Another of the growing number of articles out there about the shift of power. Make your own minds up but be aware that professionals in the music industry need to build their networks and secure the skills necessary to take their offering to the market on their own terms.
Author: misaacs
Bmin secures money-saving deal with Highworth Insurance
Bmin are proud to announce a new money-saving deal for our members with specialist music equipment insurance company Highworth Insurance. For further details check out our new ‘Music Equipment Insurance for Members’ page in the Membership Resources section:
Bmin public questionnaire to be launched shortly!
The Bmin management are keen to support our membership by developing a better understanding of their needs and desires for the future.
We want to know exactly what we can do to deliver real value back to the local music community.
To gather this information we have commissioned an anonymous survey from the Commercial Banking Unit of Lloyds Bank in Bristol, which will be forwarded to all friends and members of Bmin in the next few days. Please keep an eye out for the survey, click on the link and give us your feedback. It will only take a couple of minutes and you will not be asked to give your name or contact details.
We hope that you will SHARE it with others so that we can capture as much knowledge as possible to help us make informed decisions for the future of our growing membership.
This is a great opportunity for Bmin to focus on the real needs of it’s members, so we thank you in anticipation of the results.
Kind regards,
Mike Isaacs, Chairman, Bristol Music Industry Network
Promoting or distributing your own music?
Streaming sales continue to rise but don’t ignore good old-fashioned CD sales, they still represent 50% of all music sales worldwide.
Monthly Bmin Meeting for July 2015
TODAY: 12.00pm through till 14.00pm, The Lantern, Colston Hall, Bristol. Free entry with free coffeee/tea and sandwiches.
After the buzz created during and after last month’s Bmin meeting we are really excited to be catching up will you all again today for our July meeting. There is plenty to tell you about and we will be announcing our first full evening meeting which will be on Wednesday 15th July in the Terrace Bar from 6pm till 8pm. See you later!
New Bristol Film ‘Sound of a City’ coming soon!
A new film planned to promote local Bristol talent “Sound of A City” will be in production soon. Bmin are delighted to endorse this project and are pleased to see that they have chosen our Partners, Fundsurfer, to commence their crowdfunding campaign. Please check out this overview of the project and pledge your support:
Unofficial Bristol-based music playlists on Spotify & Soundcloud
Happy Weekend from all of us at Bmin.
A recent new member to the Bristol Music Industry Network Facebook group, Chris Durbin has been building playlists of local Bristol acts. We think this is a noble idea and shows real networking class, so here are the links to his Spotify and Soundcloud playlists. Enjoy…………
Spotify
Soundcloud
Soundcloud move towards paying publishers for volume content
Getting lots of streams on your Soundcloud? Have you officially published your music? Then check this news story out……the move to transparency continues (but they need to make profits first it would seem): http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/soundcloud-signs-landmark-deal-with-publishers-as-sony-pulls-catalogue/
Bmin Meeting, May 6th, Colston Hall Terrace Bar
The next Bmin meeting in the Terrace Bar, top floor of the Colston Hall foyer. The meeting runs from 12.30pm till 1.30pm on Wednesday 6th May, with networking opportunities before and after (12.00 till 2.00pm). Refreshments provided. Our guest speakers this session include Conal Dodds from Metropolis, an International Booking Agency, Events & Artist Management Company and Si Chai from local Agency Diplomats of Sound. Polling day is the 7th so unless you are a candidate no excuses 🙂 See you all there! For further information click here: Meetings.
Revenge of the Record Labels – how it’s all panning out.
Want to understand how it is working out between record labels and the online streaming services? Check this link out……..
