Over 1.9k people have come together to sign Scottish Music Industry Association Open Letter – @creativescots Open Fund for Individuals is now closed. Please act now. Culture funding is essential. #NoArtWithoutArtists John Swinney Scottish Government Angus Robertson

Over 1,900 artists and music professionals have come together to sign Scottish Music Industry Association Open Letter on the Culture Funding Crisis. The letter is being sent today – @creativescots Open Fund for Individuals is now closed. Please act now. Culture funding is essential. #NoArtWithoutArtists

The already fragile music ecosystem is further threatened by these actions, so MVT supports the #NoArtWithoutArtists campaign by Scottish Music Industry Association, and have signed their open letter.

Today Scottish Government confirmed NO IN-YEAR CUTS to @creativescots budget. This brings relief, but it’s only a step forward. The sector still needs urgent investment. We’re calling for the planned £25m increase by 2025 to be secured now 👉 bit.ly/3MzfJE8 #NoArtsWithoutArtists

We're kicking off Day 1 of our SMIA Summit 2024 today; if you'd like to join us for any of these online sessions you can register via smia.org.uk/summit/ #SMIASummit in partnership with Creative Scotland

Delighted to be a panelist in #SMIASummit in my capacity as Convenor for CrossParty Group for 🎶 in Scottish Parliament and as a former musician. Thanks to Scottish Music Industry Association for a great conference.

Happy to speak this am Scottish Music Industry Association summit. The guts of what we had to say being that as long as the industry is most interested in self promotion and self preservation we will never advance. Music and it's value is all that should matter!!