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Introducing Graham Brown from the Open House Festival 18th August 2009

When I was asked to write a blog about our upcoming festival I wasn't too sure about what to include. However it soon became apparent that I should be highlighting exactly what is happening during the festival, and tell you about what local bands we are really excited about. My… Read More »

Tristan from NI Chart reveals his passion 29th July 2009

For those that don't know, the website is a local music site that is based around a weekly free downloads chart. We're always looking for new bands and any local band can enter by simply sending us a MP3   (to ni-chart@hotmail.com), but more importantly it's just a great place… Read More »

Dennis Collopy on Music Publishing-Part One 15th June 2009

In advance of our Music Publishing Masterclass Dennis Collopy has kindly agreed to blog about the subject. Here are his initial thoughts.............     "Music publishing is the oldest part of the music industry and unlike the record business it has continued to flourish indeed prosper over the past 10… Read More »

Cormac (The Answer) writes..... 3rd June 2009

Cormac from The Answer here with a brief round up of whats been happening in our world over the last few months. We've been on tour with ACDC now since the middle of October and so much has happened along the way that I'm gonna have to be quite general… Read More »

Rocky (Oppenheimer/Start Together) on pre-production 22nd May 2009

  Rocky O'Reilly from  Oppenheimer, and the Start Together recording studio, recently spoke at the May Music Meetup in Belfast. Music Meetups are designed to allow anyone involved in the NI Music Industry to come along and meet like-minded individuals.He spoke about pre-production-how to maximize your time in the studio,… Read More »

Jon Webster blog 23rd April 2009

I attended a NIMIC event in Belfast last November and many other music business events since. One thing has become very clear. It’s never been easier or cheaper to make a basic recording. It’s never been easier or cheaper to distribute it to the world. As such there as thousands of… Read More »

Jon Webster to blog for nimusic.com 20th April 2009

In advance of the Thursday 30th April Music Management Masterclass NIMIC are running, we've asked one of the key speakers,Jon Webster (Chief Execuitve of the Music Managers Forum) to write for nimusic.com. As someone involved in everything from the setting up of The Mercury Music Prize through to helping run… Read More »

ASIWYFA take over the blog 7th April 2009

What can we say? We are all totally blown away by the response we had on Saturday at the album launch in Mandela. We didn't think anything could usurp the feeling we got after Solidarity, but this did (just!). We really weren't expecting anything like what happened or the sheer… Read More »

Register now for Management Masterclass in Belfast 31st March 2009

We released details on the next Music: It's the Business masterclass only yesterday and the event (which is happening from 2.30pm until 5pm on Thursday 30th April) has already received a fantastic response. This event is limited, so sign up quick! Stuart Worthington and Jon Webster have a mountain of… Read More »

Graham Smith SXSW Photo Blog 23rd March 2009

Northern Irish photographer Graham Smith was covering South By Southwest for a number of publications, and was kind enough to share some of them with NIMIC. Graham is available to contact here                 Read More »