The Top 10 Tips For Bands Playing At Festivals
Craig McFetridge, drummer for the hard rock band Mason Hill, gives us his top 10 tips for bands playing at festivals this summer.
21 Unusual Band Names You’ll Wish You Came Up With
One of the toughest challenges faced by musicians is choosing a name for their band. However, some artists make it look easy, coming up with band names which exceed most people’s imaginative capabilities. Here, in alphabetical order, is a list of 21 unusual band names which we’re still trying to get our heads around. You…
How To Get Gigs: Q&A With Steve Williams
As a musician, getting gigs which put you in front of the right crowd is one of your biggest challenges. However, if you can find a way to secure good gigs, you’ve overcome this hurdle. We spoke to frontman Steve Williams, whose former band Cecil was signed to the record label Parlophone, to get his…
Is Live Music Under Threat?
The future of live music (or lack thereof) is a burning topic right now. This year, we’ve seen Paul McCartney backing a Parliament bill to protect music venues from closure, while there has also been recent legislation affecting live music venues all across Scotland. These events have reignited the debate around whether or not the UK’s…
Guitarists – Here’s Why You Need Amplifier Insurance
A killer guitar solo, riff or chord progression is nothing without an amplifier to add impact. Without the amplifier, we wouldn’t have such gems as Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock or Led Zeppelin’s performance of Stairway To Heaven at Earl’s Court. The list goes on and on. However, like a lot…
The Top 5 Hipster Instruments
It may come as a surprise, but the term ‘hipster’ is not new. In fact, many hipsters from decades gone by could claim that they were hipsters before the term went mainstream. It was coined during the jazz age of the 1940s to ‘describe aficionados of the growing scene.’ Today, the term has changed to…
A History Of The PA System
A live concert at an iconic music venue is nothing without a solid PA system. An amplified electric guitar riff, pulsating drum beat and vocal vibrato is something concert-goers have been accustomed to for years. Great things have humble beginnings, however. Although top PA systems are now associated with the Super Bowl half-time show, or…
‘Anything Can Happen On Tour’: Vox Fortura’s Music Industry Insights
If you’re not sure why taking out specialist music insurance is important – or are in two minds over whether you need it – look no further than Vox Fortura. The four-piece vocal group, which reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent under their previous name Vox Fortis in 2016, recently took out cover with…
‘Without Insure4Music, We Couldn’t Have Played Glastonbury’
Insure4Music sat down with Gwen Taylor, lead vocalist of alternative pop group Gwen and the Good Thing, to talk through the band’s inspiring journey and meteoric rise over the last couple of years. Taylor and fellow band member Chris Norrish formed Gwen and the Good Thing in 2014. Since then the band has gone from…
5 Live: Asia-Pacific’s 5 Most Iconic Live Music Venues
Well gang, it’s been emotional – but all good things must come to an end. In the final instalment of our 5 Live series of blogs, we head East to choose Asia-Pacific’s five most iconic live music venues. From former bakeries to monster truck arenas, it’s fair to say we’ve included a diverse mix of…
