Today, the Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA) has officially launched, marking the beginning of a groundbreaking think tank, a first for the music ecosystem, composed of leading independent music labels from around the world. (1/4)
AIM is publishing an urgent open letter to the Prime Minister in response to yesterday's report on race, which failed to address the structural problems in our society faced by so many.
Join your voice to ours and sign it! ✍️
📢New job alert: Have a passion for dance music, are well-organised and are prepared for International travel?
@anjunabeats
are on the hunt for a new Product Manager!
Today we stand with thousands of artists, industry professionals, venue owners, festival organisers and fans to call for crucial support for the live sector from the Government. Lend your voice to support
#LetTheMusicPlay
We are launching a support fund for contractors who work with emerging artists and have lost work as a result of COVID-19.
Starting with £500,000 contributed by AIM Members, the aim is to distribute £1,000 to 1000 workers.
(Read more in
@musicbizworld
)
If you
#LoveMusic
, please take the time to sign this petition, which aims to prevent big tech companies from denying musicians and creatives fair pay for their work.
The Copyright Directive will go to vote on 12th September. Join us to save music online.
We’re excited to announce the appointment of Silvia Montello as AIM’s new CEO. Montello joins from
@AFEMORG
and brings 30 years of experience in marketing, commercial and strategic operations as she steps up to lead AIM’s overarching operations and strategy.
📢 Announcing 'Future Independents' - a brand new AIM music conference empowering the next gen of DIY artists, labels, managers and entrepreneurs with the knowledge they need to level up in the music industry 🔥
Find out more and sign up for free👇
📣Please sign this petition to support the self-employed during the COVID-19 crisis!
A massive 70% of workers in the creative industries are freelance or self-employed, many of whom have lost all their sources of income. We're calling on the gov to help.
VOTE NOW for 'Best Live Performer' at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2023 ✨
Every act on this long list has been submitted by their teams and a public vote decides the shortlist and winner. The poll closes at 2pm on Wednesday 9th August.
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If you're a musician struggling with mental health issues, get in touch with Music Minds Matter, a 24/7 support line especially for musicians.
The service from
@PRSforMusic
and
@HelpMusiciansUK
offers free information, advice, listening and support.
⭐COMPETITION TIME⭐
We're giving away 2 tickets to our new global sync conference
#AIMSync
(28 Jan
@BarbicanCentre
)! To enter simply follow us then like & retweet this tweet. Winner will be announced on Monday.
Visit our site for full event details:
Huge congrats to
@NovaTwinsMusic
for picking up ‘Best Independent Track’ for 'Antagonist' at the 2022 AIM Independent Music Awards! Here’s a little thank you from them 🔥
@MarshallRecs
.
@idlesband
are storming towards a no.1 album with Ultra Mono! 🤩
Go buy it and help them and AIM Member
@partisanrecords
score the latest independent no.1 album
We've adapted AIM House - a yearly home and hub for independents at
@thegreatescape
- into a virtual conference!
Due to the effects of Covid-19, it is free to access and open to all for a full-day event on Friday 15 May.
We're beyond excited to announce the winner for Best Live Performer... huge congratulations to visionary innovator & legend, the one and only...
@bjork
! Her Cornucopia tour, set to conclude this year, has been a career-defining triumph for the Icelandic artist and songwriter 🎊
What are the qualities needed to build and to have in an independent music business / label?
"1) Treat artists fairly and give them the freedom to create
2) Luck
3) A good distributor
4) Absolute passion." - Daniel Miller
#selectorpro
"The self-employed have the same bills to pay as the rest of the nation’s workers and contribute just as much. They deserve the same support.”
AIM CEO
@allstarspaul
urges the Chancellor to support the self-employed following this evening's announcement
We're pleased to announce that Gee Davy (
@The_Oh_Gee
) has been promoted to become AIM's first COO, reflecting her evolving role at AIM and setting the independent music agenda.
Today AIM, and a number of our members, join a collection of music business professionals and artists to declare a climate and ecological emergency with
@musicdeclares
.
Read more on the declaration and sign up here
Our CEO
@allstarspaul
on the crucial importance of the upcoming EU copyright vote. Stand with us to create a fairer internet for creatives
#CreatorsRightsFight
📢Today we are launching our brand new free Associate Membership tier in Beta
The new tier will offer every client of our Distributor Members knowledge, resources and contacts, levelling the playing field for the next gen of entrepreneurs
#CreateBuildWin
We're delighted to announce our biggest ever conference,
#AIMConnected
. The new flagship event will combine our Indie-Con, Music Connected and Women in Music events into one landmark conference.
1-3 April at
@StudioSpacesLDN
. Tickets available now:
We are calling for the UK and EU to return to the negotiating table, and find a better post-Brexit travel arrangement for touring musicians and crew.
In the interim, we are working with
@DCMS
to produce a country-by-country guide of practical info.
Applications are open for
@HelpMusiciansUK
's new ‘Do It Differently’ fund.
The fund aims to help independent, entrepreneurial musicians by providing grants of £500 - £3,000 to fund professional development opportunities and creative projects. Apply now:
AIM is launching an Immediate Aid Crisis Fund to support contractors whose source of income has been severed without warning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more here
The
@GlastoFest
emerging talent competition, supported by
@PRSforMusic
and
@PRSFoundation
is open until this coming Monday!
A £5,000 talent development prize is up for grabs - apply here:
Massive congratulations to all of today's winners at the
@MusicWeek
Women in Music Awards, pictured on stage here!
We're proud to be a key partner of the event, which does so much to help drive the diversity agenda in our industry
#MWWIM
Today we sent an open letter to the PM signed by nearly 700 artists and professionals in music, in response to the gov's recent report on race.
We call on the gov to recognise the structural issues in our society which are faced by so many, that the report failed to acknowledge.
📢With so much good info and tips being shared across social media, AIM and other organisations have now adopted an industry-wide hashtag to bring it all together. FOLLOW
#musicbusinessadvice
and USE it to share something useful you’ve found. We're all in this together!🔥🔥🔥
.
@CarlaMarieUK
- (
@GirlsIRate
) wins the Campaigner award, saying: “The main organisations in the industry aren’t run by people who look like me. You all need to support organisations that support women who look like me.” 👏
📢 COMPETITION TIME: We've TEN Academy 2 Day Passes to give away for
@BrightonMusicCo
, the top conference and networking event for
#electronicmusic
professionals (25-28 April)! Like and RT this tweet to enter.
Ends 26/03/2018. Go go go! 🎛️🎉🎶
#EDM
📢 Announcing AIM Sync 2022!
The UK's leading global sync conference & marketplace will return on 10 Feb
Bringing independent music makers together with international music supervisors in film, gaming, TV, advertising, brands & more
Tickets on sale now!
AIM issued an open letter to the Prime Minister in response to the recent government report on race, which failed to address the structural problems in our society.
We have received over 500 signatures from artists, professionals and diversity leaders.
The all-female list of AIM's new Board directors bring the total of women serving on the board to a majority. This election has now honoured two of AIM’s
@KeychangeEU
pledges, which we extended and renewed earlier this year.
We're very proud that our Head of Legal and Business Affairs, Gee Davy, has been inducted into the
@MusicWeek
Women in Music roll of honour alongside some great names from the independent community.
Highly deserved, congratulations Gee! 👏
There's a lot of misinformation being spread about the facts of Article 13 and the copyright directive. Creators have a right to know the facts about how YouTube pays them for their work. You can find some of the most important ones here:
AIM has today announced a new, free Associate Membership tier launching in 2021 for every client of our Distributor Members - giving music entrepreneurs access to key foundational music business knowledge and resources free of charge.
Read more below
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in
#AIMConnected
to make it such a success.
The first outing of our 3-day conference saw some amazing discussions from 150+ speakers as well as the
@shesaid_so
#AltList
launch and inspiring keynotes. Next up, AIM House @
@thegreatescape
!
We're delighted to announce that our global sync licensing conference,
#AIMSync
, will be the first major music business conference adapted to become a virtual event in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
It will also be FREE for AIM &
@GMS_UKEU
members
Today we have published our first ever audit of our equity, diversity and inclusion work, which will we follow up every year to ensure that we're making real and positive change towards a fair and inclusive industry.
Read more on the AIM site here
Congratulations to the winners of our first ever AIM Independent Sync Awards!
Emma Middleton (
@RubatoEmma
)
Winner of Music Supervisor of the Year
and
@Enhanced_Music
-
@Tritonal
,
@RossLynch
, R5 - 'I Feel the Love' x Love Island Australia
Winner of Independent Sync of the Year
Thank you to all the partners and delegates and Team
@midem
in Cannes for yet another hugely successful British Music at
#Midem
Pavilion. This brilliant space was used as a hub for meetings, catching up on emails, networking drinks & refuelling (free coffee / tea!)
#MusicisGREAT
"I always say we're in the music business. It's a spectrum. At one end is music and at the other end is business. You decide where you are on the spectrum. I am right by the music side. I've been lucky to have really good business-minded people around." Daniel Miller
@MuteUK
Congratulations to the winner of the
#AIMSync
Award, 'Independent Sync of the Year' -
@ninjatune
for their placement of ‘Witness (1 Hope)’ by
@rootsmanuva
in IKEA’s advert 'The Hare' 👏
Congratulations to
@Marta_Salogni
on winning Breakthrough Producer of the Year at the
#MPGAwards2020
last night!
Marta is an important part of
@WPM_org
, which we're proud to be ambassadors of. We enjoyed sharing a table with her mgmt
@SolarManagement
.
📢 We are pleased to announce the launch of
#AIMHouse
@
@thegreatescape
!
New to TGE,
#AIMHouse
is a hub & home for the independent music community, teaming up with cutting-edge independent music companies to deliver a packed programme.
Details:
#TGE18
Warm welcome to Ruth Barlow, Director of Live Licensing at
@beggarsgroup
who joins us as AIM’s new chair!
And a huge thank you to our departing chair
@NadiaCTRL
✨
Huge thanks to everyone who tuned into
#AIMHouse
Virtual last week and all the speakers & partners who took part! We had:
💻 Over 14,000 viewers
🌍 From 84 different countries (and 60% from the UK)
👥 Over 100 individual networking slots
No one business can solve the climate crisis.
That's why AIM convened the global
#musicclimatepact
with leading music businesses and guidance from
@UNEP
. Together we are taking collective action to decarbonise the music industry.
Find out more here:
Our flagship independent music conference
#AIMConnected
is going panel-less for 2020!
This year panel format is being replaced by quick-fire TED-style 'Strong Opinions', case studies, workshops and speed networking sessions.
Read more in
@MusicWeek
Due to the generosity of our donors and the ongoing hardship caused by Coronavirus, we're delighted to announce that the AIM Crisis Fund is being extended to cover lost work in June/July
You can now make two applications, direct to the fund