With streaming down and radio on the rise, we look at where podcasting can fit in and the value of a human voice! This tutorial gives you all the basics to get started - great for content creators, or for artists and promoters to reach out to new audiences.
The panel will discuss current concerns facing the industry and examine the initiatives driving our industry forward. Our speakers will discuss how they are overcoming the challenges of Covid-19 and provide advice about how the local scene can do the same.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is now sold out.
Build your own synthesiser, based on the legendary Atari Punk Console! Perfect if you’re looking for those lo-fi, retro arcade game sounds. We post you the kit and talk you through the build. No experience or tools required. Hosted by local synth guru Liam Templeton.
Join us for an insight into the surging Scottish Hip-Hop and Grime scene! This artist-led panel will look at current sounds, and trends emerging in Scotland and how the scene is attracting national recognition. This panel features artists Nova Scotia the Truth, Dave Hook (Solareye), 2019 SAMA winner STEG G, aka, Steven Gilfoyle and Jody Justice. Renowned Hip-Hop promoter Alana Hepburn keeps score!
PLEASE NOTE: This event is now sold out.
In an increasingly digital environment, finding ways to reach out to an audience in a tangible way is becoming ever more difficult. Join Mel Reeve to look at the Zine medium in a musical context.
We are delighted to have Chris Brickley, author of photo journal '16 Years - Gigs In Scotland 1974-1999' join us on Friday 16th October in the Stove Network, where he will be selling copies of his book and will be signing them for anyone who wishes.
In the spirit of making the most of what you have, we get going in making music using the sounds in and around your home! Roan Ballantine, of electronic duo VanIves, is on hand to set the challenge, which will run throughout the conference weekend.
Punk left Scotland as The Clash roared off the stage of the Edinburgh Playhouse on 7 May 1977. Enter Orange Juice and the arrival of Scotland’s post-punk music scene. This feature-length documentary, by Grant McPhee, tells the fascinating story of Glasgow’s Postcard Records, and Edinburgh counterpart Fast Product.
How to Watch
This film will be made available HERE at 7.30pm, Thursday 15th October – please just re-fresh the page at the time and it will appear.
About our partners Reel to Real Cinema
Reel to Real cinema is a regular film and discussion evening, until March this year hosted at The Stove and since Lockdown has been exploring how we can use collhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/mxs3hmgdective film watching at home as a means to gather, share ideas and connect. We hope to be able to return safely to our High Street home soon, but until then, find us online sharing a film and discussion evening on the second Friday of the month.
A special thanks goes to director, Grant McPhee, for his support!
https://www.facebook.com/SOYSFilm @soundofyoungsco Trailer for 'The Big Gold Dream - Scottish Post Punk and Infiltrating The Mainstream'. The story of Fast P...
This year’s photo exhibition is an outdoor, open space trail featuring images from Chris Brickley’s photo journal ‘16 Years - Gigs in Scotland 1974-1990’. Capturing a significant period in Scotland’s musical history, the book is arranged by town and venue across Scotland, revisiting a huge number of lost venues. See works from the book throughout a trail of closed music venues across Dumfries town centre.
Exhibition Trail
THE VENUE, Dumfries, Church Place, DG1 1BW
THE MIDSTEEPLE BOX OFFICE, 1 Midsteeple, Dumfries, DG1 2BH
THE STOVE, 100 High Street, DG1 2BJ
THEATRE ROYAL, 66-68 Shakespeare Street, DG1 2JH
BRIGEND THEATRE, Market Place, DG2 7EA
RUGMAN’S HALL, 92 Whitesands, DG1 2RX
LOREBURN HALL, Newall Terrace, DG1 2HP
COACH & HORSES, 66 Whitesands, DG1 2RS
WHITE HART HOTEL, 38 Brewery Street, DG1 2RP
Dumfries Music Conference will return for 2020 with its eighth annual conference, and this year it’s going digital. Set to take place on 15-17 October, the three-day conference will feature film, discussion, workshops, Q&As, live music and exhibition - all hosted on digital platforms.
Cinematic sounds and a thunderous live presence, Scottish Alternative trio North Atlas provide a fresh perspective to the genre as a band of brothers whose contrasting influences combine to defy the traditional sensibilities of a rock 'n’ roll band.
North Atlas will be taking over the DMC Instagram from 12pm, sharing more about their music, what they’ve been listening to and how they’ve been spending her time inside. Then join us at 7pm for a live performance from North Atlas.
Make sure you’re following us on Instagram here to follow along.
Taking over the DMC Instagram is the gentle torrent of talent know as Ra. Hailing from Dumfries but now based in Edinburgh, Ra’s smooth vocals, lyrical prowess, surprising covers and ability to switch between guitar and ukulele have established her solo acoustic sets a consistent delight.
Ra will be taking over the DMC Instagram from 12pm, sharing more about her music, what she’s been listening to and how she’s been spending her time inside. Then join us at 7pm for a live performance of some of Ra’s best songs.
Make sure you’re following us on Instagram here to follow along.
A chance to hear from some of the region’s most exciting emerging acoustic talent in our intimate Cafe. Delivered by David Bass, guitar virtuoso and tutor in association with Dumfries Music Conference.
The Plaza returns with a new line-up from the underbelly of Dumfries. Expect a sumptuous, lo-fi night of raw creative talent from some of Scotland’s most talked about musical artists to set the scene for Just Start Here 2020.
Kicking off this month, we're delighted to bring you the DMC Songwriter’s Workshop facilitated by Canadian songwriter Sarah Jane Scouten. Fostering the creative process with writing exercises, close listening and discussion, and focusing on imagery, song form and what makes a song work.
A chance to hear from some of the region’s most exciting emerging acoustic talent in our intimate Cafe. Delivered by David Bass, guitar virtuoso and tutor in association with Dumfries Music Conference.
From the shadowy edges of winter…a new kind of experience.
The DMC 2019 Showcase with The Lutras, Quiche, Megan Airlie and Prussia Snailham.
An insight into the work of music festivals from the promoters, bands and managers at the heart of some of Scotland's most exciting new festivals.
A panel about self-care and nurturing resilience in the music industry.
Insight into the work of the Scottish Music Industry Association - the organisation responsible for the Scottish Album of the Year Award.
Record fair, DJs and info stalls from some of the biggest movers and shakers in the Scottish music scene.
A panel of industry experts take us through some fundamentals for getting your music out there.
Hear all about how Help Musicians can help you launch your career.
One of Scotland’s most talked about and celebrated musical artists comes to Dumfries…
Filmed live in the Stove Cafe.
Collaborate on a real life proposal with expert guidance from some of the country’s most exciting singer/songwriters.
One team will rise, while the other will fall…
‘They’re going to make it illegal to have gatherings around music, wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats…’
A specially curated exhibition from regional and international photographers as part of our ‘story and songs’ theme for DMC 2019.
