Icmp London - The Institute Of Contemporary Music Performance

Using social media followings and Tripadvisor ratings, we created a ranking system to find out the UK's favourite venues.
Do you agree with our top 5 stadiums??
Read all about the other venues here: https://www.icmp.ac.uk/blog/uks-favourite -music-venues

Our next run of 6-week online courses start tomorrow.
Share this to a friend that should be taking their guitar playing or songwriting to the next level!

Some #mondaymotivation for you.

As a guitarist, composer and educator, Rich explores anything musically unusual, progressive and innovative.

Independent artists have exploded thanks to streaming, and labels like Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group are starting to get in on the act.

'In an industry dominated by experimental release strategies and last-minute, digital-first albums, Billie Eilish has shown the power of sticking to a carefully plotted global marketing plan -- vindicating believers in old-school artist development and major-label scale.'

Could be some useful contacts in here for you.

The Music Managers Forum have created a new ‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar’ guide, covering info on how the streaming business works, how the music industry has licensed the digital platforms and how digital royalties flow through the system.

Great advice here from ICMP student Adriano Murgia on just going for it.
Adriano, along with fellow student Louis Takooree, recently launched their own West Ham music studio: https://www.icmp.ac.uk/…/how-launch-you r-own-recording-stud…

Online courses in Guitar or Songwriting to suit your lifestyle!
You'll be guided through it by an ICMP industry expert in weekly video lessons, private video feedback & unlimited 121 lesson time during your course.

Who's been daunted before an interview at some point?
*Who hasn't?
Here are some tried and tested tips for interviews for musicians to help you perform as best as possible on the day.

Tonight at the The Earl of Derby we're putting on a fundraising night of acoustic music for Mental Health Week.
Showcasing 8 impressive acts, including current students, alumni, tutors and guests!
Event info: https://bit.ly/2LRpml1

Our MA Songwriting student Amy Collins has penned a song for Mental Health Week - check it out!

For musicians and artists, email marketing is an extremely effective way of directly reaching your fans and updating them on any exciting announcements.
Check out this great guide to email marketing from Sam Jordan at the Musicians' Union.

Looking forward to this tonight!

Apple has internally modelled how a user-centric system of music-royalty payouts would work, in an effort to understand its potential impact on artists and labels, according to Crispin Hunt, chair of songwriting body The Ivors Academy.

Keep an eye out for the brilliant Kate Lomas with her band on the Great British Menu finale this Friday from 7:30 on BBC Two!

London’s first and only songwriting-specific postgraduate Masters programme.
A highly creative and personalised journey, designed to enable students to examine, explore and focus on both practical writing and songwriting education.