{"id":54064,"date":"2015-02-19T00:15:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T00:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=599d28884c5beba95754cba540367431"},"modified":"2015-02-19T00:15:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T00:15:29","slug":"press-release-thirteen-more-acts-set-to-promote-uk-music-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54064","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Thirteen more acts set to promote UK music abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<ul>\n<li>acts including Kate Tempest and You Me At Six to receive funding through Music Export Growth Scheme (<abbr title=\"Music Export Growth Scheme\">MEGS<\/abbr>)<\/li>\n<li>in its first year, the scheme has helped bands such as Public Service Broadcasting and Catfish and the Bottlemen achieve global recognition <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thirteen more music acts are set to receive support to sell UK music abroad and promote their careers overseas, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today (19 February 2015). <\/p>\n<p>Through the Music Export Growth Scheme, each artist will be able to put the funding towards tour support, overseas venue costs, international travel costs, marketing, promotion and <abbr title=\"public relations\">PR<\/abbr> costs. These factors can prevent an artist from being able to take that step from established UK musician to commercially successful international act.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is run by UK Trade and Investment (<abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>) \u2013 the government department that helps boost the exports of UK companies \u2013 and UK music trade body <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bpi.co.uk\"><abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr><\/a>. In the latest round, 13 independent UK music companies behind the careers of British talent have been awarded grants of between \u00a35,000 and \u00a330,000.  <\/p>\n<p>Business Secretary Vince Cable said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Britain\u2019s creative industries are the envy of the world. You only have to look at the success of Sam Smith at the Grammys earlier this month to see British music is still very much striking a chord with music fans across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The Music Export Growth Scheme has provided help to some of the UK\u2019s most promising stars, continuing our strong musical heritage while boosting the UK economy through increased ticket and music sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This latest round of winners has something for most musical tastes and I wish them well as they launch their talents onto the global stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The latest recipients of <abbr title=\"Music Export Growth Scheme\">MEGS<\/abbr> funding are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2:54 (London)<\/li>\n<li>Futuristic Polar Bears (Manchester)<\/li>\n<li>Diagrams (Sheffield)<\/li>\n<li>Hookworms (Leeds)<\/li>\n<li>Kate Tempest (London)<\/li>\n<li>Mallory Knox (Cambridgeshire)<\/li>\n<li>Philippa Hanna (Sheffield)<\/li>\n<li>Kitty, Daisy &amp; Lewis (London)<\/li>\n<li>Public Service Broadcasting (London)<\/li>\n<li>You Me At Six (Surrey)<\/li>\n<li>Kindness (London)<\/li>\n<li>Dan Croll (Liverpool)<\/li>\n<li>Young Guns (London)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mikey Chapman from Mallory Knox explained the importance of the funding to the band:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">No matter how hard you work as a band, sometimes there just isn\u2019t enough money to do the things you need to do to advance as an artist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Music Export Growth Scheme\">MEGS<\/abbr> was announced in September 2013 following a meeting between the music industry and Prime Minister David Cameron. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past 12 months, the scheme has received more than 300 applications for support and helped more than 70 UK music companies actively promote Britain\u2019s most-promising musicians overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The recipients of funding can count between them: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13 record deals<\/li>\n<li>22 sync deals which has seen their music placed on TV programmes, movies and video games, as well as 1 YouTube advertising deal<\/li>\n<li>10 international music awards<\/li>\n<li>numerous offers of TV shows and a range of publishing, live, brand and sponsorship deals, including 2 performances on the David Letterman Show in the United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the cost of touring and overseas promotion continues to increase, the financial assistance has provided necessary funding to allow bands to perform to fans around the world, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catfish and the Bottlemen who played at the New York Governors Ball and Bonoroo Festival in Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Public Service Broadcasting who toured with the Manic Street Preachers<\/li>\n<li>The Temperance Movement who toured with The Rolling Stones<\/li>\n<li>Bo Ningen who toured with Kasabian and supported Black Sabbath<\/li>\n<li>Band Of Skulls who toured with Queens of the Stone Age<\/li>\n<li>Lulu James who toured with Gorgon City and played at Ibiza Rocks<\/li>\n<li>various artists who have performed at global festivals including Hellfest (France), Nova Rock (Austria), CMJ (New York), Fuji Rocks (Japan) and Wacken (Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Geoff Taylor, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bpi.co.uk\"><abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr><\/a> Chief Executive, highlighted the importance of the Scheme to artists\u2019 careers:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Digital music is global and that has increased the opportunities for British artists overseas. The fantastic success of Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Coldplay and One Direction around the world proves there is a strong appetite for British music, but some independent labels do not have the resources to promote an artist in every export market they might want to target. The Music Export Growth Scheme, run by the <abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>, helps to fill this gap and is giving a real boost to British music overseas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The next round of the Music Export Growth Scheme will open for applications from independent music labels, artists, management companies and other music <abbr title=\"small and medium sized enterprises\">SMEs<\/abbr> across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 2 March 2015. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Enquiries about the Music Export Growth Scheme:\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bpi.co.uk\"><abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr><\/a>: Debi Beacock, <a href=\"mailto:musicexportscheme@bpi.co.uk\">musicexportscheme@bpi.co.uk<\/a>   <\/li>\n<li>For more details on the Music Export Growth Scheme visit the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bpi.co.uk\/export-scheme\"><abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr> website<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Media enquiries:\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bpi.co.uk\"><abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr><\/a>: Lynne McDowell, Head of <abbr title=\"public relations\">PR<\/abbr>, <a href=\"mailto:lynne.mcdowell@bpi.co.uk\">lynne.mcdowell@bpi.co.uk<\/a> \/ 07763 619709<\/li>\n<li>\n<abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>: Antoinette Merchant, Press Officer, <a href=\"mailto:Antoinette.merchant@ukti.gsi.gov.uk\">Antoinette.merchant@ukti.gsi.gov.uk<\/a> \/ 020 7215 5614<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>UK Trade and Investment is the government department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high quality investment to the UK\u2019s economy \u2013 acknowledged as Europe\u2019s best place from which to succeed in global business. <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> offers expertise and contacts through its extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world. We provide companies with the tools they require to be competitive on the world stage.<\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bpi.co.uk\"><abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr><\/a> represents the UK\u2019s recorded music industry, which is one of the most exciting and thriving music sectors in the world. British artists account for 1 in 8 albums purchased by fans around the globe. As a trade body, they champion the interests of their membership which includes more than 300 independent music companies and the UK\u2019s major record companies. Together, <abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr>\u2019s members account for 85% of all music sold in the UK. <abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr> organises the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brits.co.uk\/\">BRIT Awards<\/a> show and the Classic BRIT Awards show from which substantial proceeds go to the BRIT Trust \u2013 the <abbr title=\"British Phonographic Industry\">BPI<\/abbr>\u2019s charitable arm \u2013 which has donated almost \u00a320 million to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen more music acts are set to receive support to sell UK music abroad through the Music Export Growth Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}