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Essential Guide to Music Funding Now Available

The Unsigned Guide have released a 36 page Essential Guide to Music Funding aimed at emerging and unsigned artists and bands.

Published: 25 February 2022 | 4:44 PM
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The Unsigned Guide have gathered together a wealth of vital information in one place. Image credit: The Unsigned Guide.

Whether it's investment in developing your song writing or sound, funds for heading out on tour, or finance to allow you to play overseas music showcases such as SXSW or Reeperbahn Festival, The Unsigned Guide have gathered together a wealth of vital information in one place for your easy reference.

Contributors include:

  • PRS Foundation
  • Help Musicians UK
  • BPI
  • Arts Council England
  • Creative Scotland
  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland
  • Youth Music
  • Musicians’ Union
  • Take It Away

The MU's Live and Music Writers Official, Kelly Wood, says:

“It was a pleasure to put together the MU’s contribution to the Unsigned Guide’s Essential Guide to Music Funding and highlight the union’s new Arts Council England funding application checking service. These will help all members, and in particular those who don’t have much experience of applying for funding, in an increasingly competitive space.”

Please visit The Unsigned Guide for more information or if you're a member, you can view and download a copy of the guide here. 

 

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