Event category: Webinar
Three years ago the Musicians’ Union (MU) and Ivors Academy launched a campaign (initially called Composers Against Buyouts) in order to raise awareness about, and to tackle, unfair royalty buyouts in media commissioning contracts. As our work in this space developed, we became increasingly aware of other problems in the commissioning process, including a general […]
Free data essentials webinar for Ivors Academy members, 14.00 Thursday 14th of May The Ivors Academy is hosting a free data essentials webinar specifically for songwriters and composers. This interactive session will explain how music data works and the steps to manage your metadata effectively to make sure you receive proper payment and credit when […]
Join the Council Of Music Makers Economics Of Streaming webinar. In this free one hour webinar for music-makers and their managers, the CMM will update you on the ongoing work to fix streaming and explain how you can help. The session will cover: The UK music industry’s new metadata code – and how you can […]
Martin Sutton of The Songwriting Academy shares practical tips and strategies on networking effectively as a songwriter
Composers Against Buyouts: Negotiation Skills for Media Composers As part of the Composers Against Buyouts campaign, the Ivors Academy and Musicians’ Union are hosting a training webinar to allow composers to better understand the process of negotiating, and how it can be used to improve commissioning deals. Many contracts may appear to be offered on […]
As part of the Composers Against Buyouts campaign, the Ivors Academy and Musicians’ Union are hosting a training webinar to allow composers to better understand the process of negotiating, and how it can be used to improve commissioning deals. Many contracts may appear to be offered on a take-it-or-leave it basis, but often there is […]
The Ivors Academy, Musicians’ Union (MU) and the Screen Composers Guild of Ireland are hosting a joint online workshop which will help self employed screen composers establish the basic principles of pricing and how to accurately place value on the work they do. The workshop will cover navigating upfront fees, budgets on projects and getting […]
Join the Meta Music Publishing team to discuss how songwriters can use Facebook to build community, establish and grow fanbases, as well as create authentic and engaging songwriting-focused content. This session is for all songwriters – whether you’ve been using Facebook for a while or you’re completely new to the app. Watch out for our […]
An Introduction To ACE Funding In this 90 minute session, Arts Council England’s Music team will host an introductory webinar on writing funding applications for music projects and development. They will give you the information to complete a full application for the National Lottery Project Grants and Developing Your Creative Practice funds. They’ll explain the […]
25 February 14:00 – 15:00 GMT The Ivors Academy are delighted to have launched its new LGBTQI+ Working Group this February and celebrate LGBT+ History Month. Join us as we discuss the career stories and experiences of composers and songwriters who are all a part of the LGBT+ community. We discover inspirational and influential LGBT+ […]
The Ivors Academy marks the remembrance of Holocaust Memorial Day with a panel discussion featuring world-famous composers and leading industry figures. As well as acknowledging this truly dark period in world history, the panel will be celebrating the positive impact of Jewish heritage and creativity, and how being Jewish has influenced the development of their […]
A rider is a document that states the requirements of an artist for a show or event. Celebrity riders are well known, if not for their practical uses, at least for the infamy of some alleged requests – such as puppies, or blue M&Ms. Talking about accessibility at work can be difficult, and most of […]
Join The Ivors Academy and PPL for the next Business Insights webinar – a series designed to help music creators understand some of the different income streams and to how access them if you are an independent artist, performer or producer. On 22 September from 16:00 BST George Bacon, Lead Relationship Manager at PPL, will […]
Join BAFTA winning composer Jessica Curry and Scala Radio’s Jennifer Nelson for an insightful session exploring composition craft. Discover Jessica Curry’s creative insights and experiences behind her multi award-winning scores for video games including the genre-defying Dear Esther, Google Daydream’s So Let Us Melt, PS4’s Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, and Little Orpheus – a […]
With a songwriting career spanning five decades and 21 superlative albums to her credit, Joan Armatrading MBE’s sublime music has touched millions all over the world. Join the three times Grammy nominated, two times Brit nominated, and Ivor Novello Award winning singer-songwriter as she speaks to seasoned The Ivors host and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini. The […]
Join Oscar, Golden Globe and multi-Ivor Novello Award winning composer Dario Marianelli for an insightful session exploring composition craft. Discover Dario’s creative insights and experiences behind some of his best known film and TV scores including Atonement, Darkest Hour, Paddington 2, as well as new score for the soon to be released feature film The […]
We are delighted to introduce the songwriter representatives of the newly formed Youth Council. Join Sam Johnson, Molly Toner, Joe de Ruiter and Emma McGrath for an inspirational conversation hosted by songwriter, The Ivors Academy Songwriter Committee Chair and Board Director Helienne Linvall. Discover the motivations and aspirations of the next generation of chart-topping songwriters, […]
We are delighted to introduce the jazz composer representatives of the newly formed Youth Council. Join Kizzy Crawford, Rosie Frater-Taylor and Sahra Gure for an inspirational conversation hosted by jazz composer, The Ivors Academy Jazz Committee Chair and Board Director Orphy Robinson MBE. Discover the motivations and aspirations of the next generation of jazz composers, […]
We are delighted to introduce the media composer representatives of the newly formed Youth Council. Join Jo Ranger, Jake Morgan, Ellie Parker and Tom Prince for an inspirational conversation hosted by media composer, The Ivors Academy Media Committee Chair and Board Director Mark Ayres. Discover the motivations and aspirations of the next generation of composers […]
Publishing can be a murky and hard to understand part of the business, which means many are missing out on royalties because they don’t understand how it works and how to collect what they’re due. If you are an unpublished songwriter, the chances are you’re missing out on collecting the global publishing royalties which are […]
