So we've looked at the North East music scene from the past to the present. But what does our future hold if we keep things up the way we are? We’ll ve asking Laura Brewis, Nicola Coaker and Lee Hawthorn what we can do to make the future of local music as bright as it can be.

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So we've looked at the rise of the scene and the decline afterwards, so where is our scene now. There's so many local events going on for artists now and we're starting to see artists break through again with Sam Fender and L Devine leading the charge. We speak to owner of Sunderland venue Independent Ben Richardson, label boss Nicola Coaker and Young Musicians Project leader Laura Brewis to find out where things are at in the local music scene and ask if the scene is truly in a good place.

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After the success we had in the 60s and 70s, the North East music scene started to see a decline in the number of artists we'd see make it big and while there were still a few every 5 to 10 years or so and we still had artists from around the world coming to say hi, things weren't the same after the 70s. We hear from label boss Nicola Coaker, BBC Newcastle's Lee Hawthorn and Frankie Francis as we look at why this decline happened and if it was as bad as it looked.

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In this episode, We're taking listeners back to the 60s and 70s which was when the North East was producing some of the world's biggest names and big names from around the world were lighting up Newcastle City Hall. You'll hear from venue owner and Musician Frankie Francis along with music producer Martin Trollope who both have decades of experience in the industry. We'll look at what it was that attracted people to our region and what we can take away from this time period

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