The fourth edition of IGNITE, the event initiated by the Scottish Music Centre, returns this month with a stellar local line-up, including headlines Walt Disco. As an offshoot of the Hit The Road project funded by Help Musicians UK and PRSF, the night showcases an array of up and coming musicians, manager Cara Mills Mclaughlin says: “IGNITE is an artist development project. We showcase four bands every six months, giving them a small grant to put towards the development of their act.” Already this year alumni have gone on to sell out headline shows, announce support slots which have seen them play to larger audiences than ever before and even announce live sets overseas!
Backed amid the wondrous setting of Glasgow’s Saint Luke’s the IGNITE project allows for young musicians who may need a nudge into the industry, to perform on a larger stage to giving them a platform not only to tighten their live set but also to play to people they may not otherwise have the chance to: “Our showcases are aimed at those who work in the industry. We invite up record labels, publishers and agents from London as well as managers, press, promoters etc across Scotland.”
The project works solely alongside Scottish artists, keeping support local and homegrown, despite plans to perhaps expand Cara adds: “I think with Glasgow in particular there is such an amazing variety of good music and great venues to have a thriving live music scene. I think a lot of people recognise that Scotland has its own little music industry outside of everything that goes on down in London, and I think that’s amazing.”
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