Quotas, safe spaces, and image obsession – Report from the Leeds Open Space
There was a great turn out at Sheaf Street on Monday 26 March for good food and an evening of conversation and debate about how we can begin to tackle […]Read More
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Mentoring, Imposter Syndrome, Role Models and More – Report from the Liverpool Open Space
So, exactly how can we how we can begin to tackle inequality in the music industry? This question was the focus of a day of discussion, reflection and debate at […]Read More
Making gender equality in the music industry a reality…. What can we all do?
The music industry can look an awful lot like a man’s world, even in 2018. Fewer than 1 in 5 songwriters in the UK are female, just 1 in 6 […]Read More
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A manifesto for the curious and the generous
I’m writing this from Liverpool, where I’ve been for the past 2 days for the inaugural Binary Festival, a brilliant get together of innovators, makers, creatives and inventors. Over the […]Read More
Make, Do & Bend – the title of our Ideas Lab, yes, but also a good philosophy
Imagine the scene – 25 or so of Europe’s most curious and forward thinking composers, musicians and creative technologists, gathered together at NESTA HQ for a ‘nothing’s impossible’ day of […]Read More
Boomstand – the pop up sound system going places
Hwa Young Jung blogs on the latest outing of Boomstand, a pop up sound system developed during the hub’s Bring & Byte hack weekend in Hebden Bridge in May 2015. […]Read More
Get curious… Get Generous… Reflections from Venues Day Business Up, Be Inspired panel
Earlier this week I joined 300 other delegates at the Music Venue Trust’s second Venues Day, all of us enjoying the slightly weird experience of drinking tea in the Ministry […]Read More
Social Media: how important is it, really?
Duel’s Jon Aitken blogs on why social media should be a vital part of your start-up development Do you need a social media presence for your brand or product? Yes. The answer […]Read More
Phrased & Confused is back! And Liverpool-bound…
It’s been a while, but we’re delighted to say Phrased & Confused, our Spoken Word and Music project, is back this Autumn after a couple of years R&R! We’ve teamed […]Read More