Ten things learned at the inaugural Venues Day 2014 at London’s Southbank Centre in December 2014.
Ten Things Learned at Venues Day 2014 – Emma Webster
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Un-Convention Off Axis Network – Jeff Thompson
Jeff Thompson explains the concept behind the Off Axis Network, a proposed UK-wide network of musicians, promoters, and venues. The network aims to empower grassroots musicians by establishing a national ‘gig swap’ system by which musicians can build credit via an online system, which will then enable them to play all over the country.
Live Music 101 #3 – Why Concert Promoters Matter – Matt Brennan and Emma Webster
In the third of our series on the theories that underpin our research into live music, Matt Brennan and Emma Webster attempt to define the promoter and how they operate, in an extract from ‘Why Concert Promoters Matter’, originally published in Scottish Music Review in 2011. The authors analyse existing accounts of live music promoters and offer their own analysis of what a promoter is and does, concluding that promoters may use one or more of three basic models of promotion within rock and pop: ‘independent’, ‘artist-affiliated’, and ‘venue’.