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It’s a Mystery
I find myself caught in one of these slightly mystifying ongoing debates where even though the answer to something is incredibly obvious to everyone involved, somehow we are conspiring to pretend that this answer is so far beyond our reach...
All the Small Things
I am, broadly speaking, very supportive of devolution. The closer decisions are made to the people and places they affect, the better the chance that those decisions will reflect relevant, local, lived-experience rather than an abstract ver...
Souvenir
The UK music industry is worth £8 billion a year to the economy. It generates £4.8 billion in exports and employs 220,000 people. Recorded music revenues have passed £1.5 billion for the first time, reaching £1.57 billion in 2025 after elev...
Word Up
At four o’clock this afternoon there is a rehearsal room in a grassroots music venue near you with a drum kit in it, a PA, some microphones, probably a guitar amplifier making a noise nobody has ever successfully diagnosed, and nobody using...
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
There is a moment in every long-running campaign when you suddenly realise that you have won the argument. Not the campaign, obviously. That would be ridiculous. Campaigns in the music industry appear to have been designed by Yes in about 1...
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Typical wokerati lefty tofu eating social justice warrior. CEO & Founder Music Venue Trust, Co-owner of an old toilet in Tunbridge Wells. The views expressed are my personal opinions, not the views of any organisation or company I work for.
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