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Off The Record

Off The Record

By Off The Record

Off The Record Podcasts offer advice to up and coming artists and individuals on breaking into the music industry. This podcast will host panels featuring various key music industry professionals discussing a variety and fresh new interviews with some of Scotland's most exciting new music professionals
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Jo Dargie + Hannah Boyle + Chelsea Ness

Jo Dargie + Hannah Boyle + Chelsea Ness

In the final episode of this series Cat & Verity chat to 3 women working in music journalism. Jo Dargie, Hannah Boyle (Gold Flake Paint) & Chelsea Ness (The Music Files) talk about their experiences in journalism and give tips on how to get started. 

Website - www.otrscot.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot
Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot
Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot

Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands, and the Association of Independent Music.

Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Feb 16, 202155:21
Nick Stewart + Luke La Volpe + Kevin Yule

Nick Stewart + Luke La Volpe + Kevin Yule

It's all about music venues in this episode of Off The Record. Cat & Verity chat to Nick Stewart from Sneaky Pete's, Scottish Music Award winner Luke La Volpe & freelance sound engineer Kevin Yule about the importance of music venues and hints on tips on getting gigs, working at a venue, or becoming a sound engineer. 

Website - www.otrscot.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot
Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot
Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot

Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands, and the Association of Independent Music.

Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Jan 26, 202156:04
Kirstin McEwan & Lindsey Davidson

Kirstin McEwan & Lindsey Davidson

In the latest episode of the Off The Record Podcast, Cat & Verity chat to Lindsey Davidson & Kirstin McEwan about being creative in a freelance world. They chat about starting up, equipment, trends, social media and branding. 

Website - www.otrscot.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot
Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot
Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot

Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music.

Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Jan 19, 202149:43
Stuart Macaulay & Jen Imrie

Stuart Macaulay & Jen Imrie

Radio & podcasters Jen Imrie & Stuart Macaulay chat to Verity and Cat about getting started in radio and all the various aspects of getting your name out there in the audio community. 

Website - www.otrscot.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot
Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot
Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot

Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music.

Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Dec 22, 202047:20
Andrew Thomson - Clyde Built Radio

Andrew Thomson - Clyde Built Radio

In this episode of Off The Record Podcast, Cat & Verity are joined by Andrew Thomson, founder of Glasgow based Community radio station, Clyde Built Radio. In this chat, he talks about his inspirations for setting it up, the challenges and highlights so far, and how it's helped the community in 2020. 

Website - www.otrscot.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot
Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot
Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot

Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music.

Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Dec 15, 202043:07
Rory Barnes

Rory Barnes

Rory Barnes joined Cat & Verity for a chat about how he started out in the Scottish music industry by picking up a camera and shooting a local gig and progressing into touring with some massive names and branching into videography and artist management. 

Website - www.otrscot.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot
Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot
Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot

Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music.

Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Dec 08, 202050:50
Lou & Katie - Classy Lassy PR & MGMT
Dec 01, 202049:41
TAAHLIAH
Nov 24, 202044:58
The Basics of Publishing

The Basics of Publishing

In episode 4 of the Off The Record Podcast, Jamie Gilmour takes us through the basics of music publishing. 

He looks at the origins of music publishing, what copyright is and what it covers, PRS, PPL & MCPS, how publishing works in the real world and gives us some resources to look at.

Off The Record is supported by the Youth Music Initiative which is administered by Creative Scotland

Feb 06, 202036:06
Getting & Organising Gigs

Getting & Organising Gigs

In Episode 3 of the Off The Record Podcast Chris Beltran (DF Concerts) and Matt Belcher (Sneaky Pete's) discuss the best practices for getting, organising and promoting gigs. 

They look at approaching promoters, promotion once you have a gig, fees, creating a community & tips for putting on your own gigs. 

Off The Record is supported by the Youth Music Initiative which is administered by Creative Scotland. 

Jan 30, 202032:44
Generating Revenue From Music

Generating Revenue From Music

In this episode of the Off The Record Podcast with Cat Rose, Michael Lambert from Wide Events & A Modern Way Management is joined by Anna Russell from AR Management. 

They discuss the best practices for generating revenue from your music, from joining collections agencies & selling merch to making a £50 support fee stretch. 

This episode was recorded at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and  Off The Record is supported by the Youth Music Initiative which is administered by Creative Scotland.

Music by Owen Mcallister

Jan 23, 202033:27
Promoting Your Music

Promoting Your Music

Off The Record, hosted by Catrina Rose, looks at the most effective ways of getting your music into the media. A panel, recorded at the National Museum of Scotland, featuring Amy Ferguson (BBC Radio Scotland), Stephen Archibald (Jump In The Shark PR), Arusa Qureshi (The List), photographer Jannica Honey & is chaired by Jenn Nimmo-Smith (Electric Shore Publicity).

Off The Record is supported by the Scottish Government's Youth Music Initiative which is administered by Creative Scotland.

Music by Owen Mcallister.

Jan 16, 202041:10