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There is just one week left to apply for the FAC Step Up Fund powered by Amazon Music.  Here’s what 2024 awardee, Olive Jones said about the impact of Step Up for her.  Find out more and apply on the Step Up Hub - link in our bio.

🚨With only a few days left to apply for this year's Step Up Fund, powered by Amazon Music, FAC Head of Programs & Partnerships, Gary Reid, provides some tips on preparing a strong application. Applications close Saturday 31st May at 23:59, apply now through the link in our bio.

The FAC is proud to announce our partnership with WeAre8, The People’s Platform. On WeAre8, people  are protected from toxic content, own their audience and - with no controlling algorithms -  are guaranteed to see posts from the people they choose to follow and vice versa.

📚 Art of Listening #8 with Keith Jopling ( @songsommelier ) We’re excited to share the eighth instalment of our bi- weekly series by the ever incisive Kieth Jopling. Find this week’s piece “Is the A.I. threat to music more existential than real?” in our bio

Tomorrow is the last day to apply to the Step Up Fund, powered by Amazon Music ⏰ Here’s what SOFY shared about how Step Up has impacted her career. Apply via the Step Up Hub- linked in our bio Applications close Saturday 31st May at 23:59.

🚨 Last chance to apply 🚨 Applications close tonight at 23:59 for this year’s Step Up Fund, powered by Amazon Music!  So if you want up to £8,000 towards your artist project and a whole host of other benefits - apply now via the link in bio! 🔗

As Taylor Swift buys back her music rights, FAC CEO, David Martin spoke to LBC’s Ali Miraj about why this is such a significant win for Taylor Swift and why music rights are so important to all artists. You can listen to the full discussion here: bit.ly/4kfiyJw

The FAC is campaigning to ensure that artists are directly funded from the levy. Ensuring artists can tour and perform: 🎶 Builds new artists’ careers 👥 Develops new audiences & greater fan connection 💷 Ensures those that artists teams are paid for

The FAC joined TuneCore CEO Andrea Gleeson and Spotify’s Brian Johnson to discuss artificial streaming in the new Spotify for Artists masterclass. This masterclass will show you how to protect yourself and your music from artificial streaming. The full video is linked in our bio.

The Chair of the FAC Artist Council, Bella Lueen (aka Levina), spoke to The Guardian on “AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims”. She proposes for a traffic light system, allowing artists to present their defence. Article link: bit.ly/4kiuHxk

If you’ve struggled to get opportunities, this is your chance to speak up. Black Lives in Music is collecting real stories through the REMEL survey to push for fairer licensing laws. The deadline is June 6th at 6pm Take the survey now: bit.ly/3ZiwLwR?r=lp&m…

Last month, Alt-J’s Gus Unger-Hamilton represented FAC at the launch of the London Grassroots Music Tube Map at Outernet. The campaign ends on 13 June, so this is the final opportunity to view the map at the venue. Find out more on the FAC website.

The FAC has been making the case for artists in the domestic, live touring circuit for a number of years. Artists are facing a 'cost of touring crisis'. We have lobbied for change, calling for a levy from large, arena and stadium shows to directly support artists to perform.

FAC 101 🔎 Navigating PR, marketing and radio plugging with Josh Byrne Find out everything you need to know about Brain Marrow, the consultancy helping independent artists and labels break through the noise. This event is free for FAC PRO Members

Join us for the FAC Summer Party with our friends at Sound Royalties.   The event is being hosted at the wonderful Cambridge Audio HQ, Gallery Court, Hankey Pl, London SE1 4BB (just a 5 min walk from London Bridge station). This event is free for all.

📚Art Of Listening #9 with Keith Jopling In our ninth edition of our Art of Listening series, the ever-insightful Keith Jopling asks: are we better at listening live? Find this week’s piece in our bio.

The FAC welcomes the focus on music in the Creative Industries Sector Plan. Our high growth sector has made the UK a cultural giant. It is artists that are the engine room of our music industry…

At the FAC, we’re proud to have seen so many friends, family and affiliated artists featured across this year’s Glastonbury line-up. Among them are previous FAC Step Up Fund awardees, performing alongside countless other talented artists.

Our CEO, David Martin spoke to The Guardian's Michael Savage about the live broadcasting of music, following coverage of Glastonbury 2025.

FAC 101 🔎 Getting the most out of PPL and PRS for Music Joint Leo O’Brien and Stuart Belsham as they discuss the role of each organisation and how you can get paid when your music is played. This event is free for FAC PRO Members Register now via the link in our bio!