To Be In Music

This Highlights Package gives you a taste of the podcast series that we have created in the past few weeks. From talking to Artist Managers to Music Researchers, we have covered the roles and responsibilities of music industry professionals in Birmingham. We would like to thank all of our contributors for taking part in the podcast series and for sharing their knowledge and advice with us. Credit to THall Media for the Jingles.

TBIM presents this weeks podcast! We speak to the band RISCAS and their manager Kez Handley. In this discussion between artist and manager we chat about performing, creating a single and the development of the music industry in Birmingham.

This week To Be In Music presents an interview with Jez Collins, Music researcher and Founder of the Birmingham Music Archive. We discuss what it means to be a Music Researcher in more depth as well as the role of music research in policy and the state of the Birmingham music industry.

This week To Be In Music presents an interview with Jack and Jordi from Sugarthief. We'll be chatting all things band related, from touring to getting started in the industry.

This week TBIM presents an interview with Harriet Willis from Dumbstruck PR. We'll be talking all about artist PR, creating a network and online portfolios as well as discussing the Birmingham music scene.

This week we present to you our interview with Lyle Bignon. We were lucky enough to talk to him about his role as an artist manager and what this entails day to day. We discuss the ‘flux’ of the music industry, the raw creativity involved in artist management and his advice to students on the value of making mistakes. Credit to T Hall Productions for all Jingles Credit to Ian Davies for photograph of Lyle

TBIM presents our very first weekly podcast with the fantastic artist Bryony Williams. Listen in to hear about her day to day role as an artist, where it all started and her advice for budding singers wanting to break onto the Birmingham scene.