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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This week in my Substack I am celebrating (yes I honestly am!) the fantastic week of music the UK is experiencing. markdavyd.substack.com/p/good-news-...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

UK Government’s Creative Industries Sector Plan is the most comprehensive attempt yet to think about how music fits into the future shape of the British economy. It provides us with a serious platform to work with Read the full article at my latest Substack: markdavyd.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Read my latest Substack: lnkd.in/dbvN2427 There's a whole world movement going on that I didn't know about and it's a radical opportunity not just for music, but for culture, sports, all the community facilities we all care deeply about but are at risk.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Read my latest Substack: markdavyd.substack.com/p/access-den... Why are grassroots music venues treated differently to theatres, arts centres, cinemas when it comes to licensing and access for young people? More than that… why are they treated differently to arenas and stadiums?

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Read my latest Substack. Positive change is achievable, dont let them convince you otherwise. markdavyd.substack.com/p/take-back-...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Culture is not a luxury — it’s an engine for economic recovery. In my latest Substack piece, I propose how funding local arts and venues can drive real economic change from the ground up. Read “Trickle-Up Economics” now on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/markdavy...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Latest Substack from me, with some thoughts on the Music Fans' Voice. The main thing that comes across is how well informed fans are and how much they care. The fans’ voice has been ignored for too long. Read more: markdavyd.substack.com/p/the-beatin...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Sorry not to reply to your email, I was in a cave.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

“Please don’t respect the peace and quiet of our neighbours; they don’t respect our town’s culture”

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Become part of the @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social Supporters Circle! bit.ly/MVTsupporters

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Excellent to see a new organisation emerge in Australia to support Grassroots Music Venues. Give them a follow here: @ausmusicvf.bsky.social

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

A new Substack from me... open.substack.com/pub/markdavy...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

It's your first Survey Sunday! TAKE THE SURVEY: musicfansvoice.uk The Music Fans' Voice survey launched earlier this week and a huge number of live music fans have already taken part... but thousands more are needed. And that includes you.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A new Substack from me on the Music Fans' Voice Survey. With your help it can reach tens of thousands of music fans. So please join us and let's make that happen: open.substack.com/pub/markdavy...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

TAKE PART! 1. Take the Music Fans Voice Survey HERE: musicfansvoice.uk 2. Copy this post & post to your own socials with the link 3. Tag friends, ask them to take the survey and carry on the chain @automatom.bsky.social @paulkindred.bsky.social @bandonthewall.bsky.social @nikbarbosa.bsky.social

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Without any hint of irony or self-awareness, a clip from a BBC article describing the problems Canada will need to overcome from losing its trading agreement with the USA. But Brexit? We mustn’t talk about such things. It’s ’the will’ of 27% of the people, 9 years ago, on 1 day.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Britain is now back in exactly the same economic place it was in 55 years ago which led to a political consensus in the 1970s to join the Common Market.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Definitely the thing to fight back with in a ball game. Would be the wrong approach to fight back with a tricycle or a small piece of fruit.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is disgraceful. Taking someone else’s work, giving it to a machine, and letting it steal everything from it without paying the original creators? There should be a law against it! “Hello… is that Alanis Morrissette? About that ironic thing…”

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

My full Substack breaking down the @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social Annual Report 2024. READ HERE: open.substack.com/pub/markdavy...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A fairly simple error in this headline and subsequent article… no one is saying big acts shun the area, and no one is saying that there isn’t music in Wolverhampton. The data says that Wolverhampton is being massively undervalued as a great place to take a grassroots artist to build their careers.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I’ve posted above some output from Deepseek, here it is again. Would be interested in your view of if you think this demonstrates ‘artificial intelligence’, as most people would perceive it, or something else. It certainly has its uses, I’m just doubtful about what it actually is.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

An example: Here’s your recently recommended Deepseek making a fifth attempt at an original and humorous poem about a current hot topic issue with a range of prompts and refinements. I’d mark it as an E?

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The BBC Sound of 2025 poll is completely redundant. It needs a major rethink. Start again, maybe take a look at the work being done by @drownedinsound.org on their Class of 2025.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

17 October 2016. Billie Eilish opening for Ry X at Neumos, a 750 cap venue in Seattle. Because every artist needs somewhere to start.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

There are some in the music industry who believe the easy option now is to have the government impose a Statutory Levy on live music to fund the grassroots ecosystem. Here's a long read on how difficult that route actually is: open.substack.com/pub/markdavy...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Two Bowie Bights this year! Saturday 4 January is already sold out but if you’re quick then you can grab one of the few remaining tickets for Friday 3 January. Hurry up… very few left! Get them from here: www.twforum.co.uk/events/2025-...

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This is a graph of the Live Nation share price. The less access people have to live music, and the more unaffordable it becomes, the higher their share price goes. Their success is directly inverse to the actual availability of live music.

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they are dealing with

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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Possibly the greatest line up of forthcoming gigs I’ve ever seen… unless you know a better one?

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