We will have a great roster of artists who will love what they do and support themselves through music. We also plan to open offices in London and LA.
Aaron Smith has his highly anticipated debut EP out in September following the first single having a huge impact of 2 million streams in a week on Spotify. Having been in amongst music in Scotland for a while, I think now more than ever the energy between people in the Scottish industry is extremely strong. I think people are very open to help you and share their ideas. Bands support each others music, write together and take each other on tour.
Just keep going, supporting each other and keep delivering. I really feel like we are currently in a very important time for Scottish music.
How long have you been working in the music industry? Playing a festival like SXSW is a little bit different from the venues they're used to back home - like the Barrowlands and the Usher Hall. It's quite high-pressure, chaotic but it's really fun," says Marc. Flying 4, miles across the Atlantic to play a few gigs and hopefully get noticed by some industry big wig can't be a cheap task surely?
However, he has a word of warning: "You can definitely come back and nothing's changed or come back having met someone where everything's changed. There's 2, bands playing, so not all of them are going to become crazy famous afterwards. Returning to Austin this year was Lauren Mayberry. She played here in , not long after she joined Chvrches. She says SXSW played a part in where the band are today: "We had already signed to a label, we had a little bit of momentum, so we were lucky enough to get some cool shows here and it capitalised on that.
This time in Texas, Lauren was sharing a stage with Garbage frontwoman and fellow Scot, Shirley Manson, who Lauren holds in high regard within the music industry. They've been together for about three years and like so many others their aim, at SXSW, is to crack America.
We've just accepted we're going to come back and have no money but have had the best time possible," says Lucia. And when bands come here, sometimes a hotel is regarded as a luxury. Hamish explains: "Nobody looks at you twice in the street here.
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