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Sign up for the next Jazz Connector - Developing a Music Career Strategy for 2021 with Jazzfuel's Matt Fripp

Continuing our Jazz Connector online meet-ups with a focus on career development, IMC would like to invite the Irish music community to come together for an interactive presentation, Q&A session and chat on Thursday January 7th from 1:30 - 3:00PM.

The topic at hand is:

Developing a Music Career Strategy for 2021 with Jazzfuel's Matt Fripp

We’ll be joined by musician, agent & manager Matt Fripp. After graduating with a jazz degree from the Guildhall School of Music, Matt started working as a booking agent and manager, first during 6 years at a London-based agency and then with his own company, booking more than 2,000 international gigs to date.

Alongside his booking and management work, he runs the website Jazzfuel which works with musicians around the world on areas such as releasing albums, getting gigs and growing an audience. You can find out more about this work via the free articles, guides and interviews at Jazzfuel.com.

With 2021 still uncertain in terms of touring and gigging, we’ll look at some of the areas that are within your control when it comes to building your career and growing your fanbase. We’ll talk about:

Release Strategy

• The value of singles and pre-orders
• DIY press outreach
• How to make progress with playlisting on Spotify

• Mailing lists: how & why these are important for fan-connections
• Facebook: how & why you need to be producing engaging content
• Website: your online ‘hub’ and what it should include

• How to set up premieres of pre-recorded videos
• Tips for live-streaming content

Join us at this ZOOM link on Thursday January 7th at 1:30PM

Meeting ID: 829 6434 4661

Passcode: 273986

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Look back at The Do's and Don’ts of Funding Applications with Kim Macari - How to implement best practices when applying for funding from state bodies and other sources

At Jazz Connector on 10th December 2020, members of Ireland’s jazz and improvised music scene gathered together for a professional development session on:
The Do's and Don’ts of Funding Applications with Kim Macari - How to implement best practices when applying for funding from state bodies and other sources

Our Guest Speaker was Kim Macari, a musician, composer, and teacher who is also a programmer at Vortex Jazz Club, Chairperson of Jazz Promotion Network, and works with Arts Council England.

On funding decisions, she provides contextual information for jazz and improvised music applications, and sits on panels for all artforms. You can find slides and talking points from the session at the link below.

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The results of IMC's Musicians Survey 2020 are here! 

In early 2020, IMC conducted a survey amongst Irish jazz musicians, and gathered valuable information from the respondents on income streams, payment models, and different career structures, amongst other things.

The goals of IMC’s Musicians Survey was to assess the current state of the jazz and improvising musician community in Ireland, with respect to how and when they make music, how they make a living and the absences in infrastructure to support musicians. We hoped to evaluate how the jazz musician community is integrated into the wider arts scene, and where more engagement could be helpful.

We also aimed to assess IMC’s effectiveness in assisting musicians - how effective our communications with musicians are, and where our help is most needed.

Sincere thanks to each and every musician who took the time to fill out this extensive survey, which will be invaluable in helping us to reach our goals & better support the Irish jazz community in the coming years. We invite you to take a few minutes to read the illuminating results below. 

QUICK-SHOT NEWS & LINKS
Piece by Piece, Jazz Connective Lyon, Bandcamp Fridays and More!

• Roamer + OKO + H-CI & DJACKULATE created unique performances online for Jazz Connective in Lyon: 
  Click to watch them back now, or save them for the Christmas break!

• Piece by Piece continues tomorrow with Jenna Harris: 
  This fourth work of the season comes from vocalist and electronics composer Jenna Harris and premieres on Friday 18th December at 8pm.
• Give the Gift of Music this Christmas!:
  Support Irish music and musicians by giving the gift of music this holiday season. Ireland’s creative music-makers have a huge range of things to choose from, from albums (whether you prefer digital or classic vinyl), to merch, to subscriptions, which will give someone a continuous gift of regular new music over a longer period of time! Have a browse through.
• Bandcamp Fridays are back in 2021: The artist centred platform are going to continue doing Bandcamp Fridays in 2021, on February 5th, March 5th, April 2nd, and May 7th. As always, isitbandcampfriday.com has the details.

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