I attended a meeting on behalf of the MU this evening at offices in Euston, following an invitation from a group set up the banner of Music Declares Emergency.
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Go karting 2
A busy day for Ben, as The Warren Reds FC had a friendly end-of-season match in the morning at Westerham FC, which proved an exciting sign-off to a few months of squad development.
Future Fusion
I was up early yesterday morning to catch the train from Paddington to Bath to visit the offices of Future Fusion and complete the quarterly edition of The Musician, the magazine I have edited since late 2004.
Team awayday
At least once a year, the Communications & Government Relations Dept of the MU take time out to share an ‘awayday’ and undertake a pastime close to one of our hearts.
Out and about
Early on Thursday evening I drove over from the MU HQ in Oval to meet long-term friend and producer James Reynolds at the Duke on the Green, in the New King’s Road. After a delicious cod and chips we walked over the Green to his studio, where we spent an enjoyable hour listening to new recordings by a number of rising artists.
Venue visit
My MU colleague Jane Austin and I drove to Brighton today to visit this summer’s Delegate Conference venue, the Metropole Hilton.
Go karting Sunday
I was kindly given a present for my 60th by my work colleagues at the MU of 50 laps for a friend and myself at the multi-level 400m Go-Kart Track in Mitcham, south London, and so Mark Batchelor and I drove over to the site early this morning.
Record Store Day
I was kindly asked this afternoon for my contribution to UK Music’s page marking Record Store Day, set to take place across the UK tomorrow, and to recall either my first record purchase or my memories of record stores in days gone by.
BBC Introducing
My MU colleague Sam Jordan and I attended a planning meeting at the offices of the Music Publishers’ Association in Southampton Row this morning, at the invitation of James Sterling, Head of BBC Music. The meeting had been arranged to coincide with the launch of this year’s BBC Introducing Live event at Tobacco Dock, which is to run from 31 October to the 2 November.
The Musician (March)
The spring 2019 issue of The Musician magazine, the quarterly publication of the Musicians’ Union, is being dispatched to members this week and once again contains its award-winning mix of profiles, features, reports and advice.
Whatever you do
The MU launched a ‘Join for £1’ scheme in January and I have been busy booking full page adverts to
A day in Bath
Another enjoyable and fruitful day with Future Fusion at their offices in Quay House, Bath. The principal object being to
Google training
I spent a useful day at Media Training Ltd in Borough on a course designed to introduce attendees to working
The Musician (Dec)
The winter edition of The Musician is distributed to members this week, the 56th issue for which I have been
Sky Garden
With Ben away on a school trip, Julie and I had the chance for a night on the town and
Breaking the ceiling
The Performers’ Alliance All-Party Parliamentary Group has proposed an inquiry into the decline of social mobility in the creative sector entitled
Variety is the Spice
I began an interesting working day at the MU’s HQ in Clapham Road, alongside my colleague Maddy Radcliff, presenting to
Music in education
In partnership with the team at PR agency Kindred, the MU launched a campaign today to bring attention to the
Young driver
Following a morning training with The Warren football club in West Wickham Common, and a fry-up at T’s Cafe in
The Musician (Sept)
The autumn 2018 issue of The Musician, featuring a wraparound cover photograph of percussionist and West End stalwart Matthew West, is
Music Council
I attended the launch of the Council of Music Makers (CMM) at the Strongroom, Shoreditch this afternoon alongside my colleague
Night on the town
Following a few productive hours at MU HQ in Clapham Road, including a catch-up with former industry manager Pete Jenner
Langley Park GC
As I am looking to join a local golf club, I arranged to spent the morning playing a trial round
The Warren JFC
Ben was kindly recommended to The Warren Junior Football Club by Alan Duncan, a coach at Beckenham Town JFC, and
Parliamentary Jazz
I caught the tube from the MU offices in the Oval and travelled on the Northern Line into the West
In Ziggy’s footsteps
At lunchtime today, Julie, Lisa, Ben and I could be found at Beckenham Junction Station making up a group of
The Journalist
Following a feature entitled ‘Get even and get paid’ by Mick Sinclair in the July/August issue of The Journalist, the
