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MMF Weekly Roundup

16 February 2024

A weekly summary of events and resources for music managers.

 

NXT Gen: Croydon was a great success! Thanks to everyone who came, and keep an eye out for a full wrap-up post next week.

 

We were also at FastForward this week, which was great as always. 2023 Accelerators Vanessa Sinclair and Hannah TW were part of the amazing programme of speakers, both did a wonderful job!

 

iluvlive has opened applications for its latest Artist Development Programme with Stellar Songs.

Applications close on 1st March at 5pm.

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fieldfisher are proposing to bring action on behalf of artists on UK recording contracts that do not specify a streaming royalty for past damages, and for future royalties to be paid at a fair rate.

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EMMA have announced a new genre network, dedicated to Folk/Global music. The first Managers Meet-up for folk/global/acoustic and more will be held on Wednesday, 28th February.

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The Night Time Industries Assocation (NTIA) released a new report around Electronic Music. It found that since the start of the pandemic, 396 nightclubs, or 32%, have been lost. In the last year alone, 31 nightclubs shut down (4%), and nightclub visits for electronic music saw a 9% decrease.

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