WELSH MUSIC FOUNDATION & SWN OFFERS FREE WORKSHOPS TO MUSICIANS AND PROMOTERS IN CARDIFF
The Welsh Music Foundation and SWN Festival in partnership with Music Wales and UK Trade and Investment bring two workshops aimed at helping everyone involved in music take their performance into the professional world.
Taking place at Chapter Arts Centre on September 7 between 2.30pm and 4.30pm, Advancing 101 offers musicians and performers a chance to learn about the essentials and jargon involved with playing a show – from sorting out tech specs to learning about input lists, watch what live show and festival bookers are looking for, what you need to give them and how to prepare and deliver it. The organisers of SWN Festival are on hand to help guide delegates through the vagaries and confusion and give tips on how to have a great show before sound check begins. Bands are often booked according to how good they are but sometimes they’re booked according to how well prepared they are. Be well prepared!
This session is delivered by Fiona Allan who has over 10 years experience working for major festivals and road managing tours across the UK, Europe, North & South America, Australia & Japan with artists incl: LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Dirty Projectors, Sia, Will Young, Peaches, The Kills, The Pipettes, Dean & Britta, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, & Sinead O’Connor. She has also worked as tour & production support for artists including Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem.
She says: “Getting it right before you hit the road can mean the difference between a great show, and chaos! I was lucky enough to have a really experienced tour manager walk me through how to advancing a show, a tour, a festival and having worked on both sides of the fence, I hope to do the same for other people.”
Also at Chapter Arts Centre on September 7, from 5pm until 9pm, is International Calling for all musicians, interactive companies, music enterprises and media producers who are interested in taking their music overseas, broadening creative business contacts and attending key international trade events. The Cerdd Cymru: Music Wales team will be joined by members of UK Trade and Investment to Cardiff who’ll be joined by representatives from two of the music and interactive industry’s biggest conference and showcase events – South by South West (SXSW) and Midem – offering the lowdown on trade missions and how you can reach that wider international market.
To reserve your place on one of both of these free sessions, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation or phone 02920 494110. Further details at www.welshmusicfoundation.com
