Hands Up for Musicians

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

Music Centre Coordinator (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

You will: co-ordinate the operation and delivery of the RCS Music Centre in Dumfries and Galloway, including the co-ordination of the music centre activities on a Saturday. Your role will include the planning and co-ordination of performances, operational procedures, line management of teachers and customer care. You will also assist with development of musical activities, […]

Singers wanted – Glasgow’s 1st Open Mic for Opera

Upload Opera will perform it’s 1st ever showcase in Glasgow on the afternoon of Saturday 8th October. This will be the first of regular Open Mic-style performances for the group. All of our events are free entry, to help encourage those who are curious about Opera to come along. We are looking for singers of […]

Workstation for hire at the Evergreen Studio (Edinburgh)

The Evergreen Studio is a unique space for creative freelancers seeking a friendly place to work. We operate as a cooperative – pooling resources, ideas and inspiration. Located just off the Royal Mile in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic old town, you will have access to a desk space, high-speed wifi, free meeting room facilities, […]

Managing Your Finances

Who should attend? Those who want to understand the role of financial management in an effective social enterprise and gain the basic technical knowledge and skills to allow them to improve the financial management of their own organisations. Course Content The course covers all the main aspects of financial management, looking backwards at annual accounts […]

Scholarship Fund for Young Musicians

Songs For Scotland 2 plan to create a scholarship fund for young musicians. The fund is named after Alasdair Gray and administered by Hands Up For Trad – a wonderful charity that supports young musicians. Once they have raised the minimum required to make the album, they will allocate a percentage of contributions to the […]

Live Streaming Workshop – 21st September 2016

Live streaming is the next big thing! Facebook, Twitter, Live Stream are all offering opportunities to have direct access to your fanbase and also attract new people to your music. Hands Up for Trad have asked content producers Inner Ear to lead a workshop on live streaming and the various techniques and solutions to make […]

Designing Public Experiences

I was chatting to someone a few years ago about system design. I didn’t know what it was but I was amazed that shops hired people to design the experiences of customers as they enter their places of business. Wikipedia describes system design as “… the process of defining the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and […]

Ableton Live Beginners Workshop

One of the things we get asked about at Distil the most is live electronics and Ableton. Lots of people want to know how to manipulate sounds live on stage to enhance their performance. We hosted our first workshop in 2015 and we are now hosting a second beginners workshop at Lo-Fi Rehearsal studios, Anchor Lane, […]

Distil Scratch Day 2016 – The photos!

We had a great day at our first Scratch day of 2016. The band were Dave Milligan (piano), Alyn Cosker (drums), James Lindsay (double bass) and Patsy Reid (fiddle). Check out the photos below. Default Gallery Type Template This is the default gallery type template, located in: /home/projects/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/nextgen_gallery_display/templates/index.php. If you’re seeing this, it’s because the […]