Ep 1: Mark Davyd, Music Venue Trust CEO

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Episode Title: Ep 1: Mark Davyd, Music Venue Trust CEO 

Mark Davyd is an all-rounder in the music industry. He is the co-owner of the Tunbridge Wells Forum, the owner of Outstanding Music, a music company that specialises in alternative Latin music, he’s a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has spoken at a huge range of music conferences like SXSW, and has managed bands and artists like Spanish singer songwriter Maika Makovski. He is also the CEO of various music charities including Rhythmix and the Music Venue Trust. 

In this episode Mark and I discuss the threatening situation music venues are in, when festivals will be back, Dave Grohl, IDLES, how a £5.2b industry is now deemed unviable and what we can all do to help. 

Resources:

Music Venue Trust: http://musicvenuetrust.com

Save Our Venues: https://saveourvenues.co.uk/

Music By Numbers (more info on the UK Music Industry economy): https://www.ukmusic.org/research/music-by-numbers/

Places to follow MVT:

https://www.instagram.com/musicvenuetrust/

https://www.facebook.com/musicvenuetrust

https://twitter.com/musicvenuetrust

If you want to get in touch you can find me at:

www.nadiasheikh.com

info@nadiasheikh.com

https://www.instagram.com/nadiasheikhmusic

https://www.facebook.com/nadiasheikhmusic

https://www.twitter.com/NadiaSheikh_

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