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Business of Music Services

  • Transit

    Transit is a bespoke national promoter development scheme that assists the professional development of grass roots live music promoters in the UK through a financial subsidy alongside core elements of training and mentorship including various forms of advisory and logistical assistance.

  • Advice on Finance

    Advice on raising finance for a new music business through Generator specialist consultants or options to go it alone.

  • Training Courses

    We run a number of individual training programmes for music businesses across the North of England.

  • Consulting for Success

    We provide North East companies with the opportunity to develop a solid plan for future success by working alongside business experts that are able to offer invaluable guidance and experience.

  • Mentoring Services

    Generator have recruited a pool of mentors to advise those who are serious about running a successful music business.

  • Music Clinics

    The music clinic offers a wide range of services and reassurance to those taking the first few steps in the music industry.

  • Evolution Emerging

    An opportunity for emerging artists to play alongside the region's biggest names as part of the Evolution Festival weekend.

  • Know How

    Useful for a broad section of people working in music – from artists and managers through to producers and musicians looking to find alternative sources of revenue for their music.

  • Business of Music

    These Seminars offer support to musicians and music businesses giving insight into how music industry entrepreneurs have built their own businesses.

  • Music Business Training

    Generator's own music training sessions.

  • Bigger Beat Surgery

    These sessions offer street level access to Generator and they take place every Thursday between 12-6pm. They offer one-to-one advice on a huge raft of music related subjects, from seeking advice on a recording to gaining information on contract particulars.

  • Generator Compact

    Music Business Development units delivered as one day, bite-sized workshops, ran throughout the North East, these short courses offer a practical solution for small music businesses, having been assembled by people with extensive experience of working within the music industry. Funded under the One North East Higher Level Skills programme.

Business of Music- Essential Information

  • Services

    Alongside your own ‘hands’ on activities you may want to look at bringing in professional services to help you with your development plan.

  • PR

    Our guide to the increasingly important area of Press and PR.

  • Plugging

    Musicians and music businesses may want to bring in professional services to help with marketing and promotions- here's our guide to the role of Pluggers.

  • Retail

    The routes to market for music and intellectual property are changing rapidly, explore our business model plan.

  • Digital

    A useful guide to distributing music digitally.

  • Distribution

    The distribution stage is a process where you will have to convince third parties of your products commercial potential, find out how.

  • Marketing

    See how approaching a music marketing campaign with the same level of analysis and planning as any other business is essential.

  • Publishing

    See where music publishers and revenue streams fit into music publishing.

  • Contracts

    An overview of the most important contracts in the music business.

  • Record Labels

    Information on independent and major record labels.

  • Legal

    All contracts in the music business require some degree of legal negotiation, find out how to handle legal issues in our article.

  • Licensing

    An overview of licenses which apply to music for third party use.

  • Management

    Our list of key activities and skills required to be involved in music management.