born to be wide - wide days

Born To Be Wide is a Community Interest Company, based in central Scotland. It stages music business seminars, the award-winning Wide Days convention/showcase and the Off The Record youth events. The company also organises bespoke talks and workshops for other conferences, festivals and organisations. It started life in 2004 as an informal social night to bring together those involved in the Scottish music scene and soon began attracting interest throughout the UK, thanks to its policy of inviting figures from the arts to come and play their favourite records [everything was allowed except The Smiths/Morrissey and Joy Division]. In addition to many of Scotland’s best-known musicians and industry figures, DJs have included the president of MTV Europe, the German Consul General, footballer Pat Nevin and author Irvine Welsh. Since April 2008 the company has hosted social evenings, which begin with a discussion panel featuring key figures from the music industry. Subjects covered incl