Category: General
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Meet the “Industrelebrity”: The Rise of Behind-the-Scenes Power Players in the Music Industry
Meet the “Industrelebrity”: The Rise of Behind-the-Scenes Power Players in the Music Industry In an industry where attention traditionally focuses on performers and creators, a new class of public figure has emerged—the industrelebrity. These are the music industry professionals gaining significant influence and visibility, not for producing or performing music themselves, but for shaping the…
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Working with the Ivors Academy as Interim CEO
In October I will taking up a part time role as interim CEO of the Ivors Academy. It’s very exciting to have been asked to fill this position. The outgoing CEO Graham Davies is leaving for a new role in the US, and I have been asked to take over while they find a permanent…
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Work updates and events: can AI write a convincing blog post for me?
Recently I ran a training seminar programme for a group of European music professionals, organised by Music Export (https://musicexportukraine.com). A couple of weeks earlier I was at the ISM’s ‘Empowered Musician’ event talking about artificial intelligence and what it might mean for music (https://www.ism.org/professional-development/the-empowered-musician-2023). As an experiment, and to link these two things together, I…