How does language build barriers and reinforce inequity to careers in the Creative Industries?
I hopped on the Music for Education & Wellbeing podcast (hosted by @anitaholford ) last week to talk about our @youthmusicuk Industry Connect report and how it's mobilising sector-wide change with my second brain @who_is_mcbain . It was fun. We like talking.
👆30 min podcast in bio.
I'm on a panel today @margins.united at @earthackney talking about our Glastonbury accessibility programme. So I thought I'd revive this mini-doc for those who missed it first time round...
Watch the full 6 min doc via @lyrixorganix
Thanks to @glastothecommon@glastofest - and my g @nattyspeaks for articulating perfectly this groundbreaking work of love. It changed all of our lives. Special shout to @adrobtv 📽️
#accessibility #glastonburyfestival #glasto
Last week we lost a legend and beloved friend. 😢
We are sad to share that Karl Flood, aka @flood_dnb , passed away unexpectedly last week.
Since becoming a founding member of Levelling The Field @glastothecommon ,
Karl debuted at @rumshackglasto , DJing the closing set at Rum Shack in 2025
... then a classic show to thousands at @boomtownfairofficial with @krayzlegz@tiny.k.music@deafrave
Playing on @koolfmofficial
Signed to @unmuteroster
DnB Producer releasing bangers through @nattyspeaks
Those tunes getting rotation on BBC Radio 🔥 🔥
Living his dream.
Husband and father of two
... this is an enormous loss.
FLOOD was genuinely on the cusp of changing the game. Life is beautiful and cruel.
Karl openly and regularly told us how pivotal Levelling The Field and Rum Shack was to him, even championing Levelling the Field on BBC News.
In truth, we are the lucky ones to have Karl in our lives.
Karl left an indelible mark on all of us in his inimitable, funny, and often mischievous way. And a heart of gold, full of curiosity and talent. Karl reminds us of the power of music to change lives.
This is why we do the work.
He was a friend to us all.
Rest in power. We love you bro x
*** there is a fundraiser for Karl's funeral costs and family via link in bio
Treading gingerly around dark corners
With stray dogs as spirit guides
In the urbex dystopian paradise
Tskaltubo, Georgia 🇬🇪
Abandoned sanatoriums,
bathhouses still drip
Onto hollow shells of Soviet ghosts
The reverb of lost time. #tskaltubo #sovietarchitecture #georgia #urbex
Reimagining what building for (and with) local community can look like 🇮🇳
Part 2/3 - In West Bengal @sicca.collective (Sustainable Indigenous Centre for Collaborative Arts) ran a two week residency for students to learn how to use natural materials like earth and bamboo to build vernacular architecture that collaborates and truly serves the local community One of the 20 funded initiatives on @britishcouncil Alumni UK climate action programme The Seed Pod, led by Create Adapt in partnership with @lyrixorganix and steered by @offyellowradio
In collaboration with @anant_architecture@anant_national_university
Now is broken. Imagine a future. Let's build it.
It's been 3 years in the making. We've been hatching something big for @youthmusicuk , with @who_is_mcbain . 🐣
In early March Youth Music's nomadic 'Industry Connect: Coalition', landed in Bristol for our second edition. 100+ music education organisations, freelancers, young creatives and educators united in the belief that...
We. Need. Change.
Industry Connect started as a consultation; deep dive research into the systemic barriers facing young creative careers in the Music industries. Our 90 page report called for a Coalition, amongst other recommendations already in motion.
And so this month the Coalition found it's wings 🦅
The two days at @bristol_beacon was deeply invigorating, beautifully challenging and boldly inspiring.
Propelled by top provocations (micro-talks) asking the hard questions @malakimnp@themusicworksglos@elizabethjbirch@miri_flc@cometobrazzill@artnotevidence ... workshops rich in conversation... the wealth of life experience in the room... And 🔥🔥 live performances
@theyisgrove (at 10am 😂😈⏰), @saffronrecords DJ @myathethird and Welsh language rap @manliketodz & Welsh folk @tara_angharad
Thanks to my amazing @lyrixorganix team @tobycortonmusic@lilianlyzander shadesoftate @_freya_grace@mysmvria@rebekah.wav , the Bristol Beacon team and Youth Music for their continued belief in us @michellemyriemusic itsEli_p, Daniel, Heather and Carol.
Watch this space. This is just the beginning.
Join us.
Event recap via link in bio
Visit @youthmusicuk for more info on Industry Connect
📸 @chloemorris.photography
Let's talk about Venacular Architecture in India 🇮🇳
Part 1/3 - The brilliant @sicca.collective (Sustainable Indigenous Centre for Collaborative Arts) bridge Indigenous Knowledge Systems and contemporary design education to fight climate change with sustainable practice in the built environment
One of the 20 funded initiatives on @britishcouncil Alumni UK climate action programme The Seed Pod, led by Create Adapt in partnership with @lyrixorganix and steered by @offyellowradio
In collaboration with @anant_architecture@anant_national_university@dularia_centre with support @inbritish
‘How To Become A… Glastonbury Stage Programmer’, of the Rum Shack stage, is live on all platforms for you to watch or listen to, at the link in the bio 🎙️
Does anybody set out as a kid to do this job? No, but a series of events and decisions means @offyellowradio landed here after always be interested in the creative industries but trying to make it alongside a full time job that paid the bills 💸
Now Dan speaks to people all over to inspire them to get into the creative industry, not always in the routine way but through loads of avenues that Dan himself is still exploring.
It’s a fantastic episode and one anyone can get something from 👏🏼
Download, listen, share with everybody you know and enjoy!
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#glastonburyfestival #stageproduction #podcastshow #career #newpodcast
Tomorrow we launch ‘How To Become A… Glastonbury Stage Programmer’, a job title I truly did wonder HOW DID YOU GET THIS JOB? 😲
We speak to the wonderful @offyellowradio about he landed this role at the biggest festival in the world, but how time has gone on he has expanded the privilege and made it into something more people can enjoy and learn from with ‘Levelling The Field’, a trainee program for the deaf and disabled community 🏕️
Dan will be available on all platforms at the link in the bio first thing tomorrow morning 🔗
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#podcastshow #glastonburyfestival #stage #careers #startupbusiness
Been a solid Chinese New Year season🧧🐴🔥 📷
1. This lai see (利是) says my family name 'Tsu' in Chinese.
My granddad got them made in the 1970s. Probably the table cloth too.
2. BTS @lyrixorganix stop motion animation 🐎
3. 92 years cool
4. @fuzzla rocking the @lyrixorganix tea towels
4. Leveller @three.uncles
5. Made an exclusive @ears.n.eats x @lyrixorganix collab
6. Another leveller
7. Fleet Street surprise noodle leveller
8. High levels @snappad_culley
9. Last Lunar New Year leveller
It was a small thing packed with ink, sweat and tears. For joy and postage stamps. A lickle red amidst the grey
Thank you to everyone who bought, supported & shared the final chapter of our beautiful 12 year zodiac animal series journey, and @joannalayla for the legacy of stunning designs. Full cycle. 🔥🔥🐎🐎
