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More coverage of the GECOP national pilot report findings we published last week alongside project partners Vision for Sustainable Events & @andrewlansley.bsky.social. Read the piece in Environmental Journal >>

📢 10 local authorities have come together in a groundbreaking national pilot to successfully adopt new environmental standards for outdoor events. The project is a partnership between ourselves, Vision for Sustainable Events & @andrewlansley.bsky.social. Read the pilot report tinyurl.com/5bpj9hej

Hey! UK music press - fancy covering this? UnMute - a roster dedicated to disabled musicians was launched following a collaboration between Continental Drifts, the MU and Attitude is Everything Plenty of artist submissions and booking enquiries in already - please share with any journos! 🙏💖🔈

After meeting @andrewlansley.bsky.social at an Attitude is Everything workshop, I had the privilege of becoming involved in the development of UnMute roster, a project designed to increase performance opportunities for disabled artists, which launches today! www.globallocal.co.uk/unmute-roste...

Today we launch #UnMute 🔈 at #FestivalCongress An exclusive disabled artist roster for the music industry, brought to you by #ContinentalDrifts with support from @wearethemu.bsky.social & #AttitudeIsEverything Application portal is open now - please share: www.globallocal.co.uk/unmute-roste...

Here for #FestivalCongress at the beautiful @bristolbeacon.bsky.social today ☀️🎪🥰 My fave annual works do for the independent festival sector - do let me know if you’re about today :)

Fantastic to be in Leeds today for the #IKnowAPlace conference today. Looking forward to all the catch ups with my network today, regional strength in musical economies continues to grow and impact 💪🏼 @wearethemu.bsky.social

Yes masters, yes 💅🏼

Please share our retrofit day festival with any Gloucestershire folks you know!

Last year I worked on the national GECOP pilot testing progressive standards in UK event practice 🎪💚 Next week we will present initial findings at a webinar ahead of publishing the full report. You can sign up here: www.vision2025.org.uk/webinar-gree...

🚨SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We’ll be down in #Bristol on Feb 5th for the UNITED FESTIVALS WORKERS PARTY As part of Festival Congress - the annual works do for the festival sector - there are a few public tickets available here: skiddle.com/e/40563191

Last year I worked on the national GECOP pilot testing progressive standards in UK event practice 🎪💚 Next week we will present initial findings at a webinar ahead of publishing the full report. You can sign up here: www.vision2025.org.uk/webinar-gree...

January: Jazz Congress, AI, Cheltenham USA, Amsterdam, Buutvrij, NYC, Gigantic Studios, Groningen, ESNS 2025 is GO! 🎶🙌🇺🇸🇳🇱🎚️🇬🇧🎷🤖

Are you at #ESNS? I’m here for the next couple of days, and will be running sessions tomorrow morning in Marathonzaal & Groet Zaal (pictured) Come talk to me about accessibility, sustainability, AI, policy, or to connect with various UK festivals 🇬🇧🎪🎶

Lovely afternoon at Gigantic Studios NYC getting some work done and catching up with old friends 🥰

Short trip done and I’m headed home. Next up: ESNS! 🇳🇱🎶

Dynamic pricing evidence call from the DCMS is now up: www.gov.uk/government/c... My undergrads have been working on the impact of this system on young people and rural/semi-urban communities, and they have a LOT to say!

Innnnnnnn…

Good morning NYC! Can’t wait to present the arse off some research about AI at the Lincoln Centre 👊🇺🇸

Laterz UK

Just found out I’m going to be in the same room as Christian McBride this week, hope he likes hearing about what a sick double bassist he is!

Awesome 2024 had, can’t wait for the new year to begin vm.tiktok.com/ZGdk5hjPU/

LinkedIn wrapped got me in the feels this year 🥺🎁 Heck of a year, time to cheese graze for a week 🧀

A new coalition of creative rights holders has called on government to adopt its principles around protection of copyright ahead of a consultation on artificial intelligence (AI), as a means of allowing both sectors to “flourish and grow”. https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/ai-campaigners-urge…

Sustainability Smackdown at ESNS 2025! 💚🥊 Very excited to be speaking at ESNS in the Netherlands in January about sustainable events policies and regulation. Tickets here: esns.nl/en/conferenc...

Changing the world with an Excel spreadsheet today 👍🏼📈🤓

The revolution in sustainable events will not be televised No bright lights or celebrities, just emails, spreadsheets and thousands of people collaborating The GECOP pilot is complete and findings published in January Time for change 💚 www.standoutmagazine.co.uk/gecop-pilot-...

Interesting study from CISAC on potential impacts of AI if legislation doesn’t develop to offer protections for songwriters and media composers Ingestion and distribution impacts continue to gain traction in the sector, but curatorial and mundane use is already widespread with implications unknown

Proud to finally share our big Youth Music report 'Industry Connect' on the state of Music Education. This is one of the most comprehensive pieces of research of recent years and offers a radical rethink. The feedback has been amazing. Have you read it yet? youthmusic.org.uk/youth-musics...

UPCOMING CLINICS! Glasgow - 5th Dec Cardiff - 6th Dec Manchester - 9th Dec Birmingham - 10th Dec Our clinics are free for performing arts professionals or students who have an injury or illness impacting their work or practice. Email [email protected] or call 020 8167 4775 to book in!

In October I travelled to southern China to explore their cultural ecosystem as part of a British Council trip I spoke to @artsprofessional.co.uk about my experiences, and the opportunity to develop creative exchange pathways between China and the UK 🇨🇳🇬🇧🎶

Time to talk music, arts and funding 💰🎶🎨

Had to admire the ambition of Mr Squirrel in the garden this morning 🐿️🍏🍏

The boy looking particularly chonky this morning 🐈‍⬛

Understatement in the form of a text instruction from the dentists chair this morning. One emergency extraction later and I’m cancelling the rest of my week 😫

From Cheltenham, in Bath, drinking Harrogate #AllTheSpas

Interesting mid project evaluation on young people and event attendance in Gloucestershire: Huge support for small music venues and grassroots spaces in the county. Final report will be published Jan 2025 @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social

Great fun being on the Supajam panel with some brilliant people at Ditto X at the O2

At the O2 today to speak at Ditto X

Cheltenham looking 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 today!

Excited to be speaking at the O2 tomorrow as part of the Ditto X music event. Info and tickets available here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ dittomusic.com/en/x

One of my various hats is producing and writing UK Music’s annual economic report, This Is Music, which demonstrates the music industry’s contribution to the UK economy and is published today. Music contributed £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023 Please have a read: lnkd.in/eB8Kkfrt