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Help Musicians launches new mental health-focused charity, Music Minds Matter
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Help Musicians launches new mental health-focused charity, Music Minds Matter

The single-focus charity aims to help people across the music industry as they continue to navigate the post-pandemic landscape

UK charity Help Musicians has relaunched its subsidiary organisation, Music Minds Matter, as a single-focus charity devoted to the issue of mental health. Its aim...

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This blueprint poster charts the history of rave culture

Explore key scenes on the circuit diagram of a 303 bass synthesizer...

Online retailers Dorothy have listed a poster which maps out the history of rave music and culture on the circuit board of a 303 bass...
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The Prodigy’s Maxim unveils new music and art project with London artist Dan Pearce

The collaboration takes in sculpture, a short film and a new four-track Maxim EP

   

The Prodigy frontman Maxim has teamed up with London artist Dan Pearce for a new music and art project.

Centering on the experience of lockdown...

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Is dance music doing enough for charitable causes?

A new crop of charity record labels has sprung up in the UK and France, donating their entire profitshare to worthy causes, and fighting poverty and inequality in...

Despite austerity hitting all but the most affluent, charity giving continues to rise. According to the Charities Aid Foundation’s annualUK Giving Study, British people donated a whopping £10.3bn to charity in 2017...

New initiative, Sisters In Sound, launched for young women of colour in music
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New initiative, Sisters In Sound, launched for young women of colour in music

The project has been launched by Mahalia, alongside youth-led charity Small Green Shoots

Singer and songwriter Mahalia has announced the launch of a new workshop and event series, Sisters In Sound, aiming to support young women of colour...

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Black History Month: Point Blank Talk Music Industry Matters with Elisabeth Troy

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Point Blank joined the UK vocalist, hitmaker and Clean Bandit and MJ Cole collaborator, Elisabeth Troy, to discuss her introduction to music, how to navigate...

New programme, Just Ask, launched to help Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in live music industry
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New programme, Just Ask, launched to help deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in live music industry

The campaign is the product of a partnership between Independent Venue Week and the charity Attitude Is Everything

A new campaign has been set up with the aim of helping deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people as they navigate the live music industry. Just...
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90% of young people believe clubbing improves mental health, research finds

90% of young people believe clubbing improves mental health, according to new research from Bristol club Motion. The Bristol hotspot carried out the research as...
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New figures show how many track streams needed for artists to make minimum wage

357 Spotify streams = £1

Newly released figures reveal just how many plays your tracks would need to have on streaming platforms in order to make the equivalent of the...

Bullying and harassment helpline for UK music industry launched
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Bullying and harassment helpline for UK music industry launched

The helpline has been set up by Help Musicians

A new helpline aiming to provide support in cases of bullying or harassment within the UK music industry has been launched by UK organisation Help...

SWU.FM Closure
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Bristol station SWU.fm is shutting down, citing rising costs and energy bills

The platform launched in 2020, and hosted Love Saves The Day, Conducta, Addison Groove, LCY, DJ Die and We Out Here, among others

Bristol's independent electronic music station, SWU.FM, has announced it will cease operations and close as a result of rising costs and soaring energy bills. The...

Help Musicians Cost of Living Crisis
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Half of UK musicians concerned they’ll be forced to leave industry due to cost-of-living crisis, study finds

More than 90% are unable to afford equipment, while vast majority also find post-Brexit touring a major obstacle 

UK musicians are facing a perfect storm of pressures this winter, with half concerned they will be forced to leave the industry due to the...

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Houghton Festival is a fantasyland for electronic music fans: 67 massive tracks

Craig Richards and friends return to Houghton Hall in Norfolk for a weekend of raving in the English countryside like no other...

Houghton Festival returns for its sophomore year with big pressure to deliver after an almost impeccable first edition which introduced the event as a jaw-dropping...

Simon Dunmore steps down as CEO of Defected Records as label is acquired
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Simon Dunmore steps down as CEO of Defected Records as label is acquired

Former Managing Director Wez Saunders has bought out the seminal UK label's founder for an undisclosed sum

Simon Dunmore has stepped down as CEO of Defected Records following a management buyout. Defected's former Managing Director and now-CEO Wez Saunders, who joined the...