Richard Butt is the founder of Blank Canvas Music, an artist development company bringing together creative development, production, coaching and industry expertise to help artists build sustainable careers.
With more than 17 years in the music industry, Richard has worked across songwriting, performance, production, mixing and vocal coaching, alongside artists and creatives including Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers, Blur, Michael Kiwanuka, Tom Odell and Naomi Scott.
What do you do when the usual route into the music industry isn’t working? If you’re The Gulls, you move into a motorhome, busk your way around the country and start creating your own opportunities.
Brighton-based rock n’ rollers The Gulls will kick off this Hour with a few tracks live, before sharing what it really takes to make a living from music today. Alongside their manager Nicole Ormerod and legendary music agent Russell Lewis Warby, they’ll talk about standing out, building a following, making your own opportunities and doing things differently in an industry that never stands still.
Chaired by Richard James Butt from Blank Canvas Music, expect live music, stories from the road and a peek behind the curtain of making it in music today.
