{"id":1270,"date":"2020-04-18T17:11:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/?page_id=1270"},"modified":"2022-05-31T09:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T09:29:22","slug":"dig-with-it-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/?page_id=1270","title":{"rendered":"About Dig With It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BetsyStu001editsmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BetsyStu001editsmall-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BetsyStu001editsmall-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BetsyStu001editsmall-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BetsyStu001editsmall-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BetsyStu001editsmall.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>The core team of Dig With It is Stuart Bailie (former Assistant Editor of <em>NME<\/em>, author of <em>Trouble Songs<\/em>, co-founder of the Oh Yeah Music Centre) and Betsy Bailie (Manchester School of Art design student, Hive Radio Station Manager\/DJ and blogger).<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Bailie is a Belfast-based writer. His book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.troublesongs.com\"><em>Trouble Songs<\/em><\/a> was published in 2018. 75 Van Songs was released in 2020. He has been a music industry professional for 35 years, writing for <em>NME, Mojo, Uncut, Q, Vox, The Times, The Irish Times, Classic Rock<\/em> and <em>Hot Press<\/em>. Former Assistant Editor at <em>NME<\/em>, 1992-96. He was a co-founder the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast and was its CEO from 2008-16.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A titan of the Northern Ireland music scene.&#8221; &#8211; Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You tough Nordy c***.&#8221; &#8211; Bono.<\/p>\n<p>Betsy Bailie, Designer of Dig With It, is a freelance graphic designer and photographer from Belfast. She studied Graphic Design at Manchester School of Art. Her skills include print-making, layout, photography and typography. She is currently working at PixelMax in Manchester. Her website is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betsybailie.co.uk\">betsybailie.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Bailie says: \u201cIn an era of falling print sales, it might seem foolish to put out a magazine. But it felt like a vital idea in January 2020 and it feels even more important now. We\u2019re surrounded by immense art and stories that aren\u2019t being told. So, we dig away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Betsy Bailie says: \u201cI\u2019ve grown up in the local music scene. I\u2019ve been a teenage photographer, blogger and musician. I\u2019m glad at the chance to use my design skills to create a wonderful magazine to show the love I have for the scene.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The core team of Dig With It is Stuart Bailie (former Assistant Editor of NME, author of Trouble Songs, co-founder of the Oh Yeah Music Centre) and Betsy Bailie (Manchester School of Art design student, Hive Radio Station Manager\/DJ and blogger). Stuart Bailie is a Belfast-based writer. His book, Trouble Songs was published in 2018. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2231,"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1270\/revisions\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digwithit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}