One of the perks of having an active BBC Journalist as my MMP adviser is that they have great contacts!
After a good few hours on the phone and countless emails to the Music Venue Trust, my MMP adviser Sarah Farmer, kindly shared with me an inside contact within the trust, Matthew Otridge.
As an owner of a grassroots music venue himself, Matt's role as the South-West co-ordinator for MVT meant he has great insight into both sides of the issue at hand.
Our online correspondence (due to Covid restrictions limiting face-to-face interviews), resulted in a valuable interview covering everything from MVT's initiatives to save venues, to insight into how the Government's Cultural Recovery fund was being spent to help businesses across the country.
This interview was really strong in terms of facts and statistics which lent itself to be a great building block in terms of the direction of the documentary as a whole.
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