Congratulations to S M Lighting (Scotlsand) Ltd who has been nominated in Production Award: Production Company of the Year in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2024. Vote for S M Lighting (Scotlsand) Ltd now!. It’s going to be another great night at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 30th November in Inverness Leisure. Why not join us for a brilliant night of music and awards. Buy a ticket here.
We asked Scott of S M Lighting (Scotlsand) Ltd the following questions.
Tell us about yourself
S M Lighting was set up in 1988 to supply lighting for mainly Tonight At Noon.
With the support & foresight of the enthusiastic late Davey Steel, we went on to light Ceolbeg and Clan Alba, (at a time when lighting was considered a luxury most bands could not afford) along with others such as Wolfstone in their early years.
Along with our annual trips for Melrose folk Festival, Glen Uig commity hall fundraiser festivals, Heb Celt Festival, Tiree Music Festival, Oban Live, amoungst others we became well established within the folk scene.
The rave dance scene came along in the 90s and saw us drift away from the folk scene.
The company has quietly grown over the last 36 years, and supplies the concert lighting for many of the concert events in Scotland.
It has seen a return to the folk music scene over the last few years, as budgets have improved and bands have realised the importance of lighting to their musical presentation, and also with the increase of lighting designers wanting to work within the Trad genre.
We are now regularly supply directly a number of trad bands such Tide Lines, Elephant Sessions, along with larger events as Hoolie at the Hydro and Celtic Connections.
Why are you involved in Scottish music?
Scott Munro (Director) had a family background of pipers from Grantown. He himself was a very poor fiddler.
Trad music has always been part of his life.
Any particular career highlights?
The brief few years of Clan Alba's existance was a wonderful time and the first tentitive steps towards bringing Trad music to a mass audience.
What are your plans for the future?
Continue to quietly grow, and do what we know we do well, which is giving each job our full attention.
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The 2024 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are on the 30th November 2024 in Inverness Leisure Centre! You will be able to watch it live in person (buy a ticket here). Watch it live in the UK at 9pm (GMT) on BBC ALBA and and around the world here. Bands performing on Saturday 30th November include Julie Fowlis, Skipinnish, Laura Wilkie and Ian Carr, Highland Young Musicians and Arc Fiddlers, An Dannsa Dub, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award winner 2024 Calum McIlroy and more!
If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians why not become a friend of Hands Up for Trad. In addition to our high profile events like the Scots Trad Music Awards, we also deliver a less well known, education programme for young people from 8yrs right through to young adults at the start of their careers. Read more here.
