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The Great Escape 2011
TGE Previews: What’s required to DIY?
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 18 April 2011
Every day in CMU this month we are previewing a different session taking place at this year’s CMU-programmed Great Escape convention, which takes place from 12-14 May at the Brighton Dome.
And today, another panel for you, this one presented by the Music Development Association and all about the skills. The skills needed to make it in music in 2011, that is. With new bands increasingly being told to adopt a DIY approach to launching their careers, can they really do it on their own or do they need a team around them? What advice and skills do aspiring artists need to develop or access? And what should government, the industry and the music development agencies be doing to help artists gain these skills in order that those with the real talent become ‘industry ready’?
Answering these questions will be a great panel, including Columbia Records A&R Ollie Hodge, Six07 Press Director Ritu Morton, Tam Coyle of the Scottish Music Industry Association and Angela Dorgan from Music From Ireland and First Music Contact. Generator’s Jim Mawdsley will chair.
This panel takes place on the Friday of the convention. To get into it, plus to attend all the other great panels, sessions, parties and gigs taking place at The Great Escape this year, get your delegates pass from escapegreat.com.
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