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Main Image: Suki10C Live Music Venue, Digbeth. Courtesy of West Midlands Combined Authority The Birmingham Local Plan will shape how the city will develop over the next 20 years and will set out a vision, spatial strategy and planning framework that will be used to guide decisions on development proposals and planning applications.  It will also impactContinue reading “Live music venues urged to respond to Birmingham Local Plan consultation”

UK Music has today revealed the findings of its 2022 Workforce Diversity Survey, as part of its UK Music Diversity Report and the Diversity Taskforce’s mission to boost inclusion and diversity across the industry. The survey tracks progress to boost diversity and inclusion in the UK’s music industry, that supports 145,000 jobs and it alsoContinue reading “Boosting Diversity and Inclusion: UK Music Reveals 2022 Workforce Diversity Survey”

From left-right: Meenal Odedra, Cam Blackwood, Frank Hamilton, Jennifer Geddes (Secretariat), Sandie Shaw (Advisor), and Amanda Maxwell (Chair)

• Main image from left to right: Robin, Damo and Tomlin Mystic from Friendly Fire Band, Sanity, Bambi Bains and Dapz on the Map As part of the Commonwealth Games’ Birmingham 2022 Festival, Jez Collins, founder of Birmingham Music Archive orchestrated the creation of a unique multi-artist, multi-genre concept album along with 22 conversations andContinue reading “On Record – Creating a new Birmingham music album: Q&A with Jez Collins“

The West Midlands Music Board (WMMB) launch event took place this summer at the Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Write the Future: Music Creator Conference saw Punch Record’s Senior Creative Producer, Nikki Riggon compere a series of thought-provoking discussions with experts from Meta and Birmingham hip-hop and garage musician, Malik and aContinue reading “WMMB launch event opens conversation about social media, documenting music and representation”

The West Midlands Music Board’s Write the Future: Music Creator Conference will take place on Tuesday 28 June from 2pm-6pm at the Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. WMMB has partnered with Punch Records, B:Music and Meta (parent company of Facebook/Instagram/Quest) to deliver the conference.