Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat

Pat Byrne tells us what she has been up to lately - including her encounter with the aloof Lamas of Fruin Farm

Episode six of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat

Pat chats about visiting the Makers market in Milngavie, book launches she's looking forward to, interviews with singer songwriter and acadmic Linda Jaxson, Tom Binns from the Glasgow Piano City and the writer Mary Irvine. And her encounter with the aloof Lamas of Fruin Farm.

Links

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Linda Jaxson: http://www.lindajaxson.com

Glasgow Piano City: https://www.glasgowpianocity.org

Pat tells us what she has been up to lately and what's she's looking forward to

In this short episode of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Pat tells us what she's been up to lately. And what's she's looking forward to in the next few weeks: events, shops, restaurants and people. 

Links

http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Ian Smith from the record label Last Night From Glasgow: Part Two. JPWEC Episode Four

Episode four of Jim & Pat's Galsgow West End Chat. The second half of my great interview with Ian Smith, of the record label, Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG).

Ian talks about:

• How the LNFG approach has been key to attracting a huge amount of goodwil from members and non-members. 
• The development of the LNFG branding and product styling.
• LNFG's relationship with their artists. What they do and don't do and what expectaions are on both sides.
• Hipster economics and the case for releasing both digital singles and Vinyl albums
• How LNFG is organised to facilitate future growth.
• And finally Ian give me an explanation of the LNFG "don't be a dick clause".

Check out LNFG at http://www.lastnightfromglasgow.com

Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Ian Smith from the record label Last Night From Glasgow: Part One. JPWEC Episode Three

In this episode I chat with Ian Smith from the record label, 'Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG)'. The label was set up in 2016 and has had phenomenal success in a very short period of time. Since 2016 LNFG have signed 11 artists, released 11 vinyle recods, 23 digital albums and CD's as well as organising numerous live shows and events. 

We had a good long chat so I've split the episode into two parts. In part one we learn about:

* Ian's backgrond growing up in Saltcoats. And his early taste in music.

* How the Scottish Independence vote of 2014 inspired Ian and a group of friends to set up the record label.

* How the label is organised and funded.

* How artists are chosen and the mechanics of running a record label in the modern era.

If you don't want to listen to our chat about Scottish politics I recommend you skip from about 9 minutes to approximately 22 minutes. 

Enjoy. 

 

 

Jim Byrne Interviews Pat Byrne; How Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End Got Started

The website, Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End is one of the most popular community websites in Scotland. In this episode of 'Jim & Pat's West End Chat' we find out how the website got started, how it developed and what the future holds. 

We also learn that it's not always easy for a husband to interview his wife. 

Pat's West End website is at http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Michaela Foster Marsh interview by Pat Byrne - Podcast episode 2

Born and bred in Glasgow's West End, Michaela Foster Marsh has made her mark in more ways than one.  Through her work for Starchild Charity she was shorlisted for Scottish Women of the Year 2017 and, identified as someone who is helping to change the world through their voluntry work, she received the Points of Light Award. In 2012 Michaela established the Starchild Charity in memory of her brother Frankie Marsh and has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to build a school for creative arts in Uganda.

 

If you live in Glasgow you may have noticed, and contributed to, some of the very original fundraising events which support the chairty – incuding Art for Auction, organised in conjunction with her extremely supportive partner Rony Bridges. 

Apart from her work with Starchild Michaela is a talened singer-songwriter. She has released her own CDs and performed at a number of prestigious events including the Cannes Film Festival. 

Michaela, very kindly agreed to be my guinea pig for a podcast interview for my website.  She was a fascinating subject so I hope you enjoy it, despite a few technical hitches. I'll get better. :)