Low Four Soundcheck - Is Manchester a supportive city for musicians?

Low Four Soundcheck examines the health of Greater Manchester’s music scenes, infrastructure and economy. The pilot conference was recorded in 2022 and asked four differing panels of invited industry professionals, experts and musicians to debate four pertinent questions.
Professor Alan Williams (University of Salford) discusses the panels experiences of navigating Manchester's music infrastructure and economy. Sophie Bee is a well known and established project manager who has worked across a great range of events. She is the panels only native Mancunian, where others have migrated to the city to pursue musical-based careers. Egg is a member of Porij, an electronic-pop band formed at the Royal Northern College of Music who are making real waves, currently recording their highly anticipated debut album. Raheel Khan is a sound artist and currently a creative fellow with Manchester International Festival. Originally heralding from Transylania, Ottilia Ördög is founder of Beat Bizarre and is the education programme leader of the Manchester Hip Hop Archive. Alex Tadros is one-third of Sour Grapes Records, the world's only tape only record label, which operates out of Mars Tapes in Afflecks Palace, again potentially the world's tape only record shop. Finally, Dave Burch works for the Manchester based think-tank, Centre for Local Economic Strategies, as well running influential electronic music label, Ad-hoc Records.
This pilot project is produced in partnership with the University of Salford and supported by the UKRI. Low Four is a live-streaming music TV platform, recording studio, music venue and Cloudwater bar, located on Deansgate Mews at the Great Northern Warehouse.