Press/Communications

BASCA has many, many functions, from organising and hosting its prestigious awards shows (The Ivors, Gold Badge and British Composer Awards), through to lobbying and campaigning on songwriters and composers behalfs at UK government level and in Europe.

On the right-hand side of this page you can see some of our latest communications from our introductory letter to Minister for Communication, Culture and the Creative Industries Ed Vaizey, the launch of BASCA's digital label Academy Recordings, the launch of our budding  songwriters festival through to the BBC Trust submissions for BBC 6Music and Radio 3 in 2010.

Please use this area to keep up-to-date with all our news.

In the meantime, below are some links to some older pieces of national press coverage of BASCA and its events.

The Ivors celebrate the 'unsung heroes': a feature in The Times looking at the life of a contemporary songwriter, including interviews with Eg White and Andy McCluskey.

'I'm too sexy for rock'n'roll': an interview in The Independent with media composer and BASCA director Chris Smith on writing for film and advertising.

Damien Hirst ‘trinkets’ dumb down arts, says Queen’s Composer.
Article in The Times on the recent conference, Composers: Who Needs Them? ran in association with the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Queens Composer Attacks Dumbing Down.
Article in Music Week on the recent conference, Composers: Who Needs Them? ran in association with the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Ken is a Golden Great.
Article in the Liverpool Echo on the Gold Badge Awards

Diverse Recipient List For Gold Badge Awards
Article on the Gold Badge Awards in Billboard

Illegal Downloading Makes Us All Poorer. 
Executive member Cliff Jones with a feature on piracy and including an interview with David Ferguson in the Sunday Times.