Hands Up for Musicians

Scottish musicians expanding their creative horizons into other other areas of musical practice.

The Hands Up for Musicians website offers opportunities for musicians, providing resources and news to help musicians get the best out of their careers. The opportunities are mainly Scottish based but if you have any suggestions for anything else we are here to listen.

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PRSF Momentum Deadline- 18th of November

The Momentum Music Fund offers grants of £5k-£15k for UK based artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers. Activities eligible for support … [Read More...]

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Distil Showcase 2019

Distil Showcase 2019: Problems To Sharpen The Young (I) by Esther Swift

The Distil Showcase will return again to the Tolbooth in Stirling on Friday 29th March 2019 at 8pm. The concert showcases the new and exciting music of traditional … [Read More...]

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Scots Trad Music Industry Awards

I thought you might be interested in reading about these individuals who make our lives easier! We are very pleased to announce the very first MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Industry Awards celebrating all the talented people and organisations who work behind the … [Read More...]

Fèis Phàislig Weekly Lessons: Position – Guitar Tutor Rate: £35 p/h

Time: 10am-1pm (Saturday mornings during term time) Venue: Castlehead High School, Paisley, PA1 2HJ Fèis Phàislig was established in November 2014 to provide traditional music opportunities for young people in Renfrewshire. We now offer a year-round programme … [Read More...]

Start before you think you’re ready

This bit of advice comes from the great Austin Kleon newsletter. Check it out here. Here’s Stephen Harrigan (talking about his book, Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas) and a reproduction of one of Botticelli’s paintings of St. Augustine. (Like … [Read More...]

MOBO HELP MUSICIANS FUND

The fund has been created in partnership to support the career ambitions of artists and groups with grants of up to £2,000. Further funding of up to £3,000 is available for larger groups of musicians. Help Musicians UK are teaming up with MOBO Trust for the … [Read More...]

Help Ian Anderson recover after fRoots

This is a worthy cause if you have a few £sss to spare. You’re probably reading this because you were a fan of fRoots magazine: maybe your life was improved by it in some way. You’ll have heard that the company publishing it was finally forced to close down … [Read More...]

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