18 May 2020
Category General News
Last week the UK Government announced some changes to the lockdown restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19 Coronavirus in England. Whilst we are likely still many months from a fully re-opened music economy, now is the time to review…
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3 May 2020
Category General News
David Stewart, Manager of British Grove Studios dies from Covid-19 The MPG are saddened to hear of the passing of David Stewart of British Grove studios from Covid-19. David and British Grove Studios were strong supporters of the MPG having…
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23 April 2020
Category General News
MPG Survey First of all we’d like to thank everyone who has filled out and shared our survey – if you haven’t yet, it’s only 5 questions and takes less than a minute to fill in. the data we gather…
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15 April 2020
Category General News
It’s been quite the month to say the least. We hope you are all keeping safe and well in these uncertain times. We have been providing frequent updates on the changing situation as well as signposting to the various industry…
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8 April 2020
Category General News
AIM has launched a support fund aimed at contractors and freelance workers in the independent music industry whose source of income has been severed without warning due to lost work in April and May as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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2 April 2020
Category General News
We’ve become aware of a number of different scenarios that apply to producers, engineers and mixers who either run their own commercial recording studio or are based in a rented production room. As well as the following suggestions The MPG…
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1 April 2020
Category All News, Campaigns, General News
Following tireless lobbying from the MPG and wider Music and self-employed communities, the government last week announced new measures to help support the self-employed. These measures are very welcome, but many of our members don’t meet the qualifying criteria or…
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26 March 2020
Category General News
This evening the Chancellor finally announced the Coronavirus Self-employment Income Support Scheme. This is the support package the Government is going to offer to those who are already self-employed. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-… Key Points: It will cover 80% of your average…
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26 March 2020
Category All News
The Music Producers Guild today welcomed the new package of support for the self-employed announced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak. “We are pleased that the chancellor listened to our calls for urgent support for our self-employed members. We welcome…
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25 March 2020
Category General News
A number of funds are being launched to help those suffering financial hardship due to the Covid-19 crisis. Here are a couple of which a lot of our members will be eligible for. Help Musician Coronavirus Hardship Fund £500 one-off…
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24 March 2020
Category General News
On Monday evening, the Prime Minister announced that we MUST now stay in our homes as we’re ‘facing a national emergency’. We all need to ‘join the national effort’ to protect the NHS, so it can cope with the crisis…
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21 March 2020
Category General News
It’s been quite a week. The MPG Board has spent most of this week pressuring the government to do more to support our industry, and also talking to other trade-bodies to see what more can be done, at…
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13 March 2020
Category All News, General News
Loss of Earnings Survey We are currently running a short survey to assess the current impact the virus is having on music producers, engineers, mixers and mastering engineers. Please share will everyone you know involved in music production.. The survey…
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5 March 2020
Category General News
MPG Awards On Thursday 27th the annual MPG Awards took place with big names from across the music industry coming together to celebrate the best musical talent of 2020. A huge thank you to everyone involved and congratulations to all…
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29 February 2020
Category MPG Awards
A host of music industry VIPs and celebrities filled London’s Grosvenor House on Thursday for the 2020 Music Producers Guild Awards – an annual event that recognises the creativity, skill and talents of all music recording professionals. The top accolade…
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22 January 2020
Category All News
MPG Awards Tickets Are On Sale The 12th annual MPG Awards 2020 takes place on the 27th February at Grosvenor House Hotel in London. If you wish to attend our fantastic annual awards ceremony you can buy tickets here, with…
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22 January 2020
Category All News, Campaigns, MPG Activity, Music Industry, Shared Parental Leave and Pay
CULTURE MINISTER “NOT RULING OUT” MORE HELP FOR SELF-EMPLOYED MPs, UK Music Members and MPG Executive Director after the Westminster Hall debate MPG Executive Director, Olga FitzRoy, together with UK Music members, yesterday attended a Westminster Hall debate…
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19 November 2019
Category Music Industry
Ed Cherney, such a sad loss . . . “We first met in Los Angeles around an AES Convention in 1996. Like many of our friends and colleagues, I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear that Ed Cherney has…
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11 November 2019
Category MPG Awards
The Music Producers Guild is excited to announce the shortlist for its 2020 Awards, which will take place at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London on 27th February. With names such as Stormzy, IDLES, Marta Salogni and Nigel Godrich all featuring…
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18 October 2019
Category MPG Activity
Thank you for reading our first monthly newsletter! We want to start sharing with you, our members, what we get up to each month and keep you informed on what’s happening. September was a busy month for the MPG. Pivotal…
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