The city of Liverpool hosted a pilot concert last weekend.
No restrictions, no masks….just a covid test before entry…..so theres hope !!!
Live music is on its way back!
This BBC article is a good read.
Archive for the ‘Interest’ Category
Packed Pilot Festival: 4th May 2021
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021The Clock is Ticking for Music Festivals:29th April 2021
Thursday, April 29th, 2021Life is slowly returning to “normal” in many sectors of life and in the business world.
The question mark over live music festivals is still looming large for this summer.
In particular relating to risk levels and whether insurance can be given to organisers to allow them to plan ahead.
Another BBC news article gives a good account of some of the issues relating to this.
A Customer’s Story: 22nd April 2021
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021At the start of the first lockdown, I was furloughed and wanted to try do a project I had been wanting to do for years but never had the time for. Making a song a day for a whole month. So, I decided to make a song a day for thirty days. I was doing a masters in music innovation at Waterbear in Brighton at the time and thought it would also be interesting to write about for an upcoming essay.
The songs were uploaded daily to my bandcamp and I would post about them every day on social media and it was really lovely having a very small group of people keeping up with the project daily and getting feedback constantly and feeling like I was creating something original.
Anyway, people were asking if I would make a CD, and I wanted to see if I could keep the CD’s in ethos with the project. I had gotten really into the number thirty and I liked the symbolism of having thirty cds for thirty songs. I also loved how each day in the project I had to try create something new and so I wanted each CD to be new and differentand so I liked the idea of painting each one.
In the end it was difficult and challenging but really exciting seeing everyone getting unique CD’s! I also painted a lyric poster for every song so you would get a numbered print and cd. I sold them through Resident Music in brighton and sold out like 6 hours after putting it up for preorder! It was really rewarding.
I then made thirty days 2 and 3 and for the second decided to have the cd’s more conventionally made through your site but had custom badges and for the third I am going to put an order through soon for conventional CD’s again but will be making thirty unique hand made tiny zines with lyrics and drawings in them.
Raf’s story is both inspiring and heart warming.
We love to hear about our customers projects…the more detail the better. It gives us great pleasure to work with cutomers and see the final product that they are achieving.
If you want to speak to us about a project that you may need some advice with drop me an email :
una@duplicationcentre.co.uk or call us on 01702 530354 we would be happy to chat and help you where we can.
If you want more information on Raf Batchelor’s story , you can follow him on FaceBook.
The Grammy Awards reflect a very different year! 8th April 2021
Thursday, April 8th, 2021An interesting read as we move out of the restricted year that we have all had!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56398165
Old School Media Entertainment:16th March 2021
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021With all the massive benefits of the digital world, the physical world of Vinyl, CD’s , DVD’s & Blu-Ray have given many people great diversion and entertainment, particularly during Lockdown.
There is room for all of these in our diverse world.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-56187737
Which Festivals will go ahead in 2021: 11th March 2021
Thursday, March 11th, 2021
Its a really busy time for planing and developing in the live music industry ….whether it all happens as per the headlines????
Its good however to keep up to date with current thinking.
Another good article below for you to read about festivals:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-56199403
Budget 2021: How does it affect Entertainment: 4th March 2021
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Keeping you up to date ( at a quick glance via the link ) on some key factors about yesterdays budget and how this may affect the Entertainment and Arts Industry’s.
Persevere with it as it speaks of how the budget is focused on helping live music to survive the months of closure still ahead………
Music Stars Raise Pressure over EU tours: 25th February 2021
Thursday, February 25th, 2021As if Covid wasnt enough of a blow to our live music scene it seems that UK artists will be faced with red tape and fees for visa’s in order to tour and play in some EU countries.
Many musicians feel that the government have failed them and despite a very straightforward plan being put forward during negotiation stages, which would have allowed musiocians to travel without work permits,the EU rejected the proposal.
Read more of this interesting article here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55978480
Live Music & Lockdown: 23rd February 2021
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021The day after the latest Lockdown announcement musicians are still left wondering when live music will get back to some sort of normal.
Sharing with you a BBC article from yesterday evening….as usual its a good read.
A New Genre for Live Music: 18th February 2021
Thursday, February 18th, 2021Even before the pandemic many artists were trying to find ways of providing a cinematic and very different experience for their fans at home. When the pandemic hit us and hit the live music scene so badly, it became more of a challenge and may be even a necessity to address this.
This is a wonderful article that charts the thoughts and recent history for some artists in their quest to get live music to us!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55947209
