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INTRODUCING: ISM How To... guides

We're launching a new and improved series of resources, designed to support musicians as they navigate a career in music, Written with industry-leading specialists.

Our first two guides are available now: www.ism.org/how-to-guides/

06.03.2026 17:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The House of Commons’ Culture, Media and Sport select committee is inviting music fans to help shape the future of the UK’s grassroots live and electronic music scenes. Click the link for more information and scan the QR code to find out how you can make your voice heard.
tinyurl.com/bd8xsw6r

08.07.2025 17:14 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Fans chanting Jota’s song over and over. Minute after minute. Players and coaches clap along, some sing along. All looking understandably distraught. A picture of Jota and his brother is showed on the screen above the stand.

Remarkable moment.

13.07.2025 16:02 👍 59 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

RIP Diogoal YNWA

03.07.2025 08:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘We just want to stop people being murdered’: Kneecap on Palestine, protest and provocation The Irish rap trio have recently faced censure and a court case, but have also had support for their pro-Palestine stance. Ahead of a Glastonbury appearance deemed ‘inappropriate’ by Keir Starmer, the...

KNEECAP
"If you believe that what a satirical band who play characters on stage do is more outrageous than the murdering of innocent Palestinians, then you need to give your head a fucking wobble.”

We did a wee feature interview ahead of Glastonbury...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

27.06.2025 21:52 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Quickest bowler I’ve ever seen bar none…RIP Syd

22.06.2025 09:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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26.05.2025 15:02 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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YNWA @ The Strand 🔊🔊🔊

26.05.2025 16:52 👍 20 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
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@prsformusic.bsky.social members, this is your final chance to vote for who represents you on their Members’ Council.

Our Chair, @automatom.bsky.social , is standing for re-election. He’s the only Ivors Academy Board Director or Senator on the ballot.

🗳 Voting closes 5pm BST, Monday 6 May.

05.05.2025 09:21 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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15.04.2025 06:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Link Your Bandcamp and Bluesky Accounts for Instant Recognition Discover how to easily link your Bandcamp and Bluesky accounts. Boost your artist profile visibility with this simple guide and start getting recognized today!

Great news for Bandcamp Pro or label account users! You can now link your Bandcamp subdomain to your Bluesky handle. This integration helps strengthen your online presence and makes it easier for fans to find you and your music. Here’s how to do it:

27.03.2025 16:33 👍 798 🔁 228 💬 21 📌 19
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Report offers US listening stats for Spotify and its rivals Edison Research has published its annual ‘The Infinite Dial’ report examining the digital-media habits of Americans. It estimates that 73% of the US population (aged over 12) listen to online audio every week – that’s around 210 million people. Where are they listening? 35% of the population listened to Spotify in the last month (up only slightly from 34% two years ago…

Report offers US listening stats for Spotify and its rivals

Edison Research has published its annual ‘The Infinite Dial’ report examining the digital-media habits of Americans. It estimates that 73% of the US population (aged over 12) listen to online audio every week – that’s around 210 million…

24.03.2025 13:15 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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This week on the Ball Back tour I am in Cardiff (selling well, book now) and London (sales a big sluggish, please tell your friends if you saw it here last year) richardherring.com/ballback/tour Be great to get a few more in at the Leic Sq Theatre and it's early so time for drinks after!

10.03.2025 10:49 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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‘Everyone knew who he was’: James Hamilton, the ‘eccentric aristo’ who catalysed British club culture He outed Norman Cook as Fatboy Slim, imported turntablism and made BPM a staple of dance journalism. Pete Tong and Gilles Peterson remember a pivotal figure

Legend www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

10.03.2025 19:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Singer-Songwriter Angie Stone Dead at 63 Angie Stone -- a singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence -- has died ... TMZ has confirmed.

Angie Stone, singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence, has died at 63

01.03.2025 18:37 👍 6034 🔁 1371 💬 351 📌 728
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The UK’s world-leading copyright laws are under threat.

That’s why The Ivors Academy stands with the Creative Rights in AI Coalition and the Make It Fair campaign, calling for transparency and fair compensation for creators.

25.02.2025 11:25 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

RIP Roberta Flack

24.02.2025 19:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ten myths about copyright in artificial intelligence | ISM As government consult on copyright and AI, ISM Head of Legal Services Helen Hurley debunks myths around the consultation's proposals

4 DAYS LEFT 🚨

With the deadline for the AI and copyright consultation closing in, ISM Head of Legal Helen Hurley debunks 10 myths surrounding government's proposals: www.ism.org/news/ten-myt...

21.02.2025 10:03 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Darwin!

18.01.2025 16:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tune!

08.01.2025 06:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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​Disco vocalist and Chic singer Alfa Anderson has died aged 78 Anderson was responsible for providing vocals on hit tracks including ‘Good Times’ and ‘Le Freak’

Alfa Anderson, the lead vocalist of disco group Chic, has died aged 78. RIP 🕊

03.01.2025 17:19 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Which songs and recordings enter the public domain in 2025? We’re singin’ in the rain this morning. We ain’t misbehavin’ because happy days are here again, and we’re waiting for a train to visit an American in Paris to tiptoe through the tulips – all while humming the famous bits from Ravel’s ‘Bolero’. What’s behind this giddy mood? News that the compositions referenced in that intro are among those entering the public domain in 2025, as 

Which songs and recordings enter the public domain in 2025?

We’re singin’ in the rain this morning. We ain’t misbehavin’ because happy days are here again, and we’re waiting for a train to visit an American in Paris to tiptoe through the tulips – all while humming the famous bits from Ravel’s…

02.01.2025 14:50 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

So that is the following also now part of the majors “Its portfolio of businesses includes FUGA, Downtown Artist & Label Services, Curve Royalties, CD Baby, Downtown Music Publishing and Songtrust.”

16.12.2024 18:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Universal Music Group acquires Downtown Music Holdings via Virgin Music Group - Creative Industries News Virgin Music Group — Universal Music Group's services and distribution division for the independent sector — has entered into "a definitive agreement" to acquire independent music company Downtown Mus...

Virgin Music Group — UMG‘s services and distribution division for the indie sector — has acquired Downtown Music Holdings for $775m in cash. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2025.
creativeindustriesnews.com/2024/12/univ...

16.12.2024 18:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Pioneering jungle and breakbeat producer Lennie De Ice has died aged 54 The ‘We Are I.E.’ artist is credited with producing some of the earliest breakbeat tracks

RIP 🕊

11.12.2024 15:50 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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​Music industry workers to lose a quarter of income to AI by 2028, study finds The “first ever” global study on the impact of AI on music found that revenues of AI services will spike in the next four years

According to the study, revenues of those working in the industry will plummet due to AI over the next four years

05.12.2024 15:09 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 7