Sanjeev Mann, who uses an electric wheelchair to get around, has been unable to get onto stages and was even billed for a ramp while performing at one Glasgow venue.
A DJ who uses an electric wheelchair to get around has said that more funding is needed to make venues more accessible.
He told Glasgow Live: "When I started making music in lockdown, making beats, it wasn't a big issue not being able to play in venues. Before lockdown I'd only ever gone to see gigs at big venues like the Hydro and SWG3 where they're a lot bigger and newer so access was never an issue. But I started collaborating with local artists who would play at smaller more independent venues and that's when I started to realise it was quite a big problem.
"We had another gig at Audio a week and a half later for Hip Hop Scotland and asked for the ramp to be sorted. They said again it was fine, then said they were trying to hire one and asked me to pay for it. I shouldn't have to pay for a ramp to get on the stage." He added: "A lot of the problems I face are to do with attitudes, the attitudes towards disabled people and disabled musicians. It's like venues think there aren't many disabled artists out there so they don't need to bother accommodating us but we do exist. At Nice and Sleazy's we have a monthly residency and they wanted to make it work. The downstairs area isn't accessible but we do it in the bar upstairs instead. They figured out a way to make it work.
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