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THE YOUTH
Music
Initiative
DEMO FUND Once upon a time, Patrick Findlay approached us with what seemed to be the beginnings of a promising musical project. He wanted to find five young, talented and enthusiastic Scottish musical acts and help them to record their first demo. Cut to almost a year later; the project has been completed and resulted in one of the acts being approached by EMI. We love a good old-fashioned success story...
What is the Youth Music Initiative Demo Fund? First things first, What is the Youth Music Initiative Demo Project? Let’s meet the North Edinburgh Arts team and find out what it’s all about... North Edinburgh Arts (NEA) works to promote the education, development and creativity of North Edinburgh’s residents through engagement in the arts. Over the past year, NEA has been busy working on Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative Demo Fund. The Project’s aim - headed by
Caroline Muirhead and Patrick Findlay (Graphite North) - was to identify and assist local young musicians who could benefit from recording a professional demo of their music. In total, NEA engaged with 14 young musicians in the Edinburgh Area, producing over 25 original pieces of music.
The Auditions. Next step, The Auditions. Musicians flocked from all over Edinburgh to perform for and convince the panel to pick them for the project... North Edinburgh Arts held auditions earlier this year to find five young bands or artists to work with technician, Patrick Findlay (aka forward strategy group’s Patrick Walker) who then worked with the bands to record some very promising demos. Red Dog Music helped spread the word by noising people up through their social networking websites and mailing
list. The panel of experts included Tam Treanor (producer & musician / BMG / More Protein), Alex Burden (music journalist / DJ Mag / Clash Magazine) & Patrick Findlay (producer & electronic artist / forward strategy group). These panellists have a wealth of experience to share and gave the bands some excellent and in-depth feedback during the audition. WINTER 2011 THE DOG 23