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Wanna be a rockstar?
Kirstin Innes meets the panel of music industry movers and shakers helping you into the world of showbusiness at the upcoming OZ Undiscovered
ell ya. kid. These days. everybody wants to get into showbiz. ()2 Undiscovered. which lands in Glasgow this fortnight. is the latest in a fast- growing succession of hands-on networking events offering the public a chance to meet and get advice from music industry professionals. It’s open to everyone and features talks and seminars from a distinguished panel. involved in every aspect of music: making it. managing it and promoting it. Eugene Kelly is a Glasgow singer-songwriter and founder member of The Vaselines ‘l’m just going to tell people to keep doing what they do. and to keep on listening to music. ()2 Undiscovered want me to tell My Story: I‘m going to have to sit down and think what my story is! When I was starting out in the l‘)8()s. I didn’t have any idea how to get into the music industry. I was lucky. because l knew some people who wanted to put a record out. bth maybe it's good for people to come to events like this if they don't have that sort of contact.. Keren McKean manages several Scottish bands, including Toaster, the Reindeer Section and Snow Patrol ‘l'm really looking forward to giving this talk. because it‘s come at both an awkward and an exciting
time for the music industry. Managers have a lot of
opportunities to help bands just now. It‘s about educating bands about how to approach record deals. The industry is shifting: the balance of power is coming back to the artist. and it’s about helping artists to understand how to take and use that power.‘ Neil Adams has worked for 11 years as a regional radio and television plugger with V2, and now runs Neil Adams PR
‘liverything is changing so fast just now. liven in a year or so the industry will. more than likely. be unrecognisable. with the road littered by casualties along the way. This said there will always be opportunities. always be new bands. always be jobs. always be new people with new ideas and fresh approaches breaking into the industry. and these events are essential for them. The main piece of advice I want to give to people at the event is that if one day you wake up and find you don’t want to listen to new records. don‘t want to go see live bands and spend your time hanging about with your backstage pass drinking the bands’ riders. leave the building now please. and make way for someone else.‘
02 Undiscovered, Carling Academy, Glasgow, Sat 10 May. For more information and to book your free place, visit http://www.02undiscovered.com
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=i< Ladyfest Edinburgh We all know that women are great. but it’s nice to have a whole festival to celebrate their achievements in and contribution to arts. culture and society anyway. See listings for more info on individual events. Various venues, Edinburgh, until Sat 37 May.
* Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Women of all ages and fitness levels! Don trainers and walk, jog or run 5K for Cancer Research UK. Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, Sun 11 May.
>i< Women’s 10K Different side of the country, different charity, same principle. Oh. and five extra kilometres. It’s a lovely route from Nithsdale Road to Mosspark Boulevard. though there won’t be much time for sightseeing if you’re taking part to raise funds for breast cancer research. Bel/ahouston Park, Glasgow, Sun 78 May.
* Dr Jane Goodall The original chimpanzee expert turned UN Messenger for Peace talks, signs books, and looks nothing like Sigourney Weaver in the mist. You‘re thinking of Dian Fossey. George Square Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 20 May.
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