Partners
ABOUT YOUTH MUSIC
Youth Music was set up in 1999 to support music-making activities for some of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people up to the age of 18. Youth Music has gone on to reach over one million children and young people nationwide, supporting music-making, encouraging talent, building confidence and transforming the landscape of musical opportunity throughout the UK. We support every genre of music and every kind of musical activity.
For more information visit www.youthmusic.org.uk
Youth Music also has 22 Action Zones across England and Wales delivering music activities to young people in their local areas. To find out where your nearest Action Zone is, visit www.thesoundstation.org.uk/jsp/Actionzone.jsp
ABOUT THE LEFT FIELD STAGE
Following its successful inception at Glastonbury 2002, and spectacular success at the 2003 festival, 2004 has seen the Left Field return to Glastonbury and make its first appearance at the We Love Homelands dance weekender and the Edinburgh Festival.
The Left Field aims to reaffirm the spirit of political debate among festival goers, promoting the value of trade union membership and collective campaigning. Music can make a difference.
ABOUT ROUGH TRADE RETAIL
Rough Trade is the UK’s leading independent music retailer.
The first Rough Trade record shop opened its doors in 1976 with the arrival of punk. Ever since, Rough Trade has become renowned for authoritative recommendations of the most exciting new music, maintaining a peerless reputation amongst artists, labels, media and of course, music lovers across the world.
Artists such as The White Stripes, Ray Lamontagne, Jose Gonzalez, Gossip, Beirut and Lily Allen were all known and championed by Rough Trade way before they became stars. With two London shops, Rough Trade West (off Portobello Road) and Rough Trade East (off Brick Lane), the latter of which is the largest music specialist store outside of the US, Rough Trade are widely regarded as the definitive music specialist retailer, as innovative, influential and popular as the music they're respected for championing.
Rough Trade East only opened its doors last summer but has already established itself as the definitive music-lover experience the UK has to offer, attracting everyone from teenage punk students to 50something businessmen, flying in the face of the people who said the record store was dead.
www.roughtrade.com
ABOUT MUSIC TANK
MusicTank is the UK's music business network, an initiative of the University of Westminster, set up with the support of 14 UK music industry organisations.
A neutral body set up to encourage increased innovation across the UK music business, it aims to circulate innovative ideas, best practice and cutting-edge strategies to increase innovation and productivity across the business. Regular think tank deabtes bring hot topics into sharp focus and help pinpoint the opportunities created by disruptive technologies.
MusicTank conferences deal with everything from record production to copyright review while occasional social evenings blend the entertaining recollections of music business virtuosos with the opportunity to develop valuable industry contacts.
MusicTank aims to override traditional partitions by providing improved access to expert knowledge via musictank.co.uk, the leading music business web-site, offering free industry discussion on new business techniques alongside useful reports and comments from leading lights. MusicTank also produces a free monthly newsletter to keep subscribers up to date with all the latest music developments.
www.musictank.co.uk
ABOUT BBC BLAST
BBC Blast gives 13–19 year olds a platform for their creative ideas and work. It provides access to, and guidance from industry professionals, and through creative projects helps develop new skills in music, fashion, film, creative writing, dance, art and design and gaming. Blast also gives young people a showcase platform, on TV, online and On Tour. For more info www.bbc.co.uk/blast
