{"id":28055,"date":"2018-03-20T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=28055"},"modified":"2018-03-20T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T15:20:41","slug":"cardiff-makes-plans-become-uks-first-music-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/20\/cardiff-makes-plans-become-uks-first-music-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff makes plans to become the UK&#039;s first &quot;music city&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_28059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28059\" style=\"width: 4357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28059\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/welsh-club-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4357\" height=\"3034\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28059\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/welsh-club-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4357\" height=\"3034\" \/><\/noscript> Cwlb Ifor Bach, known as the Welsh Club, is a venue on Womanby Street. It has hosted a variety of indie and rock bands including CHROMA.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPLANS to turn Cardiff into Britain\u2019s first \u2018music city\u2019 with a scene on par with Berlin are being developed as part of wider plans to boost tourism numbers.<br \/>\nCardiff Council says it hopes to elevate the city&#8217;s status to the likes of Berlin and Barcelona.<br \/>\nCardiff Council are working with the group Sound Diplomacy, who work between the music industry, governments and businesses.<br \/>\nThe Council and Sound Diplomacy aim to work with promoters, musicians, venues and other authorities in the sector and then develop policies to build the infrastructure of the music scene.<br \/>\nCardiff Council stated: \u201cThe aim is to develop policies that treat music as infrastructure and will deliver a healthy music ecosystem, which in turn creates vibrant, exciting communities, builds an international profile and increases the value of music in the city.\u201d<br \/>\nRussell Milton, 46, a staff member at Kelly\u2019s Records in Cardiff Market, said: \u201cI think when people think of Cardiff and music, quite a bit of it is wrapped up in the past. People think of acts like the Manic Street Preachers and Catatonia, and people are still hanging on to these bands.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat matters is where are the youth going? I think if Cardiff is going to get itself back on the map its going to come from the ground up. We have a healthy indie, left-of-centre scene here in Cardiff and that\u2019s where Cardiff\u2019s musical future will come from.\u201d<br \/>\nHarry Willicombe, 23, from Castleton, and a frequent gig-goer, said: \u201cI think saying Cardiff could be the next Berlin is ambitious right now. It\u2019s definitely up-and-coming as a city with a healthy music scene.<br \/>\n\u201cMusic wise, we\u2019re shaking off the image of Cardiff as being a city for just stag and hen parties, the music here is getting better.\u201d<br \/>\nHe added: \u201cPotentially, in five-to-ten years we could be the next Berlin \u2013 but right now, considering Berlin is the city of Bowie, it\u2019s a bit of a stretch to say Cardiff could make something like that happen overnight, but with the progress I\u2019m seeing in Cardiff\u2019s music scene, who knows? It could be possible; it\u2019ll just take a while.\u201d<br \/>\nThe alternative rock band CHROMA, who are based in Rhondda Cynon Taff, frequently play gigs in Cardiff.<br \/>\nCHROMA said: \u201cThe Cardiff music scene is only going to grow with more and more bands coming into the scene and bands that are already in the scene taking their music to the next level.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s nice to see Cardiff Council with ambitions for the scene as without these kinds of strategies there is a risk that our community led scene could fall victim to big businesses with conflicting interests. \u201c<br \/>\nWomanby Street in Cardiff hosts many of Cardiff\u2019s larger independent music venues, including The Moon and Clwb Ifor Bach.<br \/>\nMr Willicombe said: \u201cI go out in Womanby Street all the time, it\u2019s definitely going to be where Cardiff\u2019s music scene will grow from. The venues in Womanby Street help get local bands going, as well as attracting indie bands from outside of Cardiff.\u201d<br \/>\nCHROMA said: \u201cNow that a strategy is in place, this means that the young people visiting Womanby Street for the first time to see their favourite bands will also have the opportunity to believe that they could also start making music, giving more people a chance to express themselves and create more music to come in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLANS to turn Cardiff into Britain\u2019s first \u2018music city\u2019 with a scene on par with Berlin are being developed as part of wider plans to boost tourism numbers. Cardiff Council says it hopes to elevate the city&#8217;s status to the likes of Berlin and Barcelona. Cardiff Council are working with the group Sound Diplomacy, who work between the music industry, governments and businesses. 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