Music Network recording grants (1 Viewer)

[Cornu Ammonis]

By the time you ended up filling out all the forms you'd be too browned off to bother yer bollix playing anything...

Welcome to the world of applying for funding. My life is spent filling in forms and writing bullshit about why I deserve money. It's a skill in itself.

 

[GO]

These things are all horseshit.

Theres shit out there half of us plebs would'nt even hear about..never mind knowing anyone in the game to pull the requisite strings

 

[Unknown Convict]

bernard clarke is hardly a bastion of classical conservatism - he was smuggling e.g. 1960s pauline oliveros electronic music CDs into the classical section in tower in the mid-90s. his most recent playlist has tracks from robert lippok and kieran hebden.

theres definitely an arts snobbiness that dismisses rock/indie/singer-songwriter stuff as more of a hobby and questions their motives, compared to 'real' musicians who went to the academy, and theres definitely an art to form filling for grant applications, but theres got to be some rationale other than "we need some cash to record our next album" even if thats what most of the funded projects are effectively doing anyway.

the kate ellis thing still stinks, even in an incestuous scene like dublin.

 

[GO]

Anyone calls what I do a hobby is getting a jolly good pop on the chin for their insolance

Although..I have falsely claimed it was a hobby in the past..heh

 

[GO]

 

[hermie]

Culture Ireland seem to be better for awarding grants. Dott, Mark Geary and Young Hearts Run Free among the recipients this year:
Culture Ireland Forms - Outcome Grant Summer 2013

 

[ann post]

I'm not too impressed with people weighing in saying certain people are 'distraught' about this. Turning an admin problem into something with a victim. Surefire way to stop anything getting fixed.

 

[pete]

I'm not too impressed with people weighing in saying certain people are 'distraught' about this. Turning an admin problem into something with a victim. Surefire way to stop anything getting fixed.

who said that?

 

[ann post]

who said that?

nialler9

I’ve been sent Kate a message about all this and talked to her manager on the phone over the weekend. I understand she’s distraught and that is most regrettable.

 

[Space]

The "victim" in this case is a member of the panel..

 

[GO]

Distraught cos she caught

 

[ann post]

The "victim" in this case is a member of the panel..

or the other applicants.

 

[dudley]

Ah, I think it's fair to say he regrets causing her distress. From what I can see it isn't her fault and she acted within the parameters of the award rules. The problem is the rules are stupid.

 

[ann post]

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[Unknown Convict]

from experience, debate should be broadened to include proper accountability from all arts council-funded organisations or groups, whether revenue or project, for every cent of public money received and spent, especially by de facto CEOs who treat their grant money as a personal purse.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Is Bernard Clarke from Cavan?

 

[hugh]

Does accountabilty always produce better outcomes?

 

[GO]

Triple post!

 

[GO]

WTF!

 

[GO]

Who knows..but the nefarious activity on display in this debacle..is'nt producing much bar animosity and in my particular case..a heightened awareness of the gulf between those in the know and those in the dark.Not that any more awareness was needed.

Ireland is a small place.And it is as far from a meritocracy as one could hope to imagine.

And whatever side of the fence you sit on..its obvious what has gone on here.And its been exposed.

 

[therealjohnny]

Just wondering, would a semi-professional jockey refer to his mount as a hobby horse?