It Is Not An Overstatement To Say That The Charity "Help Musicians" Have Made The Difference Between Many Musicians Surviving Or Going Under Across The UK. The pandemic has hit so many people in all walks of live very hard. For many in the arts, the actual foundations that underpin their lives has been taken away; the opportunity to perform and earn a living. Help Musicians are one of several non governmental options available. If you are a musician or you know someone who is and they need financial and or other help, then please listen and share this podcast. David Culbert leads up a dedicated team in Glasgow, Scotland who give help to musicians across Scotland as part of the UK wide Help Musicians charity. Ged Brockie's interview with David includes finding out where this organisation came from, the work it does and the help it gave before the pandemic and during this trying time. David Culbert of Help Musicians Scotland Check out the Help Musicians Youtube channel. Below is their main introduction video. SELL TO THE WORLD WITH SHOPIFY & GET 14 DAYS FREE The GMI guitar shop is powered by Shopify and we connect with hundreds of people all over the globe every month. If you, like thousands of other people would like to create a new income stream then there's probably no better way than with Shopify. Click the banner below to get a 14 day free trial through GMI and you'll also be helping to support GMI as we do receive a small one of fee for any new stores opened. GET 15% OF ALL GMI PRODUCTS AT OUR ONLINE STORE As a listener of our podcast we offer you 15% of any and all of our products found on the GMI Guitar Store. Visit our store by clicking the link, choose the products you wish and on checkout look for the COUPON CODE area. Add this code "GMI01" (no parenthesis!) and you will receive 15% of the total price of your entire order (cannot be combined with any other offer from GMI). NOTE: COPY & PASTE THE CODE AS SHOWN AS SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE INPUTTED THE CODE INCORRECTLY AND NOT RECEIVED THE 15% DISCOUNT. Podcast Ep 48 – Table Of Contents 2.08 Who are "Help Musicians?" 4.08 The history of the organisation. 5.51 How the charity has developed and changed. 7.53 How Help Musicians helps musicians. 13.23 The funders behind Help Musicians. 14.00 The response of Help Musicians to the pandemic. 16.35 Integrating with Creative Scotland. 18.16 Organisations that offer musicians help in other countries. 21.09 The future for Help Musicians. Links To Help Music: The Help Musicians Website. The Scotland Help Musicians Website. Help Musicians Youtube channel can be found HERE