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Beautiful original music by SCGI member Leo Pearson 🎶🎶

Nollaig Shona from all at Screen Composers Guild of Ireland

𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗔 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 BÁITE When a body is found in a rural lake, a detective from Dublin discovers a disturbing insight into the history of the valley and the Casey Family. Filmmaker Q&A and more: ifta.ie/fyc-baite.html

Delighted to be writing new music for voice and electronics for the brilliant Mimi Doulton - to tour in 2026 and 2027: Spitalfields Festival London, Sound Festival Aberdeen and New Music Dublin. creativescotland.com/news-st…

At this time of year I think of emigrants returning home to Ireland & of my grandfather James Daly who travelled from Cork to New York in the 1920's & was a builder on the Empire State Building. Thar Farraige was inspired by that, film by Derrick Belcham: vimeo.com/1145311265/4256fbe…

New copyright lawsuit just dropped. It's a class action lawsuit brought by independent musicians against AI music product Mureka. It alleges Mureka systematically copied & stored musicians' work to create a product that competes with them. "Unlike lawsuits brought by major labels to protect their superstar catalogs," plaintiffs say, "this case centers on the disproportionate harm Defendants inflict on independent musicians and songwriters." Let no one tell you that it's only big media companies who object to AI companies' exploitation of creatives' work. pacermonitor.com/public/case…

Tá iarratais á lorg ag an Aire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt ó iarrthóirí a bhfuil na cáilíochtaí cuí acu do Cheapacháin mar Ghnáthbhaill ar Bhord TG4. Dáta deiridh: 11 Nollaig 3pm Féach nasc 🔗bit.ly/3XIylqA @TG4TV @podonovan @Publicjobsie

Coimisiún na Meán has today announced a programme of new all-island and cross-border media projects and initiatives worth €14 million under a new Shared Island Media Fund. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Delighted to welcome our new board members; Karima Dillon El-Touhky, Edward O Mahony and we are grateful to have Die Hexen remain on our board. Looking forward to the year to come with our new board members steering the delivery of our next chapter. @ScreenIreland @IMROireland

Excellent news 👏👏 @culture_ireland support for Irish composers for screen has lead directly to further opportunities.

@Variety at the World Soundtrack Awards in Gent last week covering @Creators_ECSA panel Negotiating in the Dark, Composers Contracts moderated by SCGI CEO @sarahglennane @IMROireland @ScreenIreland @DeptCultureIRL

SCGI welcomes the continuation and development of the Basic Income Scheme

We are delighted to see this continued investment in our creative Screen Industry with more and more composers benefiting from a growing number of domestic productions helping to grown international careers.

Spotify continues to double down on accepting fully AI-generated music, recommending it to users, and refusing to add prominent labelling. This weekend, the Times asked Spotify’s new co-CEOs whether AI music is welcome on the platform. They deflected by saying they’re 'not deciding what is good creativity' (so the answer is yes, AI music is welcome). Then they said "we don't think we should decide what [users] are allowed to listen to". But they're not just deciding whether users *can* listen to AI music. They're refusing to make it clear to users that what they're listening to *is* AI music. You listen to AI music on Spotify and you have no idea that you are doing so. They don’t tell you it’s AI. Not to mention that it's not just buried in their catalog for you to find if you want it. It’s being recommended to you in personalized playlists. AI music presents a massive commercial opportunity to Spotify. That seems to be more important to them than remaining a human music platform. thetimes.com/business-money/…

The Budget Press Conference for this Department is at 5pm today. It will be live streamed at: youtube.com/@governmentofire… Beidh Preasagallamh Buiséid na Roinne seo ar siúl ag 5pm inniu agus beidh sé le feiceáil ag an nasc thuas. @podonovan @McConalogue

#CultureNight Visit our exhibition of creative projects and enjoy live music as you journey through Culture Night #Dublin Creative Europe Desk Ireland in partnership with @emireland present Europe Expressed during @CultureNightDub @CultureNight #OícheDárSaol #OneNightForAll

A group of huge UK artists just accused the prime minister of failing to protect creatives’ human rights, by selling them out to AI companies. Labour is losing the creative sector in a bid to line its pockets with big tech money. Read the letter ⬇️

These first-hand accounts of artists losing work to AI are as bleak as they are important to hear. Please read Brian's fantastic post. As ever, he is doing absolutely stellar work. Generative AI competes with artists. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.

Lovely to see this - our new record is Number 2 in the Classical Charts (Apple Music/iTunes - Contemporary Era)...