About

Join The Music Network for networking and discussion on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm at The BCU Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point, Birmingham, B4 7XG.

You are all welcome or send us your news by email to info at birminghammusicnetwork.com for inclusion on our website and circulation in the West Midlands area.

About the Author Mark Badger: I look after the updates on this website and I run an independent record label called Iron Man Records based in Birmingham England. The record label has been running since 1996 and in 2000 I set up the Birmingham Music Network which is also known these days as just The Music Network. I’ve organised gigs in and around Birmingham since 1994 as Badger Promotions. I play in a band called Last Under The Sun and at present I’m also playing guitar in another band called Police Bastard who have recently re-formed. I do a bit of tour management and driving to help bands out, I write and maintain several music related blogs, and recently started to look after a band called The Orb…but only as far as their online activities are concerned. I do some lecturing at Birmingham City University as part of their Music Business degree course and I run a shop on ebay selling all sorts of good alternative music on cd or vinyl. I also enjoy a good game of mental chess with local funding organisations who try and pocket the money intended for struggling local musicians and creatives.

About The Music Network: We are a music networking organisation, leading the way by working with the local community to stimulate growth, inspire, and share knowledge. We offer practical based industry experience and are not genre specific.

The Music Network has pulled together a community of independent music organisations, based in the West Midlands. Established in 2000, we offer access to some of the most innovative and exciting new contemporary music being produced today.

The aims of The Music Network are:

To provide and facilitate Networking Opportunities through regular monthly meetings and events. You are all invited to these meetings so sign up for our newsletter and get instructions on how to participate.

To bring together all strands of the West Midlands music industry, and to encourage creative partnerships to achieve stronger representation through working as an intentional community.

To maintain a point of contact that offers a gateway to the local music community and to promote the West Midlands Music industry to a local, national and international audience.

To promote a local music information network

The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm at The UCE Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG. (directions/info tel: 08712 262725)

The meeting is open to all involved in Birmingham Music who wish to network.

The Music Network organises the meeting for the benefit of music related businesses in the West Midlands region. If you have news to report, a presentation to give, an event to promote, any new points for discussion, a pitch to make, business cards or flyers to hand round, an appeal for help, advice or guidance or even if you just want the free tea and biscuits and some quality entertainment…you are all invited.

Please don’t write to us, come to one of our monthly meetings instead. The meetings are worth more than corresponding by post and you get to meet people face to face with Tea, Coffee and even chocolate biscuits provided.

The Music Network is a voluntary, not for profit, social enterprise organisation seeking charitable status. “we”, “our” and “us” means The Music Network.

If you really, really have to email us then try info at birminghammusicnetwork.com but don’t expect a reply if you don’t regularly attend the meetings.