06.10.08Gig tonight - Joe’s Bar, Northern Qt, Manchester

Hi everyone

I’m playing in Joe’s Bar tonight (Monday 6th October) as part of In the City Fringe festival… I’m on at 7.30pm… Should be a good night. More info can be found at: http://www.myspace.com/joesbarmanchester … Here’s the full lineup:

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06.10.08Unconvention in Manchester today as part of In the City

Hi

Just to let everyone know about a really interesting looking event for musicains / promoters - called unconvention, running as part of the In the City festival. I’ll be dropping along to the daytime events. Check out the unconvention website for more information…

Tom

10.01.08Lancaster open mics

Hi everyone,

Building on the other open mic guides for the North West, here’s a run-down of things happening in Lancaster. Post a comment if you know of any more:

• Acoustic Sessions at The Stonewell Tavern, Lower Church Street, Lancaster. Every Thursday from Jan 24th 2008. Free

08.11.07EXR Jam sessions in Chorlton

Hey - just a heads-up for all the musicians out there. EXR, who run a lot of gigs in Manchester, run a weekly jam session at the Lounge Bar, Wilbraham Road, Chorlton.

The session is acoustic - they have congas, djembes, bongos, tambourines etc set up as well as... [More]

23.01.07MIDEM 2007

It’s the Midem music industry festival this week. As always, loads of upcoming bands playing, some good, some not! Anybody got any feedback on the festival so far?

09.01.07South by South West Festival 2007

Every year, thousands of bands, artists, film makers and record industry types descend on Austin, Texas, for the South by South West festival. Kind of like an even bigger version of Manchester’s in the city…

2007 dates are from 9th- 18th March. (Music part starts on 14th March)
Official... [More]

23.06.06Myspace Controller

There’s a useful bit of software for musicians who use myspace - it can be found at Myspace controller - it lets you view a complete list of your myspace friends, which is quite handy!

14.03.06Open Mic Nights in Manchester

Current open mics in Manchester (updated January 2008)

09.12.05Birmingham Open Mics (UK)

Here’s some info on where to go if you’re looking to play an open mic in Birmingham, UK… If you come across any new open mics in Birmingham, let us know by adding a comment, and we’ll add it to the open mic guide.

11.10.05In The City reviews

At the beginning of each October, thousands of A&R types descend on the city of Manchester to talk about all things music-related. In the evening, it becomes a great place to see music - as pretty much every possible venue becomes host to local and international bands.

25.09.05In the City, Manchester

Manchester’s In the City music festival kicks off this weekend - on Saturday 1st October 2005. It’s Europe’s largest street festival of music, and also a place for music industry professionals to meet and discover new talent.

02.08.05Dartington Summer School

It’s the Dartington International Summer School this summer. Well worth a look, if only for the concerts and events that are taking place up there.

23.05.05Ottery St. Mary music

Any musicians out there in the Devon area want to go to a new open mic night? Ade in Ottery St. Mary is organising one this Thursday (26th May) that sounds amazing. It’s an intimate candlelit basement venue with a good variety of music. If you’re interested drop... [More]

24.03.05New creative commons search launched by Yahoo

The Guardian’s new blog reveals how Yahoo are testing a new Creative Commons search engine. Creative commons licenses allow listeners to download music for free - and modify it too, as long as they don’t then sell the music or pass it off as their own.... [More]

14.02.05Sounds Expo 14-16 April

The annual event for electronic musicians, producers and DJs is to be held on the 14th-16th April 2005. More info can be found here: Sounds Expo

14.02.05Musicians' news

Welcome to the revamped musicians' resources section of the site. Don’t forget, all the news stories here are also available as rss feeds - so you can use them in your news reader or web browser.

14.02.05South West Sound Symposium - Dartington Plus - 25th April 2005

Dartington Plus are hosting another music symposium on the 25-30th April 2005, following on from the success of last year’s. It’s called South West Sound.