Olaf Furniss
The Scotsman / Born To Be Wide
Olaf Furniss is a journalist and founder of Born To Be Wide, an organisation which hosts music business seminars and Scotland's music industry convention/showcase Wide Days. He reports for a wide variety of media including the BBC, The Scotsman, MusikWoche and IQ, and has written for Billboard, Music Week, Audience and Fono Forum.
Olaf has worked as a consultant for music industry conferences including Sonic Visions, by:Larm, Reeperbahn Festival, GoNorth, Berlin Music Week and Canadian Music Week, organising and/or moderating over 200 panels in the past five years.
His interest in music tourism formed the basis of a Masters in Music: Innovation & Entrepreneurship and he has given guest lectures at universities in the UK, Norway and Germany.
MAILING LIST
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🚨 @widedays have launched a bursary offering a limited number of Wide Day’s passes to industry professionals and mu… https://t.co/wUzijoILf9
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This Monday @HitTheRoadTours hits Edinburgh’s @sneakypetesclub featuring @shorthousemusic, @cola_band and Stereo Fi… https://t.co/CIF4LZauY4
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OPPORTUNITY: Applications to the @widedays 2022 artist development programme close Sunday 16 January at 23:59 ⏳ Fi… https://t.co/13f4kxYjW5