Building Your Live Audience
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Building Your Live Audience 〰️
Aged 16-25 and looking to get an insight into the live music industry?
Join us online April 2nd for a free evening of sessions on building your live audience, the role of a promoter and booking agent and how they can support your career and developing your networking skills.
Our industry guests will explore the steps for organising your own gigs, how to work with promoters and booking agents, how to get started in live music industry roles and how to grow your live audience.
You'll gain valuable insights into the roles within the live music industry, how to build your live audience and top tips for organising your own gigs.
After the sessions, you'll have the chance to network with fellow creatives as well as industry professionals.
Date: Wednesday 2 April 2025
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Where: Online
Speakers & Programme
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Speakers & Programme 〰️
Kat Dryburgh
Tour Coordinator / Agent
ATC Live
Robbie McNicol
Singer / Co Band Manager
Forgetting The Future
Kitt Carr
Events Coordinator
Wide Events CIC
An introduction to networking + Scotland's Live Music Industry
An introductory session discussing navigating networking in the music industry, hints and tips for the best approaches to developing connections and tools to continue expanding your networks.
Speaker: Kitt Carr (Wide Events CIC)
DIY Artist Approach to Live + Building An Audience
Grassroots artists discuss organising their own gigs, building community networks and audiences around their work and how it’s possible to build a following and generate opportunities by working on their craft, collaborating and establishing their live presence.
Speaker: Robbie McNicol (Forgetting The Future)
Moderator: Kitt Carr (Wide Events CIC)
The Grassroots Live Industry: Agents, Promoters and Touring
Panelists discuss what they look for when working with acts, outline how they approach their roles and give an insight into scheduling tours and how artists and industry can navigate the live industry.
Speakers: Emer Marcus (Runway Artists), Kat Dryburgh (ATC Live) and Meg Denholm (DF Concerts & Events)
Moderator: Kitt Carr (Wide Events CIC)