One hell of a week…

Board and committee members of The Ivor's Academy at our recent away day.

This week I've been a London commuter travelling up and down to a bumper week of Ivor's Academy events.

Staring with the above away day for all the board and committe members at St. Martin's in the Field. It was so good to be able to connect with other members of the committee's and board. There were some pretty intense but extremely positive conversations along the way, as well as a few laughs.

The following day I was back for the first meeting of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion steering group. We came away with a a big postive ‘to do' list to try and make the music industry a more inclusive place. Watch this space.

The evening saw the German Songwriters revolt panel with DSP service Deezer. Discussing how songwriters in Germany are using a Per Diem model when writing for established artists, and Deezers attempt to move to a user-centric service (one which would benefit us all, I'll do a blog post on that).

Lots of food for thought. Will report back on some of these issues, and will keep you up to date with how the various committees I'm a part of get on. For now, time to sleep…

First look at some of the new Equality, Diversity and and Inclusion steering group.