
Top 5 Mistakes New Bands Make: a Guide to Your First Gig
The top 5 best tips for artists getting their first live performances. Covering money, time, audiences and improvement.

The Videogame Soundtrack's Impact on British Youth Culture
Video game soundtracks were the score to the simulations that we’d play on our XBOX360’s, our PS2’s and 3’s. I’d sit on fifa, making my player kick a football around, just to hear the music

Inside the first Arctic Monkeys album with Alan Smyth
Behind an unsuspecting door in Sheffield City Centre lies 2Fly studios, the birthplace of many of Sheffield’s (and the world’s) greatest music. Home to Alan Smyth, arctic monkeys, pulp and more.

Ticketmaster set to appear in US federal court in monopoly trial as directors joke of “robbing fans blind”
Messages from a 2022 Slack chat show two regional directors for ticketing at Live Nation, a company merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, bragging about raising fees for festival and concert goers

Fred Again delivers a unique afterglow at new live shows - The comeback of the Warmdown
Electronic prodigy, Fred Gibson, better known by his moniker, Fred Again has been a pillar of the electronic scene since he began in 2014, but something truly special has spawned from his live shows: the resurgence of the warm down. When lights go on, the plastic cups and lost phones are revealed on the grubby…

The importance of touching grass and early artist careers – OJKANE
Showcasing their sound to the world is every artist’s dream. But how can you make it possible? Here are five pieces of advice to keep in mind when growing as an early artist.
