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21-767: The Association of Independent Music is a non-profit organization initiated in March 1999 and the current AIM's CEO is Paul Pacifico which previously held titles as CEO of the Featured Artists' Coalition (commonly abbreviated to FAC) and President of the International Artists Organisation (commonly abbreviated to IAO), a professor at the Berklee College of Music (the overseas campus in Valencia , Spain ) and also owns his own Independent music company. The trade body

42-454: A fair share of the profits. Bands such as Marillion and Radiohead paved the way for such thinking. In 1999, Marillion decided to turn down offers of a recording contract with an independent label and contacted their fans by email to ask them if they would be prepared to pay for the band's next album in advance. This successful venture enabled the band to retain the rights to their own music instead of being forced to surrender their rights to

63-410: A label in the traditional way. Radiohead released their 2007 album In Rainbows as an online digital download and let fans choose how much to pay for it. However, despite the vast sums of money being made by websites such as iTunes Store and Myspace , the artists themselves receive little or none of the revenues. This provided incentive for the formation of FAC to help reshape the organisation of

84-594: A promising artist and manager partnership. The winners were manager Danny Blackman and act, Pale Seas. Ross Millard Ross Millard (born 22 July 1982) is an English musician and graphic designer, best known as guitarist and vocalist in The Futureheads . The band released their self-titled debut album in September 2004; their second album News & Tributes followed in May 2006, with their third album This Is Not

105-435: A vital support network to independent festivals organizers." The trade body was initially founded in 2008 by DJ Robert John Gorham, more commonly known as Rob da Bank (who is also founder of the annual Bestival music festival), and Bestival director Ben Turner. The body currently represents approximately fifty member events. The 2023 AIM Independent Music Awards were presented on 26 September 2023 at

126-510: Is of no relation to the Ross Millard who was born in 1979 and was on the books of Manchester United from 1995 to 1998. In October 2013 Millard was attached to the short-lived project Rivals, who debuted the single "I'm Not an Animal" in October of that year. Millard is now a regular member of Frankie & The Heartstrings , along with former This Ain't Vegas bassist Michael Matthews. Millard

147-574: The Roundhouse in London . The first set of nominees were announced on 19 July 2023. The rest of the nominees as well as the Best Live Performance and Diversity Champion recipients were announced on 23 August 2023. Featured Artists%27 Coalition The Featured Artists Coalition ( FAC ) is a nonprofit organisation  set up to protect the rights of featured musical artists, particularly in

168-514: The FAC is broad and includes featured artists such as Tom Jones , Robbie Williams , Little Boots , Badly Drawn Boy , Sia , Amy Studt , The Boxer Rebellion , Kevin Hewick and many others. In the past it was normal that the musical artist would sign away their rights to a record company for a contracted number of years and/or albums . This resulted in the record label having almost complete control over

189-547: The World released in May 2008 via the band's own label Nul Records. Millard attended Newcastle University, UK and graduated in 2003 with a BA(Hons) in English Literature. In 2007 Millard set up his own record label Longest Mile Records with friends Paul Reed and Nick Jackson. The label's first release, on 7" vinyl and digital, was the debut single "This Is Just The Nighttime, Andy!" from North-Eastern band The Catweasels. This

210-438: The artist and their promotion for the duration of the contract . However, since the recent and sudden impact of the digital age on music and on the distribution of music, artists have not only come closer to their audience, but further from the profit due to their lack of representation at the negotiating table. Because of this inequality, FAC has tried to ensure that featured musical artists are central in these deals and receive

231-553: The following six as its key demands: It has also worked in concert with the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and the Music Producers Guild in campaigns to protect rights of performers and musicians and for "artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of the profits". The FAC was launched at Heaven on 11 March 2009. On 24 September 2009, an open meeting for featured artists

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252-564: The highest accolade of the night. The Artist and Manager Awards 2012 was held at the Troxy on 27 November 2013. Winners included Amanda Palmer for Industry Pioneer and Zane Lowe for Industry Champion. Artist awards were given to Madeon and Plan B and Ben Howard's manager, Owain Davies was awarded the Breakthrough Manager award. Spotify sponsored the event and awarded a ten thousand pound grant to

273-826: The industry or their own rights. The FAC aims to provide a direct campaigning voice for featured artists, both established and new, on commercial issues (such as the deals done between major content providers and record labels ) and policy issues (such as copyright term extension and anti piracy measures). The directors of the board include Billy Bragg , Dave Rowntree of Blur , Nick Mason of Pink Floyd , Ed O'Brien of Radiohead , Kate Nash , Hal Ritson of The Young Punx , Howard Jones , Mark Kelly of Marillion , Sandie Shaw , Master Shortie , Lucy Pullin of The Fire Escapes, Ross Millard of The Futureheads , Fran Healy of Travis , Crispin Hunt of Longpigs , Rumer , Paul Pacifico, Roxanne de Bastion and Annie Lennox . Membership of

294-400: The music industry and provide a means for featured musical artists to profit directly from their own work. Against the backdrop of dramatic falls in record sales in recent years this is seen as a crucial means by which artists can potentially make a living off their own work and create viable policies for the future of the industry. Equally, FAC has stressed the importance of not criminalising

315-504: The music industry. The organisation are also branching into other trade bodies, such as the Association of Independent Festivals. The Association of Independent Festivals (commonly abbreviated to AIF) are being a division of the AIM which are works with the direct aim of aiding independent festivals and labels. The aims of the Association of Independent Festivals is "represent, empower and provide

336-438: The new digital age . It encourages a greater connection between fans and artists and aims to promote transparency in the music industry specifically to the benefit of the artists themselves. It is a UK based organization, founded in early 2009, lobbying and campaigning for the rights of featured artists (i.e. 'the musicians and bands whose names are on the cover of the record' as distinct from session musicians ). It

357-414: The ordinary fan for digital downloads and instead would rather focus developing alternative forms of revenue. The FAC has taken a markedly different stance from the 'traditional music industry' on several key issues such as copyright term extension and, in particular, online piracy where the FAC has argued against 'criminalizing fans' through prosecuting not for profit file sharing of music. It lists

378-554: Was followed with the release of "I'll Love You Until My Veins Explode / Milkrun" by Canadian band The Paper Cranes, "Tonight I Have To Leave It" by Shout Out Louds , and "Short Term, Long Term" by This Ain't Vegas. Millard also appeared on the Yourcodenameis:Milo collaboration album Print Is Dead Vol 1 on the song "I Remember the Summer Isles". On 18 October 2008, he appeared on MUTV 's Good Morning Manchester programme. He

399-416: Was formed by a number of high-profile artists as a reaction to the conventional stance by the music industry that saw artists as not constituting an organised body and so often not possessing direct control over their own work. The FAC's aim is to not only promote the rights of established artists, but also to support those of the up-and-coming featured artists and young emerging acts who are not familiar with

420-604: Was held at Air Studios . The inaugural Artist and Manager Awards was held in conjunction with the MMF at the Roundhouse in London 's Chalk Farm on 13 September 2011, at which Ed Sheeran and Mumford & Sons performed. Massive Attack won the Artists' Artist Award, Ed Sheeran won the Award for Breakthrough Artist and Everybody's Management and its artists won the Achievement Award,

441-497: Was initiated in order to represent smaller indie artists, bands and labels. The organization provides support, education, publicity and assistance to their members through music awards and festivals. The Association of Independent Music advocate"providing a collective voice for UK's independent music industry" and "supporting UK's independent music." The organisation has expanded and representing approximately eight hundred varying record labels, artists and companies of diverse sorts within

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