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Emerging Icons Academy

Online music platform Unsigned Band Review has launched a new initiative for emerging acts, offering industry support and the chance to work with top songwriter and producer Sacha Skarbek. The scheme is open to artists and bands that are either without a major record deal or are signed to a small indie label.

M Magazine online extras

In the latest edition of M magazine, we highlighted a number of extra features that we've put together to accompany the articles in the magazine. Find them all here.

Gareth Griffith wins Scottish BAFTA award

Gareth Griffiths, a student at the Edinburgh College of Art has won the PRS for Music-sponsored Best Original Music at this year's BAFTA in Scotland New Talent Awards.

Songwriters to earn from new digital service

PRS for Music has announced a licensing agreement with Rdio, the digital music service from the creators of Skype. The deal will enable PRS for Music’s music creators to earn when their music is accessed via Rdio.

Rumer covers the Boys

Rumer's second album features her interpretations of some of favourite songs by male songwriters.

Conversations with Screen Composers

PRS for Music are proud to support Conversations with Screen Composers, a series of three events with major composers for film, television and video games. Once a month from May-June, the composers will take the stage in Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room to discuss their work, illustrated with clips and including some light elements of performance.

Barry Blue - Part Two

Barry Blue is a songwriter, musician, producer and publisher whose career spans five decades. Barry was still in his teens when he wrote his first hit, Rainmaker Girl, for Gene Pitney.

Vic Galloway on SXSW

Today there are more opportunities than ever to showcase your music internationally. A myriad of different events such as The Great Escape, Popkomm, Womex, Transmusicales, Eurosonic, GoNorth and CMJ bring A&R, live agents, promoters, bloggers, broadcasters and journalists together in one place, to feast their eyes and ears on the finest new music on the planet. There is however a behemoth that straddles the globe and eclipses them all – South by South West (SXSW).