THE LAST WORD INMI PRO
Now that Musikmesse is over, the trade has had a chance to breathe a little easier. But this month saw plenty of people moves, yet more shop theft and of course, Dolphin’s sad demise did make things a little livelier than they might have been. Any pictures, titbits or other things you’d like us to include here, please send them to
ronnie.dungan@intentmedia.co.uk...
RETRO Johnson splashes cash
BORIS JOHNSON has introduced a new music charity, Fund for Young Musicians, which will aim to raise £2 million by March 2012 in order to improve music education for young people in London. The new initiative will give musically talented children between seven and eleven years of age fresh opportunities to progress as musicians. 400 youngsters from 33 London
Take a ticket
AMID THE initial fall-out from the Dolphin crash was the rumour that many sales reps were sitting in their cars outside the firm’s Liverpool HQ, waiting to see what was happening. Our source tells us it became like a deli counter at one point, with each supplier being ushered in one after the other to find out what the situation was with their stock.
boroughs will be handed music scholarships and will be chosen if they show high levels of musical commitment, talent and financial need. The four-year scholarships are intended
to give children an opportunity to move forward with their music education and will provide the students with small group instrumental tuition, access to various instruments, one-to-one mentoring and frequent performances. There will also be a chance for around
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10,000 children, up to the age of 18, to spend time working with professional musicians.
“Music can transform the lives of young
people. If a young Londoner has a talent for music and the commitment to progress, I want them to be able to do so regardless of their starting point,” said Johnson. A brilliant initiative of course. Shame
it’s him.
Keep ‘em peeled
The issue of store theft has reared its ugly head again this month, with Johnny Roadhouse in Manchester falling prey to a group of thieves who stole a 1975 Fender Strat. Further information reveals that they may have targeted other stores in the North West and are, in fact, known to many as the ‘Gibson Brothers’.
This could be something made up by the sharper minds in Greater
Manchester police force as a sort of aide de memoire. They are still having no luck locating the notorious Fender Twins, however.
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