Belfast music hub, the Oh Yeah Music Centre, is delighted to announce the release of this year’s showcase EP from its annual talent development programme – Scratch My Progress. The release features brand-new tracks from four of the most imminent musical talents in Northern Ireland.
All the tracks have been recorded as part of the programme that runs from September to May each year. This year’s acts include HY:LY, Beat Up Car, Garrett Laurie, and Martha Greer.
Scratch My Progress is a mentoring, showcase and practical support programme for new music. The dedicated talent development programme, now in its 12th year, is supported by the PRS Foundation. Oh Yeah, it also gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council.
Over the years, the Scratch My Progress talent development artists have had one-to-one sessions with PRS, PPL, PRSF, YouTube Music, Musicians Union, First Music Contact, Atlantic Records (Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX), Parlophone Records (Gorillaz), Domino Records(Anna Calvi, Arctic Monkeys), Jeff Robinson PR (The 1975, Belsonic), ATC-Live (PJ Harvey, SOAK), Deezer, Ditto, Runway Artists, Paragon, Body & Soul Festival and many more.
Since 2011, the Scratch My Progress scheme has mentored a diverse range of talent, including NI Music Prize Winners Ferna, Sasha Samara and Sister Ghost, music and media personalities Gemma Bradley (BBC Radio 1) & Emer Maguire and artists representing the rock, alternative, acoustic, rap, pop, punk, folk and electronic genres.
Local punk band Problem Patterns, which participated in Scratch My Progress in 2022, has had a very successful debut album released via Alcopop Records with a sell-out launch gig. They also won the coveted ‘Video of the Year’ award at NI Music Prize 2023 and recently appeared on the Steve Lamacq show for Independent Venue Week—to name but a few of their successful moments since moving forward from the programme.
Listen to Scratch My Progress, Vol. 12 – Various Artists here.
Track Listing
1. Garrett Laurie – No Warning
2. HY:LY – Blindside
3. Martha Greer – Mary
4. Beat Up Car – you need help (but you have to want it)
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