Category Archives: Music Industry

UK Alert: Stop the Pirate-Finder General! | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Paul Carr

“Lord Peter Mandelson, the UK’s First Secretary of State, has introduced a bill to grant himself (and future politicians) the power to re-write Britain’s core copyright legislation with almost no Parliamentary debate, using fast-track secondary legislation. If you’re in Britain, … Continue reading →

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BBC News – Britain’s Got Talent star Faryl lands HMV in trouble

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Paul Carr

Check out this link regarding how crazy the procedure is to obtain an entertainment licence in the UK is. BBC News – Britain’s Got Talent star Faryl lands HMV in trouble. When asked about this on BBC Northampton yesterday, Feargal … Continue reading →

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Everybody is, Everybody is: SWN festival session 3

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Paul Carr

This 3rd session from the SWN conference at the ATRiuM in Cardiff  is hosted by Huw Williams and features Andrew Dubber (New Musical Strategies), Colin Rice (We 7), Tejas Mistry (Indistore) and Ewan Grant (Xtaster/Death of Glory Music) as panellists. … Continue reading →

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SWN Festival Seminar 2: How to Have A Number One Album with Scouting For Girls

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Paul Carr

This post features a pod-cast of Roy, Greg and Pete from ‘Scouting For Girls‘ being interviewed by Radio One’s Huw Stephens. The session was one of a number of conference themes that I implemented as part of the 2008 SWN … Continue reading →

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Why don’t more bands come to Wales: Promoting Live Music In Wales

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Paul Carr

On Friday November 14th, the ATRiuM’s Music Academy, Centre For Small Nations and the Welsh Music Foundation hosted a day of music industry seminars as part of the Cardiff based SWN festival. Over the next several weeks I will upload … Continue reading →

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