Category: unglamorous music

• Unglamorous Music on Channel 5 News

  Channel 5 News came to Leicester to film Unglamorous workshops and talk with members of the bands. Here’s the report:

  Vim Renault

  March 18, 2023

  unglamorous music

  all female, all women, band, Leicester, music, women band

• Latest news in a hurry!

  

  On IWD 8th March, we launched a Kickstarter project to raise the money to make a sampler album with eight of the Leicester all-women bands on it. It’s an ambitious project, and we’re in need of some big inputs in the next two weeks if the Kickstarter is to become successful.

  Vim Renault

  March 12, 2023

  66 Days To Your Debut, unglamorous music

  all female, all women, band, Firebug, Funding, Kickstarter, Leicester, music, women band

• What is Unglamorous Music?

  Music industry says it’s fine to be a woman in music so long as you are well-groomed, beautiful, young, slim, good-natured, articulate, desirable, charming and possess incredible talent. If you’re Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell or Debbie Harry it’s ok because you used to be all those things and even after the age of 70, you…

  Vim Renault

  February 15, 2023

  Start playing music, unglamorous music

  all female, all women, how to be in a band, learn drums, learn music, Leicester, music, women band

• A bit of a media scramble this week!

  

  It soon becomes obvious that other media outlets source stories from Positive News. Would we do a podcast interview? Would we be interviewed for an English teaching magazine? Could The Guardian do a feature and interview some of the older women involved? Could Channel 5 News come up and film a jam session and talk…

  Vim Renault

  February 5, 2023

  unglamorous music

  all female, all women, band, Leicester, media, music, PR, women band