Getting & Organising Gigs

In the final episode of this series Cat & Verity chat to 3 women working in music journalism. Jo Dargie, Hannah Boyle (Gold Flake Paint) & Chelsea Ness (The Music Files) talk about their experiences in journalism and give tips on how to get started.  Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands, and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

It's all about music venues in this episode of Off The Record. Cat & Verity chat to Nick Stewart from Sneaky Pete's, Scottish Music Award winner Luke La Volpe & freelance sound engineer Kevin Yule about the importance of music venues and hints on tips on getting gigs, working at a venue, or becoming a sound engineer.  Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands, and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

In the latest episode of the Off The Record Podcast, Cat & Verity chat to Lindsey Davidson & Kirstin McEwan about being creative in a freelance world. They chat about starting up, equipment, trends, social media and branding.  Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Radio & podcasters Jen Imrie & Stuart Macaulay chat to Verity and Cat about getting started in radio and all the various aspects of getting your name out there in the audio community.  Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

In this episode of Off The Record Podcast, Cat & Verity are joined by Andrew Thomson, founder of Glasgow based Community radio station, Clyde Built Radio. In this chat, he talks about his inspirations for setting it up, the challenges and highlights so far, and how it's helped the community in 2020.  Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Rory Barnes joined Cat & Verity for a chat about how he started out in the Scottish music industry by picking up a camera and shooting a local gig and progressing into touring with some massive names and branching into videography and artist management.  Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

Verity & Cat are back with a new episode of the Off The Record podcast. In this episode, they chat to Lou & Katie about their many differrnt roles in Scotland's music industry. Starting up Classy Lassy PR & MGMT, working with artists, imposter syndrome and wat they look for in an artist and what artists should look for in working with them.  Off The Record - 4-5 December - Tickets Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

The Off The Record Podcast is back for season 2 and this time Catrina Rose has a co-host. Verity Loughlin has joined the team and she and Cat will be chatting to some of the most influential people in this season of Off The Record.  In this first episode, Verity chats to TAAHLIAH, fresh from her 2 Scottish Alternative Music Awards win to discuss the pandemic, club culture, being a black trans artist in Scotland, influences, and plans going forward.  Off The Record - 4-5 December - Tickets Website - www.otrscot.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/otrscot Twitter - www.twitter.com/otrscot Instagram - www.instagram.com/otrscot Off The Record is produced with support from Creative Scotland, Youth Music Initiative, PRS Foundation in association with Youth Music, The Academy of Music & Sound, EmuBands and the Association of Independent Music. Off The Record Podcast is produced by Alive & Amplified

In episode 4 of the Off The Record Podcast, Jamie Gilmour takes us through the basics of music publishing.  He looks at the origins of music publishing, what copyright is and what it covers, PRS, PPL & MCPS, how publishing works in the real world and gives us some resources to look at. Off The Record is supported by the Youth Music Initiative which is administered by Creative Scotland

In Episode 3 of the Off The Record Podcast Chris Beltran (DF Concerts) and Matt Belcher (Sneaky Pete's) discuss the best practices for getting, organising and promoting gigs.  They look at approaching promoters, promotion once you have a gig, fees, creating a community & tips for putting on your own gigs.  Off The Record is supported by the Youth Music Initiative which is administered by Creative Scotland.