Ruth Daniel

Ruth Daniel co-founded Manchester indie label, Fat Northerner Records in 2003. In the proud tradition of great British indies such as 4AD, Warp, Creation and of course Factory, Fat Northerner only release music by artists they believe in.
Fat Northerner has worked with over 60 bands and was one of the first labels to fully embrace the digital revolution. Their recent project involves current bands reworking Salford punk-poet John Cooper Clarke’s material and has attracted interest from many top artists, bands and spoken word artists.

Ruth is co-founder of Un-Convention. Un-Convention is a global grassroots music event and community – that meets physically and virtually to share ideas; discuss and debate cutting edge issues around music, technology and creativity; and facilitates members engagement with their peers. Un-Convention is not about the business of music. The community is driven by a not for profit initiative that sees opportunity for the grassroots in the changes to the way music is being produced, consumed and sustained.

Ruth is also Director of a new online live music industry project, TourCore, with fellow UKYME nominee Ian Chamings and Dragon’s Den’s Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis. TourCore is a free to use, online tour management system and administrative tool, for professionals working in the live music sector. It is for booking agents, promoters, bands, tour managers, record labels, festivals and crew.

Ruth was shortlisted for UK Young Music Entrepreneur 2008. She is also on the board of refugee and asylum seeker Manchester based performance group, The Beating Wing Orchestra and The Creative Development Project, exploring the potential of creative industries in a development context (The University of Manchester). She is also the industry partner on a potential research project with Birmingham City University researching how people consume music.