I attended a 2-day event held in London by The British Council this week – called Listen Up! Youth in Action, which brought together around fifty delegates from over 30 countries across Europe to discuss youth democracy. I was there as part of Amplified, an organisation that uses social media to share and discuss events [...]
Categories: Education,The Internet
My friend John Mostyn knows a lot about managing musicians and bands. He’s done it for a while now. He downplays it these days, but you may have heard of, for instance, The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals. Lots of stuff since, of course – but those are the ones that I get excited about, [...]
Categories: Birmingham,Music
Tagged: management, mentor
I went to a church just down the road this evening to watch the Culture Shock concert. This group of musicians — all of whom live very locally, but who represent a whole range of different faiths, cultures, backgrounds and musical traditions — got together five days ago to collaborate, write a whole bunch of [...]
Categories: Birmingham,Music
You may know I do some work with Bandcamp. I’m on their board of advisors and I do a bit of editorial stuff – mostly chipping in with the ‘Staff Picks’ on the front page of the website. One of the conversations I got involved in when I visited the team last year was about [...]
Categories: Bandcamp
