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This group is about creativity. What is Glasgow Podcart I hear you ask???? Well..............

The idea for the Glasgow PodcART is based on a Northern Irish project called NIPODCAST.

NIPODCAST embraced the ‘Norn Iron’ music scene and has gone on to become a very important part of the burgeoning music scene in Northern Ireland.

We realised that Glasgow and in fact Scotland has nothing like the NIPODCAST so we grabbed the opportunity to make it happen with the Glasgow Podcart.

The only other organisation that networks such a vast array of artists, musicians, photographers and writers in Glasgow is Oxjam Glasgow . Oxjam has projects all over Scotland and we are huge supporters of them, however we feel the PodcART can be a more effective way for artists in Glasgow to highlight their work or to pull resources and work with other talented people.

We will post weekly podcasts that will play music from both signed and unsigned artists and lots, lots more. The main idea behind the podcast being that we don’t want to create some pretentious ‘Indie’ site and would rather expose as much Scottish talent as possible. No matter what style, what size or how established, we believe everyone deserves a platform to showcase their work.

The website has been designed by the brilliant Will McNeilly. Will is based in Belfast and he has been amazingly supportive of this project. Will’s talent and ideas are truly inspiring.

Other members are Bangor born Ben MacIlwaine whose passion for music is unparalleled. He is well known in Glasgow for his ‘twee’ and humorous approach to life! Halina Rifai is a dreamer whose life is driven by music. She writes for Sleepwalking Mag and gets so emotionally involved with music and artists that it is her all consuming passion, apart from her penchant for ginger men! Sean McCann, a singer/songwriter from Glasgow who spent years living the punk dream in London but is now happily ensconced in his south side bolt hole with his dog Kermit.

New additions Ally Burton and Jerry Dowds ...... have just come on board in March. Ally is a photographer and drummer in Glasgow based band Servant (www.myspace.com/servantnoise). Jerry is the art authority of our team. A talented artist himself, he has a passion for the exposure of Scottish talent. He created the fantastic Punk-art concept which you can find at www.punk-art.com. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Glasgow's art scene.

Now you know what it is.......................................GET INVOLVED. Add your work to this site if you are based in Scotland and are an artist, photographer, writer, poet, musician or a mix of the lot. WE WANT TO LEARN ABOUT YOU, AND INFORM THE WORLD ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WORK.

We are not professionals and we are not doing this to gain some kind of status as individuals. It is a team project and we hope it reflects our passion for the current Scottish art scene. We believe we can help illuminate the incredible talent our country has to offer and also provide a useful tool that will allow cross pollination of ideas and art across a wide spectrum of styles and genre’s.

If you want to display your art, photography or have your music played then please get in contact. Also if you are a writer or poet and wish to post your work please send us your work as we will be adding a literature section soon. You can do so by mailing the team here or through Myspace.

As you can see we are in the early stages but please stay with us and please take this opportunity to get your work heard or seen.

Belief is something that you search your soul for, you just need your heart’s help to make it happen.

http://www.glasgowpodcart.com