Musicians?

berklee
New Member



Joined: 22 Apr 2008
Posts: 1

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:16 pm

 

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Hi everybody!

I'm in Southern Ontario right now, and considering a trip to the UK in the fall, and possibly a move next year.

My job is okay and will follow me when I move, however the part I'm interested in is the local music scenes. I was thinking about checking out living scenarios near Birmingham, due to its seemingly central proximity to everything (meaning, I could get out and play at night in many places).

Is anyone on the board a musician? Could they share any advice on places to check out, messageboards for UK musicians (aside from Craigslist), etc?

Thanks in advance.

B

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acrossthewall
Junior Member



Joined: 06 Dec 2006
Posts: 19
Location: New York, USA

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:32 pm

 

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This isn't going to be very helpful since I'm in Scotland and haven't lived here for very long, but I do know of one loose musical collective with members from London, Reading, and Birmingham: doubledotdash?!. (Their homepage is usually here, except at the moment it's down for some reason.) I haven't made it to any of their shows yet, but I know two of the group-members, and it seems as if they're totally willing to welcome new interested people. As I recall, their focus used to be electronic/experimental material, but that may have changed a bit recently.

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JFDI
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Joined: 29 Sep 2007
Posts: 3
Location: Manchester

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 2:50 am

 

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I am a professional musician/songwriter living in Manchester, and I can tell you that there are some significant advantages and disadvantages to making a move here to work as a musical artist. Go to my website, then contact me directly if you'd like to know more. I've been here almost 9 months, just met up with an American songwriter who has been here 1.5 years. We're swapping notes now.

LL.
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