Sound Advice- The Music Industry Podcast

For our first episode of the year, I spoke to artist development specialist and Forbes 30 under 30 honoree Nikki Camilleri, who has over a decade of experience working for some of the biggest music companies in the world, including Warner Music, Believe Group and Glastonbury Festival.

Nikki shares her expert insights into what it really takes to grow as an artist in today’s music industry, building a fanbase, turning social media growth into something financially sustainable and why labels are less inclined than ever to help develop emerging artists in the music industry.

Check out Nikki's consultancy Mana: https://www.nikkicamilleri.com/

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It's the final episode of the year! To wrap things up for 2024 we're looking back at 5 key insights from the podcast over the last twelve months to take with you into the new year and make 2025 the year your journey as an artist truly takes off!

Featuring clips from:

#024 with Marwen Tlili

#027 with Gui Goldschmied

#028 with Rosanna Connolly

#033 with Giles Bidder

#039 with Simon Pursehouse

This week I’m delighted to be joined by Music Venue Trust CEO and owner of the legendary Tunbridge Wells Forum Mark Davyd to talk about their huge news; thanks to the MVTs advocacy, it is now government policy that all tickets to arena and stadium tours should include a £1 contribution that goes directly to supporting grassroots music in the UK.

I spoke to Mark about why grassroots music venues need support now more than ever, how they got this groundbreaking levy approved, how it should be implemented and where the money will go to secure the future of the independent music industry.

Find out more at www.musicvenuetrust.com

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In part two of our live panel with Future Yard's Cath Hurley and Boot Music's James Booton, we spoke about building a team, getting gigs and securing funding to take your music career to the next level without signing to a record label.
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In the second live panel at our music industry event Nu Wave, I spoke to Cath Hurley of Future Yard and James Booton of Boot Music about the state of the Liverpool music scene, why gig attendances are down and how to meet people and get involved in your local music scene.

This is part one of the panel with Cath & James, part 2 will be out next week.

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Last week we put on our first ever live music industry event Nu Wave, bringing the best of Liverpool's indpendent music community together under one roof for a night of live music and insightful panels.

For the first of these panels I was joined by Mali Anthony of MalantMedia and Simeon Scheuber-Rush of The Musicians Union to talk about how artists can get their music heard, the secrets behind success on social media and the right time to look for a manager.

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Our first ever live panel Nu Wave is just one week away, get your tickets here: ⁠https://www.fatsoma.com/e/ifos4umr/nu-wave⁠

This week I thought I'd talk about what to expect from Nu Wave, introduce the panelists and chat to our bands Thirst and Sea Goth!

Nu Wave is just a week away on the 13th of November at The Kazimier Stockroom, I'd love to see you there :)

It's episode 50! This week I'm joined by returning guest Mali Anthony of MalantMedia to talk about how to network in the music industry. We discuss how to get the best of industry events, overcoming networking anxiety, getting to know your local scene and loads more.

We also discussed our upcoming event Nu Wave, an indpendent music industry conference and gig at the Kazimier Stockroom in Liverpool on the 13th of November. Tickets are available now, get yours for a great night of networking, live music, DJs, Q&As and more.

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Last week I went to LIMF Academy's Open Sauce event at District, a day of roundtable discussions on the issues facing artists in Liverpool today. At the event I sat down with singer/songwriter Astles, rapper Koj, mixing engineer Mike Cave and artist development coach Basil Reynolds to discuss what the future of the industry may hold.

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Astles: https://www.instagram.com/astlesmusic/

Koj: https://www.instagram.com/bigdaddykoj/

Mike Cave: https://mikecave.co.uk/

Basil Reynolds: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basil-reynolds-40672562/