A LEGENDARY manager will give the keynote address at conference intended to encourage more collaboration in the Scottish music industry.
Simon Napier-Bell will talk at Resonate, an all-day event for industry professionals, musicians, students and aspiring artists taking place in Glasgow next week.
As manager of the likes of Wham!, George Michael, Ultravox, Jimmy Page and Sinead O’Connor, Napier-Bell has worked for five eventful decades in music.
Now a documentary director, the 80-year-old is also author of four best-sellers including the landmark history of pop Black Vinyl White Powder and I’m Coming To Take You To Lunch, the story of how Wham! Became the first western band to visit China in the 1980s.
The rock grandee joins other speakers including Hilary Brooks, founder of Scottish Women Inventing Music (SWIM), Suzanne Miller of musicians’ charity Help Musicians Scotland and artists such as Dame Evelyn Glennie, Carla J.Easton, Stina Tweeddale and Kobi Onyame.
Hosted by broadcaster Janice Forsyth, the conference features discussions, workshops and one-to-one advice sessions on topics such as syncing, distribution and thriving in the music industry.
Closing the day will be Resonate Live, a live showcase open to all featuring sets from local punks Rascalton, singer-songwriters Scarlett Randle and Zak Younger Banks and Awkward Family Portraits, a roguish band making fresh roots rock.
Chris Blackmore, manager of the quirky five-piece, says: “Awkward Family Portraits are buzzing to have the invaluable opportunity to be performing at Resonate in front of a congregation of the who’s who of the what’s what of the music industry.”
Resonate 2019: November 14, Barras Art and Design Centre, Glasgow, from 9am, £75, £40 students. Resonate Live: 7pm, £7. Tel: 0141 552 6279. Tickets: www.resonatescot.co.uk
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel