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(Sat 4 Oct: 10:30am) Being a freelance traditional musician means juggling creative work with financial realities - from budgeting for projects to navigating funding applications and managing your day-to-day income. In this practical workshop, Ailie Robertson will demystify the funding landscape and share tools and strategies to help you take control of your finances, build sustainability into your career, and approach funding applications with clarity and confidence. ~~~~~~~~~~ Ailie Robertson has a multi-faceted career combining work as a performer, composer, researcher and educator. She has worked on projects with an array of organisations both in Scotland and internationally, and enjoys helping other creatives bring their ideas to life. This workshop is presented by the Traditional Music Forum and is discounted for Forum members. To find out more about TMF activities and how to become a member, visit traditionalmusicforum.org.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Training Venue
(Sat 4 Oct: 2:30pm) Join multi-instrumentalist and producer Tom Oakes for a practical workshop on recording and releasing your music, from initial concept to final release.This workshop will guide you through each stage of the process, highlighting where you can save money, where it pays to invest, and how to avoid common pitfalls. Tom will share insightful and helpful tips, and examples of what works (and what doesn’t), helping you navigate your own recording project with greater confidence and clarity. ~~~~~ 2019 Scots Trad Awards ‘Musician of the Year’ nominee Tom Oakes is one of the UK’s top flautists and multi-instrumentalists, as well as a sound designer, composer, producer, educator and label owner. Tom is known widely for his work with Shetland fiddler Ross Couper, genre-bending pan-Finnish act The Auvo Quartet, Scottish power trio OBT, and a new project with Scottish multi-instrumentalist Ali Hutton and award-winning London-Irish fiddler Matt Tighe, as well as his increasing profile as a solo performer. His album Water Street (2022) received global airplay and was longlisted for the 2022 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, while his solo show The Hearth premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe and was shortlisted for ‘Best New Work’ at the 2023 awards. This workshop is presented by the Traditional Music Forum and is discounted for Forum members. To find out more about TMF activities and how to become a member, visit traditionalmusicforum.org. This workshop programme is supported by TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) through Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funding.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Training Venue
(Sat 27 Sep: 10:30am) In this two-part development day, artists will be able to investigate some very important aspects of being a musician. Shameless or not, some kind of self-promotion is necessary! The first half of the workshop will consider such questions as:● Why and how to promote?● What is my music?● Who am I making it for?● What do I want to get out of my practice?● How do I describe my music?● Do I need an ‘artist’ name?● Is branding for me? Participants will take a look at who they are as an artist, how they promote themselves, what they want to achieve, an understanding of a good biography, and a plan for next steps. Touring is considered to be a vital part of being a musician, so the latter half of the workshop will cover:● Whether and when to tour● How to get the most out of it● Practical steps such as how to build contacts, approach promoters, negotiate fees and costs, advance shows, and promoting your tour● Agents, press support, and funding The workshop will include practical exercises such as writing a pitch to programmers, and some things to consider if you are considering applying for funding. Participants should leave with a clearer sense of when and how to go about building and delivering a tour, and how to make touring work best for you. Suitable for new musicians working out who they are, what they do and what direction they are headed, as well as established artists who wish to improve, reflect on or change their current direction or image. ~~~~~ Katch Holmes has worked in the music industry in Scotland for 25 years. She has represented artists, commissioned new music, produced residencies and promoted gigs with folk and crossover music acts through her company Off Site Productions. She organises Knockengorroch roots music festival in Dumfries and Galloway. She sat on WOMEX selection panels in 2021 and 2017 and is a Relational Dynamics business coach working with professional creatives. This workshop is presented by the Traditional Music Forum and is discounted for Forum members. To find out more about TMF activities and how to become a member, visit traditionalmusicforum.org.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Training Venue
(Sat 4 Oct: 10:30am) Being a freelance traditional musician means juggling creative work with financial realities - from budgeting for projects to navigating funding applications and managing your day-to-day income. In this practical workshop, Ailie Robertson will demystify the funding landscape and share tools and strategies to help you take control of your finances, build sustainability into your career, and approach funding applications with clarity and confidence. ~~~~~~~~~~ Ailie Robertson has a multi-faceted career combining work as a performer, composer, researcher and educator. She has worked on projects with an array of organisations both in Scotland and internationally, and enjoys helping other creatives bring their ideas to life. This workshop is presented by the Traditional Music Forum and is discounted for Forum members. To find out more about TMF activities and how to become a member, visit traditionalmusicforum.org.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Training Venue
(Sat 4 Oct: 2:30pm) Join multi-instrumentalist and producer Tom Oakes for a practical workshop on recording and releasing your music, from initial concept to final release.This workshop will guide you through each stage of the process, highlighting where you can save money, where it pays to invest, and how to avoid common pitfalls. Tom will share insightful and helpful tips, and examples of what works (and what doesn’t), helping you navigate your own recording project with greater confidence and clarity. ~~~~~ 2019 Scots Trad Awards ‘Musician of the Year’ nominee Tom Oakes is one of the UK’s top flautists and multi-instrumentalists, as well as a sound designer, composer, producer, educator and label owner. Tom is known widely for his work with Shetland fiddler Ross Couper, genre-bending pan-Finnish act The Auvo Quartet, Scottish power trio OBT, and a new project with Scottish multi-instrumentalist Ali Hutton and award-winning London-Irish fiddler Matt Tighe, as well as his increasing profile as a solo performer. His album Water Street (2022) received global airplay and was longlisted for the 2022 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, while his solo show The Hearth premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe and was shortlisted for ‘Best New Work’ at the 2023 awards. This workshop is presented by the Traditional Music Forum and is discounted for Forum members. To find out more about TMF activities and how to become a member, visit traditionalmusicforum.org. This workshop programme is supported by TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) through Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funding.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Training Venue
(Sat 27 Sep: 10:30am) In this two-part development day, artists will be able to investigate some very important aspects of being a musician. Shameless or not, some kind of self-promotion is necessary! The first half of the workshop will consider such questions as:● Why and how to promote?● What is my music?● Who am I making it for?● What do I want to get out of my practice?● How do I describe my music?● Do I need an ‘artist’ name?● Is branding for me? Participants will take a look at who they are as an artist, how they promote themselves, what they want to achieve, an understanding of a good biography, and a plan for next steps. Touring is considered to be a vital part of being a musician, so the latter half of the workshop will cover:● Whether and when to tour● How to get the most out of it● Practical steps such as how to build contacts, approach promoters, negotiate fees and costs, advance shows, and promoting your tour● Agents, press support, and funding The workshop will include practical exercises such as writing a pitch to programmers, and some things to consider if you are considering applying for funding. Participants should leave with a clearer sense of when and how to go about building and delivering a tour, and how to make touring work best for you. Suitable for new musicians working out who they are, what they do and what direction they are headed, as well as established artists who wish to improve, reflect on or change their current direction or image. ~~~~~ Katch Holmes has worked in the music industry in Scotland for 25 years. She has represented artists, commissioned new music, produced residencies and promoted gigs with folk and crossover music acts through her company Off Site Productions. She organises Knockengorroch roots music festival in Dumfries and Galloway. She sat on WOMEX selection panels in 2021 and 2017 and is a Relational Dynamics business coach working with professional creatives. This workshop is presented by the Traditional Music Forum and is discounted for Forum members. To find out more about TMF activities and how to become a member, visit traditionalmusicforum.org.
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Training Venue
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