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On the 09/11/22 I met up with the boys from the aftertone collective; the group of three bands I plan to go on tour with.

This will be organised by myself as a part of the ‘aftertone collective’. At the meeting we decided on the locations for the tour. however, there was some foundation information i needed to finalise before booking the venues, such as mapping out a timeline for the tour, finding out when student nights are in each city, confirming with the bands on how many consecutive shows we can do (especially vocalists.)

We decided the tour would take place  in the second half of june. In order to solidify a date we will be contacting the chosen venues and finding out availability within that time frame.

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An in depth overview of the finances from the Aftertone tour 2022.

This information will be informing some of my decisions for this project.

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The most up to date EPK which I will be sending to venues, promoters and press.

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on the 3/12/22 me Finnian Davidson, Milo Hill and Brendan Moran met up to discuss role delegation going forward.

I will take charge of contacting venues, as I have a lot of the contact information from the previous tour.

Brendan will take charge of the tour finance, as this is an area he excelled in last time.

Finnian will make a start setting up the go fund me, as well as looking into some waterbed funding.

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I attended a zoom meeting detailing the application process for tour funding. I will be making my application in the coming weeks.

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Here is a link to the website with the relevant information about the funding opportunity.

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You can apply for financial support of up to £5,000 towards the cost of performing live and touring.

Live performance and touring can have a huge impact on your career - allowing you to build your fanbase, increase confidence, improve your craft, test new ideas and generate income.

This support focuses not only on helping you to perform live, but also on your wellbeing and long-term business development.

up to £5,000 in financial support towards touring and live activities

one-to-one business advice sessions tailored to your needs and delivered via experienced music industry professionals

personal health consultation with British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), covering all aspects of your physical and mental health, with specialist referrals where required

This support is for professional musicians and music creators of all genres and disciplines.

You can be a solo artist, composer, group member, songwriter, producer or a multidisciplinary artist.

We are not able to support organisations.
To apply, you must:

Deliver your supported activities within 12 months of accepting the grant. Please note, your activity should not start any earlier than three months from the submission of your application

Be aged over 18

Be in financial need, without significant backing towards touring or live performance from a record label, publisher or private investor

Not have more than £16,000 in savings

Already have an active career and be able to clearly demonstrate your work to date

Have the right to live and work in the UK

Currently be living in the UK

Have a UK bank account

If applying as a group :

At least 50% of members must meet the criteria as above , including the lead applicant

You must have been established and playing together regularly for at least one year

To help you with your touring & live activity, you can apply for up to £5,000 to assist with the cost of performing your music and getting it out to the world. This could include:

Touring expenses (e.g. accommodation, transport and fuel costs, venue hire, ticketing)

Session musician and crew fees (e.g. stage manager, sound engineer, tour manager or lighting technician)

PR and marketing (including social media campaigns)

Content creation (e.g. video, audio, promotional photography, artwork and design)

Merchandise (design and production)

Access to creative spaces (rehearsal and writing rooms)

Travel and accommodation for festival appearances, but only where these are part of a tour (two or more dates)

Costs of performance related technology, equipment - speakers, amplifiers, headsets, microphones, projectors etc - ortouring breakables - guitar strings, plectrums, tuners, batteries and drum sticks etc (these should not make up more than 50% of your budget) †

Visas and carnets (these should not make up more than 50% of your budget)

Travel, public liability and contents insurance (not including vehicle insurance)‡

†Please note we are unable to fund the purchase of musical instruments, including laptops. ‡We can support a contribution towards your travel, public liability and contents insurance for the duration that you're on tour. You would need to work out the percentage of the total cost based on how many days you are going on tour for and detail your workings within the notes tab within the budget section of the application form.

Here are the activities that we can't currently support through this fund:

Activities that take place within 3‑months of a submitted application

Equipment costs that make up more than 50% of the total request from Help Musicians

Applications that are solely for visas and/​or carnets.

We are unable to pay artists fees or top up low performance fees (this includes providing a fee for unpaid performances or festival appearances). Please note that we can still support session musician costs

One off festival appearances that are not part of a tour (ie. 2 or more dates)

Activities that are not primarily music or career development focused

Formal courses of study, training or research (e.g. undergraduate or postgraduate study). For information on how we can support this, please visit Support your Studies

Attendance as a performer at showcases already supported by funds like the International Showcase Fund (e.g. SXSW, CMJ, A3C, Womex, Reeperbahn, Folk Alliance International, Canadian Music Week)

Ongoing overheads, for example rent, utilities and insurance

Buying or insuring vehicles

Although we won't exclude applications that are asking us to contribute to a wider project, this application shouldn't be seen as a top-up fund for larger funding bids. (10% of your total budget or less would be considered as top-up funding)

Costs associated with entering competitions

Activities that have already occurred

Costs relating to the purchase of musical instruments (including laptops) and/​or the upgrade/​maintenance of existing instruments

Costs towards planned tours or live performances in Russia or
Belarus with state-sponsored and/​or state-funded venues or companies

Please note that if you have received financial support from this fund in the last 12 months then we will be unable to support your application.

We understand how challenging and expensive it is to go on tour, and how vital performing and building your audience is for a musician.

We want to support musicians to sustain a career in music and believe that musicians should be fairly paid for their performances. This is why we have made the decision not to subsidise artist fees or top up low paid performances. By subsidising income, we would not be supporting a sustainable way of earning an income through touring activity.

As part of this support, you'll receive six hours of dedicated one-to-one business advice from industry experts to help you to shape or rethink your business plans.

You may be wondering how to promote your next release, be looking to find new ways to distribute your music or build an online fanbase.

We'll pair you with up to two expert business advisors who can help you with a range of topics.

You can choose the topics of expertise that would suit you best when making your application, including:

Branding, marketing, and social media

Career development and achieving your goals

Digital commerce including​'direct to fan' sales and streaming

Finances, taxes, and self-employment

Funding

Legal and contracts advice

Music business strategies (publishing, distribution, promotion, and licensing)

Navigating careers in specialist music genres

Publishing and Royalties

Touring and Live

Project Management

Through our partnership with BAPAM, you'll be able to explore your own health practice, identify and develop achievable health goals, plan a schedule that helps you develop your career sustainably, and access expert clinical help for any performance-related conditions. This is available at any time during the duration of your grant.

Further support for your wellbeing, physical and mental health is always available.

Yes. You can apply for this as part of a larger application of up to a total of £5,000.

The maximum amount for each type of support is as follows:

There is high demand for this support, and in 2022 the charity was able to support around one in five applications from the funds available. We do understand that this process can be challenging, and we are here to support you, but due to the volume of applications our guidance cannot guarantee a successful outcome.

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Support towards taking your performance to the stage and bringing it on tour

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here is a link to OOOsh, where we hired the van last year. this is something we will be looking into in the coming months.

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Here is an order for our last run of t-shirts we will be using to promote ourselves as well as sell on the tour.

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on the 9/1122 I met with Dan Stevenson, who shot the last Tour. we met to discuss some work he's going to be doing with Dirtsharks, in relation to our EP Release and our tour.

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Here is an example of some communication regarding tour meetings. this is from our Aftertone group chat, where we discuss meetings and any other relevant information

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on the 11/02/23

I had a meeting with milo and Brendan where I created an instagram poll from the band social media to find out the best time to put on the tour. above is the results so far.

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here, I research various low cap venues for some my list. I wanted 50-100cap venues for some cities where we have less of a following, as selling out a 50 cap venue is more impressive than pulling 50 heads into a 150 cap.

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here I messaged a friend from Birmingham about potential venues for the tour

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here is an email I drafted up to send out to venues.

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creating an official Aftertone email address 

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creating an official Aftertone email address 

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I did this in addition to Finials general email address for the after tone collective (aftertonerecs@gmail.com). I did this to show that I am doing this off my own back, it also comes across very professional to the recipient, as it outlines my role within the business.

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here is a comprehensive list of venues, promoters, contact numbers and emails and availability for multiple venues for each city. I did this to keep organised and allow for quick access to the contacts.

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when discussing tour in class with Milo and Brendan, Milo introduced us to a new app which functions to make tour communications between venues, artists and tour managers run smoother. it also shows your tour route, giving you traffic and delays, showing you where the best parking is near venues for a van and essentially acting as a sat nav to get you from a to b on time.

we are going to show this idea to the rest of the collective and suggest it as a way to keep everyone in the loop.

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Communications with Heidi from Bristol Exchange

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Here I'm talking to Danae from The Dead Famous

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Here is comms with Alex from Porters, this email,outlines stage times and running order for the night.

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Here's the email to Dan from The Fiddlers Elbow with the poster

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Negotiating ticket prices with AJ from Fives, Falmouth.

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On this date, myself Brendan, James, Luke and Finnian met to discuss transport and finalise accommodation plans. from the meeting we booked accommodation for two nights at Cardiff Bay premier Inn. Finnian sent off quote enquiry for OOOSH van.

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Communications about OOOSH van

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The specification for Exchange, Bristol

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Communication for meeting on 19/04/23

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aftertone tour 2023: live at the dead famous featuring dirtsharks

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finnian james and signature gold. tickets on door

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finnian james and signature gold. tickets on door on 2nd jun 2023

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finnian james and signature gold. tickets on door in newquay

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Aftertone Tour 2023: Live at The Dead Famous featuring Dirtsharks, Finnian James and Signature Gold. TICKETS ON DOOR at The Dead Famous, Newquay on 2nd Jun 2023

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Aftertone Tour 2023: Live at The Dead Famous featuring Dirtsharks, Finnian James and Signature Gold. TICKETS ON DOOR at The Dead Famous, Newquay on 2nd Jun 2023. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout

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aftertone tour 2023: live at the exchange featuring: finnian james

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At The Exchange Featuring: Finnian James, Dirtsharks, Signature Gold at Exchange, Bristol on 6th Jun 2023

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At The Exchange Featuring: Finnian James, Dirtsharks, Signature Gold at Exchange, Bristol on 6th Jun 2023. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout

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aftertone tour 2023: live at porters featuring finnian james

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signature gold free event at porter's cardiff

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signature gold free event on 7th jun 2023

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At Porters Featuring Finnian James, Dirtsharks, Signature Gold FREE EVENT at Porter's Cardiff, Cardiff on 7th Jun 2023

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At Porters Featuring Finnian James, Dirtsharks, Signature Gold FREE EVENT at Porter's Cardiff, Cardiff on 7th Jun 2023. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout

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aftertone tour 2023: live at the fiddlers elbow featuring finnian james

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dirtsharks at the fiddler's elbow - music venue

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At The Fiddlers Elbow Featuring Finnian James, Signature Gold, Dirtsharks at The Fiddler's Elbow - Music Venue, London on 8th Jun 2023

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At The Fiddlers Elbow Featuring Finnian James, Signature Gold, Dirtsharks at The Fiddler's Elbow - Music Venue, London on 8th Jun 2023. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At The Prince Albert Featuring Signature Gold, Finnian James, Dirtsharks at The Prince Albert, Brighton and Hove on 14th Jun 2023

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AfterTone Tour 2023: Live At The Prince Albert Featuring Signature Gold, Finnian James, Dirtsharks at The Prince Albert, Brighton and Hove on 14th Jun 2023. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout

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