Self help and Music organisations

Kent and East Sussex Gig Guide TM

Music Self Help and Information Organisations

Burbs - Front door to the Indie Bands of the UK

Blurb - Blurb offers news, gigs, advice, resources, information, a forum and links for young musicians, DJ's, producers and performers

COPS - Not only Kent's largest Music Manufacturer but also carries very informative information and news about the industry and music business.

Direct Roots - The Ultimate Directory

Digital Foundations Community Music and Multimedia
Digital Foundations offers community music and media workshops, projects and Performances to people living in Ashford, Kent.

Davenport Lyons - Useful legal information about forming a band

The Guild of International Songwriters and Composers (GISC) - The Guild of International Songwriters and Composers offers advice, guidance, assistance, protection, information, encouragement and services to Guild members with regard to helping members achieve their aims, ambitions, progression and advancement in respect to the many different aspects of the music industry

Key Signature International - Pro Musician Job Shop

Meta - Provides the UK music community with access to a super information resource on the web.....
Musicians Benevolent Fund
Musicians Union - First stop for up to date help for bands and musicians - Just the insurance cover is worth the fee for membership - Excellent tips and information section
Musicians.co.uk -
Musicians on-line UK database
MusicTank - MusicTank hopes to bring together people working in all music genres at any stage in their careers
New Deal is Music to the ears of the jobless - Dole to Rock N Roll
National Music Network Organisation
The Prices Trust – Sound Live & Funding programme
South East Folk Arts Network - admin@sefan.org.uk
South East Music Schemes
Southern England Touring Agency - The venue development agency for the south of England, serving a consortium of over 75 small to middle scale arts promoters in the south and south east arts regions.
Training Them Live
Womad
Youth Music Open Programmes

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Hi Chris,

Thanks for featuring the TrainingThemLive.co.u k project on the website, we have had several good leads from it and we continue to display your logo with pride on our website.

Thought I would update you about a couple of our upcoming events as the project gets bigger. Would be very grateful if you could include them on your website.

Firstly, we have a set of Jam Nights starting up. The first is 6th March 2008, 8pm at Queen Charlotte’s in Rochester High St. This is a chance for musicians and singers from 16 upwards to jam with the support of our projects’ professional band, Sidetrack. The band will be one hand with their extensive set list to support any solo vocalists or instrumentalists that might want their first public performance opportunity. We will also be showcasing some amazing local talent. The equipment we use is very high quality and the entrance is free. Interested parties should contact me on dan@trainingthemlive.co.uk

Secondly, we have a Rock School for 11-18 yr olds at Greenacre School from 7th-11th April 08. This event is also free. It is very popular and applications can be downloaded from www.trainingthemlive.co.uk – I have included some photos for you to use of the last Rock School. The project is supported by Kent Police and Medway council.

Many thanks again,

Mr D Wise

Advanced Skills Teacher - Medway LA
Head of Music - Greenacre School
Musical Director - TrainingThemLive.co.uk
Gifted and Talented Lead Teacher
01634 861593 x240

MUSICIANS HAVE YOUR SAY ...

- Take part in the biggest ever UK and Eire survey of musicians...
- Tell us how to spend our money, and you could get £150 of Amazon vouchers

The Musicians Benevolent Fund (MBF) is the music business's own charity. Each
year, we spend around £2.5 million, helping professional musicians, music
students and others who work in the profession. Our mission is to 'listen to
musicians - respond to their needs', and that's why we're asking for your help.
We'd like you to tell us what we should be doing to help musicians today.

That's why we're launching Musicians...Have your say, which we think is the
biggest ever survey of professional musicians and music students across the UK
and Eire. We plan to use what musicians tell us to help us determine what we'll
spend our money on in the future.

We're distributing over 50 000 of these to shops, recording studios and
rehearsal spaces around the country, so that we get feedback from as wide a
range of musicians as possible. We're also working with industry bodies, such as
the Musicians' Union and AIM to spread the word.

If you're a professional musician or a music student, we hope you'll be able to
free up the ten minutes or so it will take you to fill it out a questionnaire
and tell us some facts about your life. What you tell us could directly affect
how we support professional musicians and music students in the future.

The hub is working with the Musicians Benevolent Fund on what we think is the
biggest UK and Eire survey of musicians and music students. Check it out at:

http://www.musicianshaveyoursay.com

Digital Foundations - Community Music and MulitmediaDigital Foundations offers community music and media workshops, projects and Performances to people living in Ashford, Kent. Sessions include artist recording and development, Rock School for people wanting to learn an instrument, Learning music production, DJ and MC workshops and creating music videos. A lot of these sessions have funding and are free to all participants, but some are not and require booking. For more information please contact us or visit our website. Ken Cameron - Digital Foundations - Ashford, Kent

Telephone: (07752) 224 170
info@digitalfoundations.co.uk
URL: http://www.digitalfoundations.co.uk

Musicians Benevolent Fund
There are a large number of resources available to students, parents and teachers to assist with the funding of study projects for gifted musicians and this database and Awards Wizard can help you to identify many of the Music Awards and Scholarships which are available.This database is not exhaustive and does not list awards and prizes that are offered and administered by music colleges, nor awards, grants and loans which may be available from local authorities - details of these can be obtained by contacting the organisations concerned directly.Questions will help the Awards Wizard determine which awards may be suitable. Once you have answered all of the questions click on the "Finish" button to display a shortlist of Awards which may be suitable for you.
Visit https://www.mbf.org.uk/ngen_public/index.asp

The WOMAD Foundation is a registered educational charity established in 1983 and is the educational arm of the WOMAD Festival organisation.. Worldwide we provide opportunities for cultural exchange, learning and active participation, bringing the arts of different cultures to the widest possible audience.Over and above our festival workshop programmes throughout the world, the Foundation devises and produces: § Projects for schools, from nursery through to tertiary level,
§ Community music projects
§ Festival outreach programmes
§ Site specific visual arts events
§ Artist residences
§ Artist exchanges We have over 20 years experience of working with artists and educators in many different educational settings and our current programme of work has three main components:§ The Growth of Music - A series of educational sessions introducing musicians who come from specific musical and performance traditions in their countries of origin, presenting and exploring these traditions through particular cultural contexts.§ Cultural Collaborations - New music in the making, bringing together musicians from diverse cultures and musical backgrounds, to explore the interaction of musical cultures and the impact of collaboration on a personal level for musicians. This programme provides opportunities to work with both young people and professional musicians.§ Voices of the Ancestors - This series introduces musicians whose work is steeped in a sense of social and spiritual history, exploring the places where their cultural heritage converges and diverges. Artists who have left their countries of origin, will share their experiences through musical dialogue, discussion and performance. This project lends itself particularly well to a cross curricular approach.We create educational resources and background materials for all our projects, which aim to broaden and strengthen the curriculum. We work on a consultative level with regional, national and international organisations, as well as government and funding bodies, to realise individual projects. If you are interested in partnering the WOMAD Foundation in a project in the South East or would like to discuss any of the above, ...please contact :anniem@realworld.co.uk

Annie Menter - Director,Education and Special Projects, The WOMAD Foundation, Millside, Mill Lane, Box, Wiltshire SN13 8PN. Tel: 01225 743188 Fax: 01225 743481