The Music Industry in Belize needs to improve on business management. That's Jamaican Music Consultant Lloyd Stanbury's evaluation and he along with Belizean artists and other stakeholders plan on improving on this aspect of the industry among other issues. Stanbury along with NICH and the Institute of Creative Arts have launched a Belize Music and Entertainment Industry Development Initiative. This initiative will focus on providing solutions to these setbacks which will propel the industry forward. We caught up with Stanbury today at one of their consultation sessions at the Birds Isle this afternoon and he outlined some of the challenges Belizean artists face and what can be done to overcome them.

Consultations continue tomorrow. The group will meet with artists such as Nello Player, Supa G and Melonie Gillett at Travelers at 2. Other artists are welcomed to attend. After this consultation phase an action plan will be devised.