Cast your vote: webinar topics for our next season

We are very excited to share that, thanks to the Elizabeth Eagle-Bott Memorial Fund, we have secured support for another season of webinars, running until March 2027. Following our open feedback session earlier in the year, and suggestions received through our event feedback form, we received over 50 unique ideas! Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Our steering group has narrowed these suggestions down to 20, and we’d love your views on which of this shortlist should be prioritised for the upcoming season.

Please complete the form below by Monday 6 July. Thanks in advance!

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• Series: DAW basics tutorials (e.g. REAPER, Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton Live).
• Exploring stagecraft. How to present yourself and navigate the visual aspects of performing. Choreography, styling, posture, getting on and off stage, how to seek impartial advice and feedback on visual things.
• Mini-series: How to build a home studio from scratch; cheap ways to optimise your space and your computer; troubleshooting common issues; considerations for music vs podcast production.
• Introduction to accessible podcast production.
• Overview of accessible portable recording equipment.
• How to develop a career in podcasting or radio; volunteering for community radio stations; building a portfolio etc.
• Mini-series: Getting started with braille music (relevant internationally).
• Print notation awareness for braillists – how do braille and print differ? Getting your braille music into print so that sighted musicians can read it.
• Producing your own braille music scores.
• Getting hold of braille music scores.
• How contemporary music techniques, non-standard symbols, and graphical scores can be represented in braille.
• Getting into live sound engineering.
• Using AI to create tools that improve accessibility within music production software.
• Applying to funding opportunities; how to write a good application; access support.
• How is it best to lobby for accessible equipment? Ways that blind and partially sighted people can take an active role in the creation of digital / hardware products.
• Preview of Audacity 4 and its accessibility features.
• Introduction to sound synthesis and sound design, using SurgeXT.
• Vocal production workshop: accessible options for common vocal processing chains, double tracking, pitch correction.
• How to start curating and promoting events.
• Accessible music practice apps.

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