Distil is a twice yearly gathering of musicians rooted in folk and traditional music, but who are interested in expanding their creative horizons into other other areas of musical practice. With the continuing success of Celtic Connections’ New Voices programme, and with other commissioning opportunities, an increasing number of musicians is becoming interested in creating music that goes beyond the boundaries of 32 bar dance and traditional song forms.
Distil, which was established in 2002, allows musicians to work with experienced practitioners from other music worlds: jazz, orchestral, contemporary, in a mutual exchange of ideas and experience.
Visit our dedicated Distil website for all the latest news. http://www.distil.org.uk
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Free digital workshops for musicians – 22 & 23 April – sign up before they are full!
From Showcase Scotland. Find out more here. This is a heads up that we’ll be opening this opportunity up to England and Wales on Friday of this week. We expect the workshops to fill up quickly thereafter as places are limited to 50 per session, so if you want to secure your spot please sign up […]
Music Takeover at Edinburgh Futures Institute – Wednesday 30th April 2025
Just a quick email to let you all know that SMIA are running a Music Takeover Event on Wednesday 30th April in Edinburgh at the Edinburgh Futures Institute partnership with Creative Tech Scotland Gathering. It’s a free one-day event featuring workshops and panels focused on building an effective digital presence around a single or album release led by The Union, EmuBands and Wide Days. […]
Help Musicians Fast Track Awards
Support of up to £500 to help you seize an opportunity Sometimes, opportunities will present themselves that can have a lasting, positive impact on your career as a musician. Whether it’s a short course, investing in new software, or taking opportunities to record, release or perform that help you to fulfil your ambition, our Fast Track support is here […]
Open Fund for Individuals – Creative Scotland
Funding to support a wide range of creative activity initiated by artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland. What is Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals?• The Open Fund for Individuals is one of Creative Scotland’s key funding programmes, supporting the wide range of activity initiated by artists, writers, producers and other creative […]
Inside Brian Eno’s Studio | Zane Lowe Interview
I watched this and there are some great insights in it from Brian on creativity and more. Worth a watch. This was also good! This post was originally published on our Distil website.
Community Instrumental Music Service for Rural Scotland (CIMSRS) Symposium 2025, on Monday, 26 May 2025 at Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus.
This innovative symposium highlights the research, impact, and goals of the CIMSRS project in community and learning development, with a focus on creating sustainable rural community music education to make music learning more accessible for adults in rural Scotland, who are often excluded from engagement based on age and geographic barriers. The event will […]
Sgrìobh | Scrieve
Cothrom ùr do dhithis neach-ciùil, aonan a tha ag obair ann an Gàidhlig agus aonan ann an Albais. New opportuinity tae twa muisickers, the ane wirkin in the Gaelic an the tither in Scots. Tha Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches agus Eden Court uabhasach toilichte cothrom ùr a thabhann do dhithis neach-ciùil, aonan a tha […]
Women Make Music Fund – PRS Foundation
Women Make Music supports the development of outstanding women, trans and non binary songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career. The fund can support projects by women, trans and non binary songwriters, composers, artists, bands and performers who are writing their own music. Previous recipients include Anna Meredith, ESKA, […]
How to Make it on YouTube in 2025 (Jack Conte Interview)
I find this guy very interesting! This post was originally published on our Distil website.
WOMEX 2025 – Deadline for Proposals this Friday 28th February
Hi everyone This is a heads up for artists that the deadline for proposals to showcase as part of the WOMEX 25 official programme is this Friday 28th February. WOMEX (Worldwide Music Expo) is the biggest conference of the global music scene, with over 2,600 professionals from 90 countries attending to take part in a trade […]