm at The TIC
August 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Are you coming to the Music Network meeting Thursday 28 August 4 til 6pm at The TIC? The Birmingham branch of Musicians Union will be supplying luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks lot too. Come and talk about what you’re up to and meet some new people, you know it makes sense. The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm at The BCU Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point,... [Read the full story]
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May 2008 Music Network Meeting Minutes
June 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The Music Network May 2008 Meeting Minutes Present: Mark Badger (The Music Network / Iron Man Records), Zak (Music Journalist), Gary Seeney (Bham Yamaha Music School). Lee Phillips (Corner Studios / Rebelion records), Natasha Whalley (TIC student), Simon Howes (TIC Student), Anthony Hughes (TIC), Rob Horrocks (Einstellung / Cellar Dor), Jadecandi-Faid, K.Rueban - Kantae, Rob Taylor (Impatient management), Andy Derrick (Musicians union), Aldo Costa (Musician), Bob Ubhi (ekta usic project), Abigail seabrook (Musician), Clare... [Read the full story]
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300×250 Banner Ad
June 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
If you want to advertise on The Music Network here’s how it works: 1. Supply a 300 x 250 Banner Ad 2. Supply a brief one sentence pitch on how you support, promote and encourage new music in the region. 3. Supply a Declaration that your advert refers to something that has never had any form of funding or government support(’cos that’s cheating isn’t it?) and that you do not wish to pursue any in future for the purposes of making your event or music thing happen. 4. The Music Network will review and... [Read the full story]
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proposals to extend copyright for sound recordings from 50 to 95 years
March 9, 2008 · 3 Comments
In case anyone thought performing artists were also the music business or part of it……Here’s an email from PPL I just wanted to alert you to some good news in our campaign on copyright term. The Commission has this morning announced proposals to extend copyright for sound recordings from 50 to 95 years. Making the announcement, Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said he no longer wanted performing artists to be the poor cousins of the music business. [Read the full story] Read More →
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Music Network meeting Thursday 28 August 4pm at The TIC
August 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Are you coming to the Music Network meeting Thursday 28 August 4 til 6pm at The TIC? The Birmingham branch of Musicians Union will be supplying luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks lot too. Come and talk about what you’re up to and meet some new people, you know it makes sense. The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm at The BCU Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point,... [Read the full story]
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Music Network meeting Thursday 28 August 4pm at The TIC
August 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Are you coming to the Music Network meeting Thursday 28 August 4 til 6pm at The TIC? The Birmingham branch of Musicians Union will be supplying luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks lot too. Come and talk about what you’re up to and meet some new people, you know it makes sense. The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm at The BCU Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point,... [Read the full story]
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Moving Space - Vehicle hire for the Entertainment Industry
August 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
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The people who control the Funding are damaging the Creative Industries in The West Midlands
June 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Funding as a concept and the funding and economic redevelopment projects aimed at supporting ‘creative industries’ has actually become a system supporting government ‘intervention’. That policy has either intentionally or inadvertently become a controlling factor in the human act of creativity and now acts in a legislative, often excluding manner and is often damaging for the industries it claims to ‘support.’ Anthony Hughes puts an opinion in the open on some important issues that have probably had impact... [Read the full story]
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