Hands Up for Musicians

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

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 […]

Distil Showcase 2016 – The Music!

Distil Showcase 2016 was a night of great new music. Thanks to everyone who came along. You can hear the music below. Check the photos here!

Distil Showcase 2016 – The Photos!

We had a great night at the Distil Showcase in Stirling Tolbooth on April 8th.  Check out the photos (by Martin Forry) below. Listen to the music here. 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 gallery type you selected has not […]

Distil Showcase 2016: Seeking The Ice, Questing For The Sun by Catriona Price

The Distil Showcase will return again to the Tolbooth in Stirling on Friday 8th April 2016 at 8pm. The concert showcases the new and exciting music of traditional music composers. We are very lucky to have Mr McFall’s Chamber as our resident house band once again. You can buy tickets for this fab night of […]